diff --git a/ref/vk/shaders/ray_interop.h b/ref/vk/shaders/ray_interop.h
index ad16f3d9..a33f1999 100644
--- a/ref/vk/shaders/ray_interop.h
+++ b/ref/vk/shaders/ray_interop.h
@@ -80,18 +80,22 @@ struct Material {
 
 	uint tex_base_color;
 
-	// TODO can be combined into a single texture
+	// TODO these three can be combined into a single texture
 	uint tex_roughness;
 	uint tex_metalness;
 	uint tex_normalmap;
 
+	uint tex_emissive;
+
 	// TODO:
-	// uint tex_emissive;
 	// uint tex_detail;
 
 	float roughness;
 	float metalness;
 	float normal_scale;
+	float emissive_scale;
+
+	PAD(2)
 };
 
 struct ModelMetadata {
diff --git a/ref/vk/shaders/ray_primary_hit.glsl b/ref/vk/shaders/ray_primary_hit.glsl
index 9f7d157e..50302bbd 100644
--- a/ref/vk/shaders/ray_primary_hit.glsl
+++ b/ref/vk/shaders/ray_primary_hit.glsl
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ void primaryRayHit(rayQueryEXT rq, inout RayPayloadPrimary payload) {
 	//payload.emissive.rgb = kusok.emissive * SRGBtoLINEAR(payload.base_color_a.rgb);
 	//payload.emissive.rgb = clamp((kusok.emissive * (1.0/3.0) / 20), 0, 1.0) * SRGBtoLINEAR(payload.base_color_a.rgb);
 	//payload.emissive.rgb = (sqrt(sqrt(kusok.emissive)) * (1.0/3.0)) * SRGBtoLINEAR(payload.base_color_a.rgb);
-	payload.emissive.rgb = (sqrt(kusok.emissive) / 8) * SRGBtoLINEAR(payload.base_color_a.rgb);
+	if (material.tex_emissive == 0) {
+		payload.emissive.rgb = (sqrt(kusok.emissive) / 8) * SRGBtoLINEAR(payload.base_color_a.rgb);
+	} else {
+		const vec3 emissive = sampleTexture(material.tex_emissive, geom.uv, geom.uv_lods).rgb;
+		payload.emissive.rgb = kusok.material.emissive_scale * emissive;
+	}
 #else
 	// Fake texture color
 	if (any(greaterThan(kusok.emissive, vec3(0.))))
diff --git a/ref/vk/vk_materials.c b/ref/vk/vk_materials.c
index 4e9cf283..8f7cb263 100644
--- a/ref/vk/vk_materials.c
+++ b/ref/vk/vk_materials.c
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ static xvk_material_t k_default_material = {
 		.tex_metalness = 0,
 		.tex_roughness = 0,
 		.tex_normalmap = 0,
+		.tex_emissive = 0,
 
 		.metalness = 0.f,
 		.roughness = 1.f,
 		.normal_scale = 1.f,
+		.emissive_scale = 1.f,
 		.base_color = { 1.f, 1.f, 1.f, 1.f },
 
 		.set = false,
@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ static void loadMaterialsFromFile( const char *filename, int depth ) {
 				tex_id_dest = &current_material.tex_metalness;
 			} else if (Q_stricmp(key, "roughness_map") == 0) {
 				tex_id_dest = &current_material.tex_roughness;
+			} else if (Q_stricmp(key, "emissive_map") == 0) {
+				tex_id_dest = &current_material.tex_emissive;
 			} else if (Q_stricmp(key, "roughness") == 0) {
 				sscanf(value, "%f", &current_material.roughness);
 			} else if (Q_stricmp(key, "metalness") == 0) {
@@ -160,6 +164,8 @@ static void loadMaterialsFromFile( const char *filename, int depth ) {
 				metalness_set = true;
 			} else if (Q_stricmp(key, "normal_scale") == 0) {
 				sscanf(value, "%f", &current_material.normal_scale);
+			} else if (Q_stricmp(key, "emissive") == 0) {
+				sscanf(value, "%f", &current_material.emissive_scale);
 			} else if (Q_stricmp(key, "base_color") == 0) {
 				sscanf(value, "%f %f %f %f", &current_material.base_color[0], &current_material.base_color[1], &current_material.base_color[2], &current_material.base_color[3]);
 			} else {
diff --git a/ref/vk/vk_materials.h b/ref/vk/vk_materials.h
index 3eec91c7..17b9fa27 100644
--- a/ref/vk/vk_materials.h
+++ b/ref/vk/vk_materials.h
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ typedef struct {
 	int tex_roughness;
 	int tex_metalness;
 	int tex_normalmap;
+	int tex_emissive;
 
 	vec4_t base_color;
 	float roughness;
 	float metalness;
 	float normal_scale;
+	float emissive_scale;
 
 	qboolean set;
 } xvk_material_t;
diff --git a/ref/vk/vk_ray_model.c b/ref/vk/vk_ray_model.c
index c97e9174..161b43b3 100644
--- a/ref/vk/vk_ray_model.c
+++ b/ref/vk/vk_ray_model.c
@@ -172,10 +172,12 @@ static void applyMaterialToKusok(vk_kusok_data_t* kusok, const vk_render_geometr
 		.tex_roughness = mat->tex_roughness,
 		.tex_metalness = mat->tex_metalness,
 		.tex_normalmap = mat->tex_normalmap,
+		.tex_emissive = mat->tex_emissive,
 
 		.roughness = mat->roughness,
 		.metalness = mat->metalness,
 		.normal_scale = mat->normal_scale,
+		.emissive_scale = mat->emissive_scale,
 	};
 
 	const qboolean HACK_chrome = geom->material == kXVkMaterialChrome;