diff --git a/radiant/image.cpp b/radiant/image.cpp
index 491cd8c9..f50a6a8e 100644
--- a/radiant/image.cpp
+++ b/radiant/image.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,19 @@ Image* QERApp_LoadImage( void* environment, const char* name ){
 				StringOutputStream fullname( 256 );
 				fullname << m_name << '.' << name;
 				ArchiveFile* file = GlobalFileSystem().openFile( fullname.c_str() );
+
+				// also look for .dds image in dds/ prefix like Doom3 or DarkPlaces
+				if ( file == 0 && !string_compare( name, "dds" ) )
+				{
+					fullname.clear();
+					fullname << name << '/' << m_name << '.' << name;
+					file = GlobalFileSystem().openFile( fullname.c_str() );
+				}
+
 				if ( file != 0 ) {
+					// tell user which image file is found for the given texture path
+					globalOutputStream() << "Found image file: " << makeQuoted( fullname.c_str() ) << "\n";
+
 					m_image = table.loadImage( *file );
 					file->release();
 				}
diff --git a/radiant/texwindow.cpp b/radiant/texwindow.cpp
index 9d08664d..95af3cb5 100644
--- a/radiant/texwindow.cpp
+++ b/radiant/texwindow.cpp
@@ -674,6 +674,14 @@ class TextureCategoryLoadShader
 };
 
 void TextureDirectory_loadTexture( const char* directory, const char* texture ){
+	// Doom3-like dds/ prefix (used by DarkPlaces).
+	// When we list dds/textures/ folder,
+	// store the texture names without dds/ prefix.
+	if ( !strncmp( "dds/", directory, 4 ) )
+	{
+		directory = &directory[ 4 ];
+	}
+
 	const auto name = StringOutputStream( 256 )( directory, PathExtensionless( texture ) );
 
 	if ( texture_name_ignore( name.c_str() ) ) {
@@ -712,6 +720,9 @@ void TextureBrowser_ShowDirectory( const char* directory ){
 			globalOutputStream() << "Loading " << makeQuoted( directory ) << " wad file.\n";
 			LoadShaderVisitor visitor;
 			archive->forEachFile( Archive::VisitorFunc( visitor, Archive::eFiles, 0 ), "textures/" );
+
+			// Doom3-like dds/ prefix (used by DarkPlaces).
+			archive->forEachFile( Archive::VisitorFunc( visitor, Archive::eFiles, 0 ), "dds/textures/" );
 		}
 		else{
 			globalErrorStream() << "Attempted to load " << makeQuoted( directory ) << " wad file.\n";
@@ -732,6 +743,12 @@ void TextureBrowser_ShowDirectory( const char* directory ){
 			dirstring << "textures/" << directory;
 
 			Radiant_getImageModules().foreachModule( LoadTexturesByTypeVisitor( dirstring.c_str() ) );
+
+			// Doom3-like dds/ prefix (used by DarkPlaces).
+			dirstring.clear();
+			dirstring << "dds/textures/" << directory;
+
+			Radiant_getImageModules().foreachModule( LoadTexturesByTypeVisitor( dirstring.c_str() ) );
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/image.cpp b/tools/quake3/q3map2/image.cpp
index a21388f3..6ba0fafe 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/image.cpp
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/image.cpp
@@ -305,20 +305,13 @@ const image_t *ImageLoad( const char *name ){
 	else if( path_set_extension( filename, ".dds" ); buffer = vfsLoadFile( filename ) )
 	{
 		LoadDDSBuffer( buffer.data(), buffer.size(), &pixels, &width, &height );
-		/* debug code */
-		#if 0
-		{
-			ddsPF_t pf;
-			DDSGetInfo( (ddsBuffer_t*) buffer, nullptr, nullptr, &pf );
-			Sys_Printf( "pf = %d\n", pf );
-			if ( width > 0 ) {
-				path_set_extension( filename, "_converted.tga" );
-				WriteTGA( "C:\\games\\quake3\\baseq3\\textures\\rad\\dds_converted.tga", pixels, width, height );
-			}
-		}
-		#endif
 	}
-	else if( path_set_extension( filename, ".ktx" ); buffer = vfsLoadFile( filename ) )
+	else if( sprintf( filename, "dds/%s.dds", name ); buffer = vfsLoadFile( filename ) )
+	{
+		/* also look for .dds image in dds/ prefix like Doom3 or DarkPlaces */
+		LoadDDSBuffer( buffer.data(), buffer.size(), &pixels, &width, &height );
+	}
+	else if( sprintf( filename, "%s.ktx", name ); buffer = vfsLoadFile( filename ) )
 	{
 		LoadKTXBufferFirstImage( buffer.data(), buffer.size(), &pixels, &width, &height );
 	}
@@ -330,6 +323,9 @@ const image_t *ImageLoad( const char *name ){
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 
+	/* tell user which image file is found for the given texture path */
+	Sys_FPrintf( SYS_VRB, "Loaded image: \"%s\"\n", name );
+
 	/* everybody's in the place, create new image */
 	image_t& image = *images.emplace_after( images.cbegin(), name, filename, width, height, pixels );