diff --git a/include/QuickLoadDialog.h b/include/QuickLoadDialog.h
index 3395e05c2..e9abb6ee2 100644
--- a/include/QuickLoadDialog.h
+++ b/include/QuickLoadDialog.h
@@ -27,15 +27,22 @@
 
 #include <QtGui/QDialog>
 
+#include "ResourceItem.h"
 
 namespace Ui { class QuickLoadDialog; }
 class ResourceListModel;
 
 class QuickLoadDialog : public QDialog
 {
+	Q_OBJECT
 public:
-	QuickLoadDialog( QWidget * _parent );
-	~QuickLoadDialog();
+	QuickLoadDialog( QWidget * _parent, ResourceItem::Type _typeFilter =
+													ResourceItem::TypeUnknown );
+	virtual ~QuickLoadDialog();
+
+
+private slots:
+	void setTypeFilter( int );
 
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/gui/Forms/QuickLoadDialog.ui b/src/gui/Forms/QuickLoadDialog.ui
index c9093c470..befea4591 100644
--- a/src/gui/Forms/QuickLoadDialog.ui
+++ b/src/gui/Forms/QuickLoadDialog.ui
@@ -40,13 +40,18 @@
       </spacer>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBox">
+      <widget class="QComboBox" name="resourceTypeComboBox">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
+       <item>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>All types</string>
+        </property>
+       </item>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@
  <tabstops>
   <tabstop>filterEdit</tabstop>
   <tabstop>resourceListView</tabstop>
-  <tabstop>comboBox</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>resourceTypeComboBox</tabstop>
   <tabstop>buttonBox</tabstop>
  </tabstops>
  <resources/>
diff --git a/src/gui/QuickLoadDialog.cpp b/src/gui/QuickLoadDialog.cpp
index 382c8a7a1..aab67def6 100644
--- a/src/gui/QuickLoadDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/QuickLoadDialog.cpp
@@ -30,13 +30,30 @@
 
 
 
-QuickLoadDialog::QuickLoadDialog( QWidget * _parent ) :
+QuickLoadDialog::QuickLoadDialog( QWidget * _parent,
+									ResourceItem::Type _typeFilter ) :
 	QDialog( _parent ),
 	ui( new Ui::QuickLoadDialog ),
 	m_listModel( new ResourceListModel( engine::mergedResourceDB(), this ) )
 {
 	ui->setupUi( this );
 
+	// setup type combobox + type filtering
+	for( int i = ResourceItem::TypeUnknown+1; i < ResourceItem::NumTypes; ++i )
+	{
+		ui->resourceTypeComboBox->addItem(
+			ResourceItem::descriptiveTypeName(
+				static_cast<ResourceItem::Type>( i ) ) );
+	}
+
+	connect( ui->resourceTypeComboBox, SIGNAL( currentIndexChanged( int ) ),
+				this, SLOT( setTypeFilter( int ) ) );
+
+	if( _typeFilter != ResourceItem::TypeUnknown )
+	{
+		ui->resourceTypeComboBox->setCurrentIndex( _typeFilter );
+	}
+
 	// setup list view to display our model
 	ui->resourceListView->setModel( m_listModel );
 	ui->resourceListView->selectionModel()->select(
@@ -57,3 +74,14 @@ QuickLoadDialog::~QuickLoadDialog()
 }
 
 
+
+
+void QuickLoadDialog::setTypeFilter( int _type )
+{
+	m_listModel->setTypeFilter( static_cast<ResourceItem::Type>( _type ) );
+}
+
+
+
+#include "moc_QuickLoadDialog.cxx"
+