diff --git a/components/nifogre/material.cpp b/components/nifogre/material.cpp
index d529fb109..a18b29544 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/material.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/material.cpp
@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ Ogre::String NIFMaterialLoader::getMaterial(const Nif::ShapeData *shapedata,
     instance->setProperty("normalMap", sh::makeProperty(texName[Nif::NiTexturingProperty::BumpTexture]));
     instance->setProperty("detailMap", sh::makeProperty(texName[Nif::NiTexturingProperty::DetailTexture]));
     instance->setProperty("emissiveMap", sh::makeProperty(texName[Nif::NiTexturingProperty::GlowTexture]));
+    if (!texName[Nif::NiTexturingProperty::BaseTexture].empty())
+    {
+        instance->setProperty("use_diffuse_map", sh::makeProperty(new sh::BooleanValue(true)));
+        instance->setProperty("diffuseMapUVSet", sh::makeProperty(new sh::IntValue(texprop->textures[Nif::NiTexturingProperty::BaseTexture].uvSet)));
+    }
     if (!texName[Nif::NiTexturingProperty::GlowTexture].empty())
     {
         instance->setProperty("use_emissive_map", sh::makeProperty(new sh::BooleanValue(true)));
@@ -347,7 +352,7 @@ Ogre::String NIFMaterialLoader::getMaterial(const Nif::ShapeData *shapedata,
            i == Nif::NiTexturingProperty::GlowTexture)
             continue;
         if(!texName[i].empty())
-            warn("Ignored texture "+texName[i]+" on layer "+Ogre::StringConverter::toString(i));
+            warn("Ignored texture "+texName[i]+" on layer "+Ogre::StringConverter::toString(i) + " in " + name);
     }
 
     if (vertexColour)
diff --git a/files/materials/objects.mat b/files/materials/objects.mat
index 32787e159..2cced6091 100644
--- a/files/materials/objects.mat
+++ b/files/materials/objects.mat
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ material openmw_objects_base
     emissiveMap
     use_emissive_map false
     use_detail_map false
+    use_diffuse_map false
     emissiveMapUVSet 0
     detailMapUVSet 0
+    diffuseMapUVSet 0
     use_parallax false
 
     scene_blend default
@@ -34,8 +36,10 @@ material openmw_objects_base
             normalMap $normalMap
             emissiveMapUVSet $emissiveMapUVSet
             detailMapUVSet $detailMapUVSet
+            diffuseMapUVSet $diffuseMapUVSet
             emissiveMap $emissiveMap
             detailMap $detailMap
+            diffuseMap $diffuseMap
             env_map $env_map
             env_map_color $env_map_color
             use_parallax $use_parallax
@@ -55,8 +59,8 @@ material openmw_objects_base
         texture_unit diffuseMap
         {
             direct_texture $diffuseMap
-            create_in_ffp true
-            tex_coord_set $emissiveMapUVSet
+            create_in_ffp $use_diffuse_map
+            tex_coord_set $diffuseMapUVSet
         }
 
         texture_unit normalMap
diff --git a/files/materials/objects.shader b/files/materials/objects.shader
index 3d873f463..e50c97a6a 100644
--- a/files/materials/objects.shader
+++ b/files/materials/objects.shader
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 #define NORMAL_MAP @shPropertyHasValue(normalMap)
 #define EMISSIVE_MAP @shPropertyHasValue(emissiveMap)
 #define DETAIL_MAP @shPropertyHasValue(detailMap)
+#define DIFFUSE_MAP @shPropertyHasValue(diffuseMap)
 
 #define PARALLAX @shPropertyBool(use_parallax)
 #define PARALLAX_SCALE 0.04
 #define PARALLAX_BIAS -0.02
 
 // right now we support 2 UV sets max. implementing them is tedious, and we're probably not going to need more
-#define SECOND_UV_SET (@shPropertyString(emissiveMapUVSet) || @shPropertyString(detailMapUVSet))
+#define SECOND_UV_SET (@shPropertyString(emissiveMapUVSet) || @shPropertyString(detailMapUVSet) || @shPropertyString(diffuseMapUVSet))
 
 // if normal mapping is enabled, we force pixel lighting
 #define VERTEX_LIGHTING (!@shPropertyHasValue(normalMap))
@@ -246,7 +247,9 @@
 #endif
 
     SH_BEGIN_PROGRAM
+#if DIFFUSE_MAP
         shSampler2D(diffuseMap)
+#endif
 
 #if NORMAL_MAP
         shSampler2D(normalMap)
@@ -376,7 +379,15 @@
         newUV += (TSeyeDir.xyxy * ( normalTex.a * PARALLAX_SCALE + PARALLAX_BIAS )).xyxy;
 #endif
 
+#if DIFFUSE_MAP
+    #if @shPropertyString(diffuseMapUVSet)
+        float4 diffuse = shSample(diffuseMap, newUV.zw);
+    #else
         float4 diffuse = shSample(diffuseMap, newUV.xy);
+    #endif
+#else
+        float4 diffuse = float4(1,1,1,1);
+#endif
         shOutputColour(0) = diffuse;
 
 #if DETAIL_MAP