diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanagerimp.cpp
index 5e18151da..74c85dbbf 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <components/compiler/scanner.hpp>
 #include <components/compiler/context.hpp>
 #include <components/compiler/exception.hpp>
+#include <components/compiler/quickfileparser.hpp>
 
 #include "../mwworld/esmstore.hpp"
 
@@ -159,20 +160,14 @@ namespace MWScript
                 return iter->second;
         }
 
-        Compiler::Locals locals;
-
         if (const ESM::Script *script = mStore.get<ESM::Script>().find (name2))
         {
-            int index = 0;
-
-            for (int i=0; i<script->mData.mNumShorts; ++i)
-                locals.declare ('s', script->mVarNames[index++]);
-
-            for (int i=0; i<script->mData.mNumLongs; ++i)
-                locals.declare ('l', script->mVarNames[index++]);
+            Compiler::Locals locals;
 
-            for (int i=0; i<script->mData.mNumFloats; ++i)
-                locals.declare ('f', script->mVarNames[index++]);
+            std::istringstream stream (script->mScriptText);
+            Compiler::QuickFileParser parser (mErrorHandler, mCompilerContext, locals);
+            Compiler::Scanner scanner (mErrorHandler, stream, mCompilerContext.getExtensions());
+            scanner.scan (parser);
 
             std::map<std::string, Compiler::Locals>::iterator iter =
                 mOtherLocals.insert (std::make_pair (name2, locals)).first;
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index fbe9ad5bd..45a91f368 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ add_component_dir (compiler
     context controlparser errorhandler exception exprparser extensions fileparser generator
     lineparser literals locals output parser scanner scriptparser skipparser streamerrorhandler
     stringparser tokenloc nullerrorhandler opcodes extensions0 declarationparser
+    quickfileparser
     )
 
 add_component_dir (interpreter
diff --git a/components/compiler/declarationparser.cpp b/components/compiler/declarationparser.cpp
index 9c4e4f631..357f0259b 100644
--- a/components/compiler/declarationparser.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/declarationparser.cpp
@@ -75,4 +75,9 @@ bool Compiler::DeclarationParser::parseSpecial (int code, const TokenLoc& loc, S
         return false;
 
     return Parser::parseSpecial (code, loc, scanner);
+}
+
+void Compiler::DeclarationParser::reset()
+{
+    mState = State_Begin;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/compiler/declarationparser.hpp b/components/compiler/declarationparser.hpp
index 3e0ac57c3..f85b31ba1 100644
--- a/components/compiler/declarationparser.hpp
+++ b/components/compiler/declarationparser.hpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ namespace Compiler
             ///< Handle a special character token.
             /// \return fetch another token?
 
+            void reset();
+
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/components/compiler/quickfileparser.cpp b/components/compiler/quickfileparser.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..157e15249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/compiler/quickfileparser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+#include "quickfileparser.hpp"
+
+#include "skipparser.hpp"
+#include "scanner.hpp"
+
+Compiler::QuickFileParser::QuickFileParser (ErrorHandler& errorHandler, Context& context,
+    Locals& locals)
+: Parser (errorHandler, context), mDeclarationParser (errorHandler, context, locals)
+{}
+
+bool Compiler::QuickFileParser::parseName (const std::string& name, const TokenLoc& loc,
+    Scanner& scanner)
+{
+    SkipParser skip (getErrorHandler(), getContext());
+    scanner.scan (skip);
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool Compiler::QuickFileParser::parseKeyword (int keyword, const TokenLoc& loc, Scanner& scanner)
+{
+    if (keyword==Scanner::K_end)
+        return false;
+
+    if (keyword==Scanner::K_short || keyword==Scanner::K_long || keyword==Scanner::K_float)
+    {
+        mDeclarationParser.reset();
+        scanner.putbackKeyword (keyword, loc);
+        scanner.scan (mDeclarationParser);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    SkipParser skip (getErrorHandler(), getContext());
+    scanner.scan (skip);
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool Compiler::QuickFileParser::parseSpecial (int code, const TokenLoc& loc, Scanner& scanner)
+{
+    if (code!=Scanner::S_newline)
+    {
+        SkipParser skip (getErrorHandler(), getContext());
+        scanner.scan (skip);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void Compiler::QuickFileParser::parseEOF (Scanner& scanner)
+{
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/compiler/quickfileparser.hpp b/components/compiler/quickfileparser.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2dfafb34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/compiler/quickfileparser.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef COMPILER_QUICKFILEPARSER_H_INCLUDED
+#define COMPILER_QUICKFILEPARSER_H_INCLUDED
+
+#include "parser.hpp"
+#include "declarationparser.hpp"
+
+namespace Compiler
+{
+    class Locals;
+
+    /// \brief File parser variant that ignores everything but variable declarations
+    class QuickFileParser : public Parser
+    {
+            DeclarationParser mDeclarationParser;
+
+        public:
+
+            QuickFileParser (ErrorHandler& errorHandler, Context& context, Locals& locals);
+
+            virtual bool parseName (const std::string& name, const TokenLoc& loc,
+                Scanner& scanner);
+            ///< Handle a name token.
+            /// \return fetch another token?
+
+            virtual bool parseKeyword (int keyword, const TokenLoc& loc, Scanner& scanner);
+            ///< Handle a keyword token.
+            /// \return fetch another token?
+
+            virtual bool parseSpecial (int code, const TokenLoc& loc, Scanner& scanner);
+            ///< Handle a special character token.
+            /// \return fetch another token?
+
+            virtual void parseEOF (Scanner& scanner);
+            ///< Handle EOF token.
+    };
+}
+
+#endif
+