diff --git a/components/resource/keyframemanager.cpp b/components/resource/keyframemanager.cpp
index b6417597d..923ce4326 100644
--- a/components/resource/keyframemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/keyframemanager.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 namespace Resource
 {
 
-    RetrieveAnimationsVisitor::RetrieveAnimationsVisitor(SceneUtil::KeyframeHolder& target, osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::BasicAnimationManager> animationManager) : osg::NodeVisitor(TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN), mTarget(target), mAnimationManager(animationManager) {}
+    RetrieveAnimationsVisitor::RetrieveAnimationsVisitor(SceneUtil::KeyframeHolder& target, osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::BasicAnimationManager> animationManager,
+        const std::string& normalized, const VFS::Manager* vfs) :
+        osg::NodeVisitor(TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN), mTarget(target), mAnimationManager(animationManager), mNormalized(normalized), mVFS(vfs) {}
 
     void RetrieveAnimationsVisitor::apply(osg::Node& node)
     {
@@ -39,27 +41,19 @@ namespace Resource
 
                         osg::ref_ptr<Resource::Animation> mergedAnimationTrack = new Resource::Animation;
                         std::string animationName = animation->getName();
-                        std::string start = animationName + std::string(": start");
-                        std::string stop = animationName + std::string(": stop");
+                        mergedAnimationTrack->setName(animationName);
 
                         const osgAnimation::ChannelList& channels = animation->getChannels();
                         for (const auto& channel: channels)
                         {
                             mergedAnimationTrack->addChannel(channel.get()->clone()); // is ->clone needed?
                         }
-                        mergedAnimationTrack->setName(animation->getName());
+
                         callback->addMergedAnimationTrack(mergedAnimationTrack);
 
                         float startTime = animation->getStartTime();
                         float stopTime = startTime + animation->getDuration();
 
-                        // mTextKeys is a nif-thing, used by OpenMW's animation system
-                        // Format is likely "AnimationName: [Keyword_optional] [Start OR Stop]"
-                        // AnimationNames are keywords like idle2, idle3... AiPackages and various mechanics control which animations are played
-                        // Keywords can be stuff like Loop, Equip, Unequip, Block, InventoryHandtoHand, InventoryWeaponOneHand, PickProbe, Slash, Thrust, Chop... even "Slash Small Follow"
-                        mTarget.mTextKeys.emplace(startTime, std::move(start));
-                        mTarget.mTextKeys.emplace(stopTime, std::move(stop));
-
                         SceneUtil::EmulatedAnimation emulatedAnimation;
                         emulatedAnimation.mStartTime = startTime;
                         emulatedAnimation.mStopTime = stopTime;
@@ -67,12 +61,62 @@ namespace Resource
                         emulatedAnimations.emplace_back(emulatedAnimation);
                     }
                 }
+
+                // mTextKeys is a nif-thing, used by OpenMW's animation system
+                // Format is likely "AnimationName: [Keyword_optional] [Start OR Stop]"
+                // AnimationNames are keywords like idle2, idle3... AiPackages and various mechanics control which animations are played
+                // Keywords can be stuff like Loop, Equip, Unequip, Block, InventoryHandtoHand, InventoryWeaponOneHand, PickProbe, Slash, Thrust, Chop... even "Slash Small Follow"
+                // osgAnimation formats should have a .txt file with the same name, each line holding a textkey and whitespace separated time value
+                // e.g. idle: start 0.0333
+                try
+                {
+                    Files::IStreamPtr textKeysFile = mVFS->get(changeFileExtension(mNormalized, "txt"));
+                    std::string line;
+                    while ( getline (*textKeysFile, line) )
+                    {
+                        Log(Debug::Warning) << "add textkey ***" << parseTextKey(line) << "***" << parseTimeSignature(line) << "***";
+                        mTarget.mTextKeys.emplace(parseTimeSignature(line), std::move(parseTextKey(line)));
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (std::exception& e)
+                {
+                    Log(Debug::Warning) << "No textkey file found for " << mNormalized;
+                }
+
                 callback->setEmulatedAnimations(emulatedAnimations);
                 mTarget.mKeyframeControllers.emplace(node.getName(), callback);
             }
 
         traverse(node);
     }
+
+    std::string RetrieveAnimationsVisitor::parseTextKey(const std::string& line)
+    {
+        size_t spacePos = line.find_last_of(' ');
+        if (spacePos != std::string::npos)
+             return line.substr(0, spacePos);
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    double RetrieveAnimationsVisitor::parseTimeSignature(const std::string& line)
+    {
+        size_t spacePos = line.find_last_of(' ');
+        double time = 0.0;
+        if (spacePos != std::string::npos && spacePos + 1 < line.size())
+             time = std::stod(line.substr(spacePos + 1));
+        return time;
+    }
+
+    std::string RetrieveAnimationsVisitor::changeFileExtension(const std::string file, const std::string ext)
+    {
+        size_t extPos = file.find_last_of('.');
+        if (extPos != std::string::npos && extPos+1 < file.size())
+        {
+            return file.substr(0, extPos + 1) + ext;
+        }
+        return file;
+    }
+
 }
 
 namespace Resource
@@ -110,7 +154,7 @@ namespace Resource
                 osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::BasicAnimationManager> bam = dynamic_cast<osgAnimation::BasicAnimationManager*> (scene->getUpdateCallback());
                 if (bam)
                 {
-                    Resource::RetrieveAnimationsVisitor rav(*loaded.get(), bam);
+                    Resource::RetrieveAnimationsVisitor rav(*loaded.get(), bam, normalized, mVFS);
                     scene->accept(rav);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/components/resource/keyframemanager.hpp b/components/resource/keyframemanager.hpp
index 3e992ac5e..87a20b97a 100644
--- a/components/resource/keyframemanager.hpp
+++ b/components/resource/keyframemanager.hpp
@@ -15,13 +15,21 @@ namespace Resource
     class RetrieveAnimationsVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
     {
         public:
-            RetrieveAnimationsVisitor(SceneUtil::KeyframeHolder& target, osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::BasicAnimationManager> animationManager);
+            RetrieveAnimationsVisitor(SceneUtil::KeyframeHolder& target, osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::BasicAnimationManager> animationManager,
+                const std::string& normalized, const VFS::Manager* vfs);
 
             virtual void apply(osg::Node& node) override;
 
         private:
+
+            std::string changeFileExtension(const std::string file, const std::string ext);
+            std::string parseTextKey(const std::string& line);
+            double parseTimeSignature(const std::string& line);
+
             SceneUtil::KeyframeHolder& mTarget;
             osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::BasicAnimationManager> mAnimationManager;
+            std::string mNormalized;
+            const VFS::Manager* mVFS;
 
     };
 }