diff --git a/src/engine/client/graphics.cpp b/src/engine/client/graphics.cpp
index fda85312e..d16f10fc4 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/graphics.cpp
@@ -349,9 +349,18 @@ int CGraphics_OpenGL::LoadTextureRaw(int Width, int Height, int Format, const vo
 	glGenTextures(1, &m_aTextures[Tex].m_Tex);
 	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, m_aTextures[Tex].m_Tex);
 
-	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
-	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST);
-	gluBuild2DMipmaps(GL_TEXTURE_2D, StoreOglformat, Width, Height, Oglformat, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pTexData);
+	if(Flags&TEXLOAD_NOMIPMAPS)
+	{
+		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+		glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, StoreOglformat, Width, Height, 0, Oglformat, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pData);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST);
+		gluBuild2DMipmaps(GL_TEXTURE_2D, StoreOglformat, Width, Height, Oglformat, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pTexData);
+	}
 
 	// calculate memory usage
 	{
diff --git a/src/engine/client/graphics_threaded.cpp b/src/engine/client/graphics_threaded.cpp
index 2b9147ffc..21e9ef2f0 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/graphics_threaded.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/graphics_threaded.cpp
@@ -163,9 +163,20 @@ public:
 
 		glGenTextures(1, &m_aTextures[pCommand->m_Slot]);
 		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, m_aTextures[pCommand->m_Slot]);
-		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
-		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST);
-		gluBuild2DMipmaps(GL_TEXTURE_2D, StoreOglformat, pCommand->m_Width, pCommand->m_Height, Oglformat, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pCommand->m_pData);
+
+		if(pCommand->m_Flags&CCommandBuffer::TEXFLAG_NOMIPMAPS)
+		{
+			glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+			glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+			glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, StoreOglformat, pCommand->m_Width, pCommand->m_Height, 0, Oglformat, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pCommand->m_pData);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+			glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST);
+			gluBuild2DMipmaps(GL_TEXTURE_2D, StoreOglformat, pCommand->m_Width, pCommand->m_Height, Oglformat, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pCommand->m_pData);
+		}
+
 		mem_free(pCommand->m_pData);
 	}
 
@@ -760,6 +771,11 @@ int CGraphics_Threaded::LoadTextureRaw(int Width, int Height, int Format, const
 	Cmd.m_Format = ImageFormatToTexFormat(Format);
 	Cmd.m_StoreFormat = ImageFormatToTexFormat(StoreFormat);
 
+	// flags
+	Cmd.m_Flags = 0;
+	if(Flags&IGraphics::TEXLOAD_NOMIPMAPS)
+		Cmd.m_Flags |= CCommandBuffer::TEXFLAG_NOMIPMAPS;
+
 	// calculate memory usage
 	int PixelSize = 4;
 	if(Format == CImageInfo::FORMAT_RGB)
diff --git a/src/engine/client/graphics_threaded.h b/src/engine/client/graphics_threaded.h
index a4c4ab400..41565ca20 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/graphics_threaded.h
+++ b/src/engine/client/graphics_threaded.h
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ public:
 		TEXFORMAT_RGB,
 		TEXFORMAT_RGBA,
 		TEXFORMAT_ALPHA,
+
+		TEXFLAG_NOMIPMAPS = 1,
 	};
 
 	enum
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ public:
 		int m_Height;
 		int m_Format;
 		int m_StoreFormat;
+		int m_Flags;
 		void *m_pData; // will be freed by the command processor
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/engine/client/text.cpp b/src/engine/client/text.cpp
index 51eed5471..f00247d2b 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/text.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/text.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class CTextRender : public IEngineTextRender
 				pSizeData->m_aTextures[i] = 0;
 			}
 
-			pSizeData->m_aTextures[i] = Graphics()->LoadTextureRaw(Width, Height, CImageInfo::FORMAT_ALPHA, pMem, CImageInfo::FORMAT_ALPHA, 0);
+			pSizeData->m_aTextures[i] = Graphics()->LoadTextureRaw(Width, Height, CImageInfo::FORMAT_ALPHA, pMem, CImageInfo::FORMAT_ALPHA, IGraphics::TEXLOAD_NOMIPMAPS);
 			FontMemoryUsage += Width*Height;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/engine/graphics.h b/src/engine/graphics.h
index be113b2db..94d9c1a28 100644
--- a/src/engine/graphics.h
+++ b/src/engine/graphics.h
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public:
 	*/
 	enum
 	{
-		TEXLOAD_NORESAMPLE=1,
+		TEXLOAD_NORESAMPLE = 1,
+		TEXLOAD_NOMIPMAPS = 2,
 	};
 
 	int ScreenWidth() const { return m_ScreenWidth; }