diff --git a/core/GameConfigs.cpp b/core/GameConfigs.cpp
index 18ffaeb5..354f3d19 100644
--- a/core/GameConfigs.cpp
+++ b/core/GameConfigs.cpp
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ void GameConfigManager::OnSourceModStartup(bool late)
 	strncopy(g_GameDesc + 1, SERVER_CALL(GetGameDescription)(), sizeof(g_GameDesc) - 1);
 
 	KeyValues *pGameInfo = new KeyValues("GameInfo");
-	if (pGameInfo->LoadFromFile(basefilesystem, "gameinfo.txt"))
+	if (g_HL2.KVLoadFromFile(pGameInfo, basefilesystem, "gameinfo.txt"))
 	{
 		const char *str;
 		if ((str = pGameInfo->GetString("game", NULL)) != NULL)
diff --git a/core/HalfLife2.cpp b/core/HalfLife2.cpp
index 39e2c9eb..2a84f142 100644
--- a/core/HalfLife2.cpp
+++ b/core/HalfLife2.cpp
@@ -435,6 +435,47 @@ bool CHalfLife2::IsLANServer()
 	return (sv_lan->GetInt() != 0);
 }
 
+bool CHalfLife2::KVLoadFromFile(KeyValues *kv, IBaseFileSystem *filesystem, const char *resourceName, const char *pathID)
+{
+#if defined METAMOD_PLAPI_VERSION
+	if (g_SMAPI->GetSourceEngineBuild() == SOURCE_ENGINE_ORIGINAL)
+#else
+	if (strcasecmp(g_SourceMod.GetGameFolderName(), "ship") == 0)
+#endif
+	{
+		Assert(filesystem);
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+		Assert(_heapchk() == _HEAPOK);
+#endif
+
+		FileHandle_t f = filesystem->Open(resourceName, "rb", pathID);
+		if (!f)
+			return false;
+
+		// load file into a null-terminated buffer
+		int fileSize = filesystem->Size(f);
+		char *buffer = (char *)MemAllocScratch(fileSize + 1);
+
+		Assert(buffer);
+
+		filesystem->Read(buffer, fileSize, f); // read into local buffer
+
+		buffer[fileSize] = 0; // null terminate file as EOF
+
+		filesystem->Close( f );	// close file after reading
+
+		bool retOK = kv->LoadFromBuffer( resourceName, buffer, filesystem );
+
+		MemFreeScratch();
+
+		return retOK;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return kv->LoadFromFile(filesystem, resourceName, pathID);
+	}
+}
+
 void CHalfLife2::PushCommandStack(const CCommand *cmd)
 {
 	CachedCommandInfo info;
diff --git a/core/HalfLife2.h b/core/HalfLife2.h
index e6bcf05a..90059620 100644
--- a/core/HalfLife2.h
+++ b/core/HalfLife2.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public: //IGameHelpers
 	bool HintTextMsg(int client, const char *msg);
 	bool ShowVGUIMenu(int client, const char *name, KeyValues *data, bool show);
 	bool IsLANServer();
+	bool KVLoadFromFile(KeyValues *kv, IBaseFileSystem *filesystem, const char *resourceName, const char *pathID = NULL);
 public:
 	void AddToFakeCliCmdQueue(int client, int userid, const char *cmd);
 	void ProcessFakeCliCmdQueue();
diff --git a/core/smn_keyvalues.cpp b/core/smn_keyvalues.cpp
index 45cfb93e..825b26f1 100644
--- a/core/smn_keyvalues.cpp
+++ b/core/smn_keyvalues.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "sourcemm_api.h"
 #include "sm_stringutil.h"
 #include "HandleSys.h"
+#include "HalfLife2.h"
 #include <KeyValues.h>
 #include "utlbuffer.h"
 
@@ -782,6 +783,7 @@ static cell_t smn_FileToKeyValues(IPluginContext *pCtx, const cell_t *params)
 	HandleSecurity sec;
 	char *path;
 	KeyValueStack *pStk;
+	KeyValues *kv;
 
 	sec.pOwner = NULL;
 	sec.pIdentity = g_pCoreIdent;
@@ -797,7 +799,8 @@ static cell_t smn_FileToKeyValues(IPluginContext *pCtx, const cell_t *params)
 	char realpath[PLATFORM_MAX_PATH];
 	g_SourceMod.BuildPath(Path_Game, realpath, sizeof(realpath), "%s", path);
 
-	return pStk->pCurRoot.front()->LoadFromFile(basefilesystem, realpath);
+	kv = pStk->pCurRoot.front();
+	return g_HL2.KVLoadFromFile(kv, basefilesystem, realpath);
 }
 
 static cell_t smn_KvSetEscapeSequences(IPluginContext *pCtx, const cell_t *params)