diff --git a/code/PlyParser.cpp b/code/PlyParser.cpp
index c97ea509f..7e5a07d8e 100644
--- a/code/PlyParser.cpp
+++ b/code/PlyParser.cpp
@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ PLY::ESemantic PLY::Property::ParseSemantic(const char* pCur,const char** pCurOu
         eOut = PLY::EST_Blue;
     }
     // NOTE: Blender3D exports texture coordinates as s,t tuples
-    else if (TokenMatch(pCur,"u",1) ||  TokenMatch(pCur,"s",1) || TokenMatch(pCur,"tx",2))
+    else if (TokenMatch(pCur,"u",1) ||  TokenMatch(pCur,"s",1) || TokenMatch(pCur,"tx",2) || TokenMatch(pCur,"texture_u",9))
     {
         eOut = PLY::EST_UTextureCoord;
     }
-    else if (TokenMatch(pCur,"v",1) ||  TokenMatch(pCur,"t",1) || TokenMatch(pCur,"ty",2))
+    else if (TokenMatch(pCur,"v",1) ||  TokenMatch(pCur,"t",1) || TokenMatch(pCur,"ty",2) || TokenMatch(pCur,"texture_v",9))
     {
         eOut = PLY::EST_VTextureCoord;
     }