diff --git a/simgear/scene/tgdb/ReaderWriterSTG.cxx b/simgear/scene/tgdb/ReaderWriterSTG.cxx
index 397aa3c5..ac4f1059 100644
--- a/simgear/scene/tgdb/ReaderWriterSTG.cxx
+++ b/simgear/scene/tgdb/ReaderWriterSTG.cxx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ ReaderWriterSTG::readNode(const std::string& fileName,
                           const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options) const
 {
     std::string tileName = osgDB::getNameLessExtension(fileName);
+    tileName = osgDB::getSimpleFileName(tileName);
 
     osg::Node* result = TileEntry::loadTileByName(tileName, options);
     // For debugging race conditions