diff --git a/include/osgDB/FileNameUtils b/include/osgDB/FileNameUtils
index 9ffc515ed..72a36f510 100644
--- a/include/osgDB/FileNameUtils
+++ b/include/osgDB/FileNameUtils
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ extern OSGDB_EXPORT std::string getSimpleFileName(const std::string& fileName);
 extern OSGDB_EXPORT std::string getNameLessExtension(const std::string& fileName);
 extern OSGDB_EXPORT std::string getStrippedName(const std::string& fileName);
 
+
+extern OSGDB_EXPORT std::string convertFileNameToWindowsStyle(const std::string& fileName);
+extern OSGDB_EXPORT std::string convertFileNameToUnixStyle(const std::string& fileName);
+
+extern OSGDB_EXPORT bool isFileNameNativeStyle(const std::string& fileName);
+extern OSGDB_EXPORT std::string convertFileNameToNativeStyle(const std::string& fileName);
+
 extern OSGDB_EXPORT bool equalCaseInsensitive(const std::string& lhs,const std::string& rhs);
 extern OSGDB_EXPORT bool equalCaseInsensitive(const std::string& lhs,const char* rhs);
 
diff --git a/src/osgDB/FileNameUtils.cpp b/src/osgDB/FileNameUtils.cpp
index 526bc8374..f5a7c891f 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/FileNameUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/FileNameUtils.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     using std::strlen;    
 #endif
 
+#include <osg/Notify>
+
 using namespace std;
 
 std::string osgDB::getFilePath(const std::string& fileName)
@@ -57,6 +59,54 @@ std::string osgDB::getFileExtension(const std::string& fileName)
     return std::string(fileName.begin()+dot+1,fileName.end());
 }
 
+std::string osgDB::convertFileNameToWindowsStyle(const std::string& fileName)
+{
+    std::string new_fileName(fileName);
+    
+    std::string::size_type slash = 0;
+    while( (slash=new_fileName.find_first_of('/',slash)) != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        new_fileName[slash]='\\';
+    }
+    return new_fileName;
+}
+
+std::string osgDB::convertFileNameToUnixStyle(const std::string& fileName)
+{
+    osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"convertFileNameToUnixStyle("<<fileName<<")"<<std::endl;
+
+    std::string new_fileName(fileName);
+    
+    std::string::size_type slash = 0;
+    while( (slash=new_fileName.find_first_of('\\',slash)) != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        new_fileName[slash]='/';
+    }
+
+    osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"convertFileNameToUnixStyle("<<new_fileName<<")"<<std::endl;
+
+    return new_fileName;
+}
+
+bool osgDB::isFileNameNativeStyle(const std::string& fileName)
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+    return fileName.find('/') == std::string::npos; // return true if no unix style slash exist
+#else
+    return fileName.find('\\') == std::string::npos; // return true if no windows style slash exist
+#endif
+}
+
+std::string osgDB::convertFileNameToNativeStyle(const std::string& fileName)
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+    return convertFileNameToWindowsStyle(fileName);
+#else
+    return convertFileNameToUnixStyle(fileName);
+#endif
+}
+
+
 
 std::string osgDB::getLowerCaseFileExtension(const std::string& filename)
 {
diff --git a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
index f01e32333..c4e34a9a0 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ std::string osgDB::findFileInPath(const std::string& filename, const FilePathLis
     if (filename.empty()) 
         return filename;
 
+    if (!isFileNameNativeStyle(filename)) 
+        return findFileInPath(convertFileNameToNativeStyle(filename), filepath, caseSensitivity);
+
 
     for(FilePathList::const_iterator itr=filepath.begin();
         itr!=filepath.end();