diff --git a/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h b/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h
index e1d7d2abb..2ea5f238d 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h
+++ b/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h
@@ -264,6 +264,27 @@ uint64_t GetModifiedTimestamp(const string &filename);
 void Copy(const char *from, const char *to, bool allowOverwrite);
 void Delete(const char *path);
 
+enum
+{
+  eFileProp_Directory = 0x1,
+  eFileProp_Hidden = 0x2,
+  eFileProp_Executable = 0x4,
+
+  eFileProp_ErrorUnknown = 0x2000,
+  eFileProp_ErrorAccessDenied = 0x4000,
+  eFileProp_ErrorInvalidPath = 0x8000,
+};
+
+struct FoundFile
+{
+  FoundFile() : flags(0) {}
+  FoundFile(string fn, uint32_t f) : filename(fn), flags(f) {}
+  string filename;
+  uint32_t flags;
+};
+
+vector<FoundFile> GetFilesInDirectory(const char *path);
+
 FILE *fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode);
 
 size_t fread(void *buf, size_t elementSize, size_t count, FILE *f);
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_stringio.cpp b/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_stringio.cpp
index a0c32c770..8ea3b6cb8 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_stringio.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_stringio.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  ******************************************************************************/
 
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <dlfcn.h>    // for dladdr
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -234,6 +235,70 @@ void Delete(const char *path)
   unlink(path);
 }
 
+vector<FoundFile> GetFilesInDirectory(const char *path)
+{
+  vector<FoundFile> ret;
+
+  DIR *d = opendir(path);
+
+  if(d == NULL)
+  {
+    uint32_t flags = eFileProp_ErrorUnknown;
+
+    if(errno == ENOENT)
+      flags = eFileProp_ErrorInvalidPath;
+    else if(errno == EACCES)
+      flags = eFileProp_ErrorAccessDenied;
+
+    ret.push_back(FoundFile(path, flags));
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  dirent *ent = NULL;
+
+  for(;;)
+  {
+    ent = readdir(d);
+
+    if(!ent)
+      break;
+
+    // skip "." and ".."
+    if(!strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") || !strcmp(ent->d_name, ".."))
+      continue;
+
+    string fullpath = path;
+    fullpath += '/';
+    fullpath += ent->d_name;
+
+    struct ::stat st;
+    int res = stat(fullpath.c_str(), &st);
+
+    // invalid/bad file - skip it
+    if(res != 0)
+      continue;
+
+    uint32_t flags = 0;
+
+    // make directory/executable mutually exclusive for clarity's sake
+    if(S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+      flags |= eFileProp_Directory;
+    else if(st.st_mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))
+      flags |= eFileProp_Executable;
+
+    if(ent->d_name[0] == '.')
+      flags |= eFileProp_Hidden;
+
+    ret.push_back(FoundFile(ent->d_name, flags));
+  }
+
+  // don't care if we hit an error or enumerated all files, just finish
+
+  closedir(d);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
 FILE *fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode)
 {
   return ::fopen(filename, mode);
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_stringio.cpp b/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_stringio.cpp
index 475fdcf5c..c4ce34487 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_stringio.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_stringio.cpp
@@ -333,6 +333,82 @@ void Delete(const char *path)
   ::DeleteFileW(wpath.c_str());
 }
 
+vector<FoundFile> GetFilesInDirectory(const char *path)
+{
+  vector<FoundFile> ret;
+
+  string pathstr = path;
+
+  // normalise path to windows style
+  for(size_t i = 0; i < pathstr.size(); i++)
+    if(pathstr[i] == '/')
+      pathstr[i] = '\\';
+
+  // remove any trailing slash
+  if(pathstr[pathstr.size() - 1] == '\\')
+    pathstr.resize(pathstr.size() - 1);
+
+  // append '\*' to do the search we want
+  pathstr += "\\*";
+
+  wstring wpath = StringFormat::UTF82Wide(pathstr);
+
+  WIN32_FIND_DATAW findData = {};
+  HANDLE find = FindFirstFileW(wpath.c_str(), &findData);
+
+  if(find == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+  {
+    DWORD err = GetLastError();
+
+    uint32_t flags = eFileProp_ErrorUnknown;
+
+    if(err == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
+      flags = eFileProp_ErrorInvalidPath;
+    else if(err == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED)
+      flags = eFileProp_ErrorAccessDenied;
+
+    ret.push_back(FoundFile(path, flags));
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  do
+  {
+    if(findData.cFileName[0] == L'.' && findData.cFileName[1] == 0)
+    {
+      // skip "."
+    }
+    else if(findData.cFileName[0] == L'.' && findData.cFileName[1] == L'.' &&
+            findData.cFileName[2] == 0)
+    {
+      // skip ".."
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      uint32_t flags = 0;
+
+      if(findData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
+        flags |= eFileProp_Directory;
+
+      if(findData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
+        flags |= eFileProp_Hidden;
+
+      if(wcsstr(findData.cFileName, L".EXE") || wcsstr(findData.cFileName, L".exe") ||
+         wcsstr(findData.cFileName, L".Exe"))
+      {
+        flags |= eFileProp_Executable;
+      }
+
+      ret.push_back(FoundFile(StringFormat::Wide2UTF8(findData.cFileName), flags));
+    }
+  } while(FindNextFile(find, &findData) != FALSE);
+
+  // don't care if we hit an error or enumerated all files, just finish
+
+  FindClose(find);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
 FILE *fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode)
 {
   wstring wfn = StringFormat::UTF82Wide(string(filename));