diff --git a/tools/quake3/bspc/deps/qcommon/cm_load.c b/tools/quake3/bspc/deps/qcommon/cm_load.c
index 70541b4..95a5fb5 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/bspc/deps/qcommon/cm_load.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/bspc/deps/qcommon/cm_load.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ void CM_LoadMap( const char *name, qboolean clientload, int *checksum ) {
 		((int *)&header)[i] = LittleLong ( ((int *)&header)[i]);
 	}
 
-	if ( header.version != BSP_VERSION ) {
+	if ( header.version != BSP_VERSION && header.version != BSP_VERSION_QL ) {
 		Com_Error (ERR_DROP, "CM_LoadMap: %s has wrong version number (%i should be %i)"
 		, name, header.version, BSP_VERSION );
 	}
diff --git a/tools/quake3/bspc/deps/qcommon/qfiles.h b/tools/quake3/bspc/deps/qcommon/qfiles.h
index 7f1ef96..1c1910a 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/bspc/deps/qcommon/qfiles.h
+++ b/tools/quake3/bspc/deps/qcommon/qfiles.h
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ typedef struct {
 		// little-endian "IBSP"
 
 #define BSP_VERSION			46
-
+#define BSP_VERSION_QL		47 // for quakelive :ss 
 
 // there shouldn't be any problem with increasing these values at the
 // expense of more memory allocation in the utilities
diff --git a/tools/quake3/bspc/map.c b/tools/quake3/bspc/map.c
index 7527ee0..c5d3045 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/bspc/map.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/bspc/map.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ int LoadMapFromBSP(struct quakefile_s *qf)
 		Q3_FreeMaxBSP();
 	} //end if
 	//Quake3 BSP file
-	if (idheader.ident == Q3_BSP_IDENT && idheader.version == Q3_BSP_VERSION)
+	else if (idheader.ident == Q3_BSP_IDENT && idheader.version == Q3_BSP_VERSION)
 	{
 		ResetMapLoading();
 		Q3_LoadMapFromBSP(qf);