diff --git a/code/FBXDocument.cpp b/code/FBXDocument.cpp
index da8841d08..242f52c7a 100644
--- a/code/FBXDocument.cpp
+++ b/code/FBXDocument.cpp
@@ -95,11 +95,24 @@ const Object* LazyObject::Get(bool dieOnError)
 	}
 
 	const char* err;
-	const std::string name = ParseTokenAsString(*tokens[1],err);
+	std::string name = ParseTokenAsString(*tokens[1],err);
 	if (err) {
 		DOMError(err,&element);
 	} 
 
+	// small fix for binary reading: binary fbx files don't use
+	// prefixes such as Model:: in front of their names. The
+	// loading code expects this at many places, though!
+	// so convert the binary representation (a 0x0001) to the
+	// double colon notation.
+	if(tokens[1]->IsBinary()) {
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < name.length(); ++i) {
+			if (name[i] == 0x0 && name[i+1] == 0x1) {
+				name = name.substr(i+2) + "::" + name.substr(0,i);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	const std::string classtag = ParseTokenAsString(*tokens[2],err);
 	if (err) {
 		DOMError(err,&element);