diff --git a/src/saveload/saveload.cpp b/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
index 790a671499..acbfed22e8 100644
--- a/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
 #include <deque>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "../thread.h"
+#include <mutex>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+#include "../3rdparty/mingw-std-threads/mingw.mutex.h"
+#include "../3rdparty/mingw-std-threads/mingw.condition_variable.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "../safeguards.h"
 
 extern const SaveLoadVersion SAVEGAME_VERSION = (SaveLoadVersion)(SL_MAX_VERSION - 1); ///< Current savegame version of OpenTTD.
@@ -2818,6 +2826,98 @@ SaveOrLoadResult SaveWithFilter(SaveFilter *writer, bool threaded)
 	}
 }
 
+struct ThreadedLoadFilter : LoadFilter {
+	static const size_t BUFFER_COUNT = 4;
+
+	std::mutex mutex;
+	std::condition_variable full_cv;
+	std::condition_variable empty_cv;
+	uint first_ready = 0;
+	uint count_ready = 0;
+	size_t read_offsets[BUFFER_COUNT];
+	size_t read_counts[BUFFER_COUNT];
+	byte read_buf[MEMORY_CHUNK_SIZE * BUFFER_COUNT]; ///< Buffers for reading from source.
+	bool no_thread = false;
+
+	std::thread read_thread;
+
+	/**
+	 * Initialise this filter.
+	 * @param chain The next filter in this chain.
+	 */
+	ThreadedLoadFilter(LoadFilter *chain) : LoadFilter(chain)
+	{
+		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(this->mutex);
+		if (!StartNewThread(&this->read_thread, "ottd:loadgame", &ThreadedLoadFilter::RunThread, this)) {
+			DEBUG(sl, 1, "Failed to start load read thread, reading non-threaded");
+			this->no_thread = true;
+		} else {
+			DEBUG(sl, 2, "Started load read thread");
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** Clean everything up. */
+	~ThreadedLoadFilter()
+	{
+		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(this->mutex);
+		this->no_thread = true;
+		lk.unlock();
+		this->empty_cv.notify_all();
+		this->full_cv.notify_all();
+		if (this->read_thread.joinable()) {
+			this->read_thread.join();
+			DEBUG(sl, 2, "Joined load read thread");
+		}
+	}
+
+	static void RunThread(ThreadedLoadFilter *self)
+	{
+		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(self->mutex);
+		while (!self->no_thread) {
+			if (self->count_ready == BUFFER_COUNT) {
+				self->full_cv.wait(lk);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			uint buf = (self->first_ready + self->count_ready) % BUFFER_COUNT;
+			lk.unlock();
+			size_t read = self->chain->Read(self->read_buf + (buf * MEMORY_CHUNK_SIZE), MEMORY_CHUNK_SIZE);
+			lk.lock();
+			self->read_offsets[buf] = 0;
+			self->read_counts[buf] = read;
+			self->count_ready++;
+			if (self->count_ready == 1) self->empty_cv.notify_one();
+		}
+	}
+
+	size_t Read(byte *buf, size_t size) override
+	{
+		if (this->no_thread) return this->chain->Read(buf, size);
+
+		size_t read = 0;
+		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(this->mutex);
+		while (read < size) {
+			if (this->count_ready == 0) {
+				this->empty_cv.wait(lk);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			size_t to_read = std::min<size_t>(size - read, read_counts[this->first_ready]);
+			if (to_read == 0) break;
+			memcpy(buf + read, this->read_buf + (this->first_ready * MEMORY_CHUNK_SIZE) + read_offsets[this->first_ready], to_read);
+			read += to_read;
+			read_offsets[this->first_ready] += to_read;
+			read_counts[this->first_ready] -= to_read;
+			if (read_counts[this->first_ready] == 0) {
+				this->first_ready = (this->first_ready + 1) % BUFFER_COUNT;
+				this->count_ready--;
+				if (this->count_ready == BUFFER_COUNT - 1) this->full_cv.notify_one();
+			}
+		}
+		return read;
+	}
+};
+
 /**
  * Actually perform the loading of a "non-old" savegame.
  * @param reader     The filter to read the savegame from.
@@ -2897,6 +2997,7 @@ static SaveOrLoadResult DoLoad(LoadFilter *reader, bool load_check)
 	}
 
 	_sl.lf = fmt->init_load(_sl.lf);
+	_sl.lf = new ThreadedLoadFilter(_sl.lf);
 	_sl.reader = new ReadBuffer(_sl.lf);
 	_next_offs = 0;