diff --git a/engine/common/filesystem.c b/engine/common/filesystem.c
index 1a19d3e5..a5d1dbd2 100644
--- a/engine/common/filesystem.c
+++ b/engine/common/filesystem.c
@@ -168,55 +168,6 @@ FILEMATCH COMMON SYSTEM
 
 =============================================================================
 */
-static int matchpattern( const char *str, const char *cmp, qboolean caseinsensitive )
-{
-	int	c1, c2;
-
-	while( *cmp )
-	{
-		switch( *cmp )
-		{
-		case 0:   return 1; // end of pattern
-		case '?': // match any single character
-			if( *str == 0 || *str == '/' || *str == '\\' || *str == ':' )
-				return 0; // no match
-			str++;
-			cmp++;
-			break;
-		case '*': // match anything until following string
-			if( !*str ) return 1; // match
-			cmp++;
-			while( *str )
-			{
-				if( *str == '/' || *str == '\\' || *str == ':' )
-					break;
-				// see if pattern matches at this offset
-				if( matchpattern( str, cmp, caseinsensitive ))
-					return 1;
-				// nope, advance to next offset
-				str++;
-			}
-			break;
-		default:
-			if( *str != *cmp )
-			{
-				if( !caseinsensitive )
-					return 0; // no match
-				c1 = Q_tolower( *str );
-				c2 = Q_tolower( *cmp );
-				if( c1 != c2 ) return 0; // no match
-			}
-
-			str++;
-			cmp++;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	// reached end of pattern but not end of input?
-	return (*str) ? 0 : 1;
-}
-
 static void stringlistinit( stringlist_t *list )
 {
 	memset( list, 0, sizeof( *list ));
diff --git a/public/crtlib.c b/public/crtlib.c
index 2895ae20..bda7e504 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.c
+++ b/public/crtlib.c
@@ -885,3 +885,69 @@ void COM_ReplaceExtension( char *path, const char *extension )
 	COM_StripExtension( path );
 	COM_DefaultExtension( path, extension );
 }
+
+int matchpattern( const char *in, const char *pattern, qboolean caseinsensitive )
+{
+	return matchpattern_with_separator( in, pattern, caseinsensitive, "/\\:", false );
+}
+
+// wildcard_least_one: if true * matches 1 or more characters
+//                     if false * matches 0 or more characters
+int matchpattern_with_separator( const char *in, const char *pattern, qboolean caseinsensitive, const char *separators, qboolean wildcard_least_one )
+{
+	int c1, c2;
+
+	while( *pattern )
+	{
+		switch( *pattern )
+		{
+		case 0:
+			return 1; // end of pattern
+		case '?': // match any single character
+			if( *in == 0 || Q_strchr( separators, *in ))
+				return 0; // no match
+			in++;
+			pattern++;
+			break;
+		case '*': // match anything until following string
+			if( wildcard_least_one )
+			{
+				if( *in == 0 || Q_strchr( separators, *in ))
+					return 0; // no match
+				in++;
+			}
+			pattern++;
+			while( *in )
+			{
+				if( Q_strchr(separators, *in ))
+					break;
+				// see if pattern matches at this offset
+				if( matchpattern_with_separator(in, pattern, caseinsensitive, separators, wildcard_least_one ))
+					return 1;
+				// nope, advance to next offset
+				in++;
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			if( *in != *pattern )
+			{
+				if( !caseinsensitive )
+					return 0; // no match
+				c1 = *in;
+				if( c1 >= 'A' && c1 <= 'Z' )
+					c1 += 'a' - 'A';
+				c2 = *pattern;
+				if( c2 >= 'A' && c2 <= 'Z' )
+					c2 += 'a' - 'A';
+				if( c1 != c2 )
+					return 0; // no match
+			}
+			in++;
+			pattern++;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if( *in )
+		return 0; // reached end of pattern but not end of input
+	return 1; // success
+}
diff --git a/public/crtlib.h b/public/crtlib.h
index 468d436a..5fd83504 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.h
+++ b/public/crtlib.h
@@ -81,5 +81,7 @@ void COM_ExtractFilePath( const char *path, char *dest );
 const char *COM_FileWithoutPath( const char *in );
 void COM_StripExtension( char *path );
 #define COM_CheckString( string ) ( ( !string || !*string ) ? 0 : 1 )
+int matchpattern( const char *in, const char *pattern, qboolean caseinsensitive );
+int matchpattern_with_separator( const char *in, const char *pattern, qboolean caseinsensitive, const char *separators, qboolean wildcard_least_one );
 
 #endif//STDLIB_H