diff --git a/inc/common/files.h b/inc/common/files.h
index ab528400d..273f3d5b7 100644
--- a/inc/common/files.h
+++ b/inc/common/files.h
@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@ typedef struct file_info_s {
 #define FS_PATH_GAME            0x00000080
 #define FS_PATH_MASK            0x000000c0
 
-// bits 8 - 12, flag
+// bits 8 - 13, flag
 #define FS_SEARCH_BYFILTER      0x00000100
 #define FS_SEARCH_SAVEPATH      0x00000200
 #define FS_SEARCH_EXTRAINFO     0x00000400
 #define FS_SEARCH_STRIPEXT      0x00000800
 #define FS_SEARCH_DIRSONLY      0x00001000
-#define FS_SEARCH_MASK          0x00001f00
+#define FS_SEARCH_RECURSIVE     0x00002000
+#define FS_SEARCH_MASK          0x00003f00
 
 // bits 8 - 12, flag
 #define FS_FLAG_GZIP            0x00000100  // transparently (de)compress with gzip
diff --git a/inc/shared/platform.h b/inc/shared/platform.h
index a529bddd5..9288aa0c4 100644
--- a/inc/shared/platform.h
+++ b/inc/shared/platform.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #define os_stat(p, s)       _stat64(p, s)
 #define os_fstat(f, s)      _fstat64(f, s)
 #define os_fileno(f)        _fileno(f)
-#define os_access(p, m)     _access(p, m)
+#define os_access(p, m)     _access(p, (m) & ~X_OK)
 #define Q_ISREG(m)          (((m) & _S_IFMT) == _S_IFREG)
 #define Q_ISDIR(m)          (((m) & _S_IFMT) == _S_IFDIR)
 #define Q_STATBUF           struct _stat64
diff --git a/src/unix/system.c b/src/unix/system.c
index f4620a1a1..1107f8ba8 100644
--- a/src/unix/system.c
+++ b/src/unix/system.c
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ void Sys_ListFiles_r(listfiles_t *list, const char *path, int depth)
         }
 
         // pattern search implies recursive search
-        if ((list->flags & FS_SEARCH_BYFILTER) &&
-            S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && depth < MAX_LISTED_DEPTH) {
+        if ((list->flags & (FS_SEARCH_BYFILTER | FS_SEARCH_RECURSIVE))
+            && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && depth < MAX_LISTED_DEPTH) {
             Sys_ListFiles_r(list, fullpath, depth + 1);
 
             // re-check count
diff --git a/src/windows/system.c b/src/windows/system.c
index a5834466c..bfaf9ee45 100644
--- a/src/windows/system.c
+++ b/src/windows/system.c
@@ -1081,8 +1081,8 @@ void Sys_ListFiles_r(listfiles_t *list, const char *path, int depth)
         }
 
         // pattern search implies recursive search
-        if ((list->flags & FS_SEARCH_BYFILTER) && mask &&
-            depth < MAX_LISTED_DEPTH) {
+        if ((list->flags & (FS_SEARCH_BYFILTER | FS_SEARCH_RECURSIVE))
+            && mask && depth < MAX_LISTED_DEPTH) {
             Sys_ListFiles_r(list, fullpath, depth + 1);
 
             // re-check count