diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 084deaea58..df23121c5c 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ add_component_dir (vfs
 
 add_component_dir (resource
     scenemanager keyframemanager imagemanager bulletshapemanager bulletshape niffilemanager objectcache multiobjectcache resourcesystem
-    resourcemanager stats animation foreachbulletobject errormarker cachestats
+    resourcemanager stats animation foreachbulletobject errormarker cachestats bgsmfilemanager
     )
 
 add_component_dir (shader
diff --git a/components/bgsm/reader.hpp b/components/bgsm/reader.hpp
index 5ac67c0467..2d669900ad 100644
--- a/components/bgsm/reader.hpp
+++ b/components/bgsm/reader.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ namespace Bgsm
         void parse(Files::IStreamPtr&& stream);
 
         std::uint32_t getVersion() const { return mFile->mVersion; }
+
+        std::unique_ptr<MaterialFile>& getFile() { return mFile; }
     };
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/components/resource/bgsmfilemanager.cpp b/components/resource/bgsmfilemanager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5155db17ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/resource/bgsmfilemanager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#include "bgsmfilemanager.hpp"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <osg/Object>
+
+#include <components/bgsm/reader.hpp>
+#include <components/vfs/manager.hpp>
+
+#include "objectcache.hpp"
+
+namespace Resource
+{
+
+    class BgsmFileHolder : public osg::Object
+    {
+    public:
+        BgsmFileHolder(const Bgsm::MaterialFilePtr& file)
+            : mBgsmFile(file)
+        {
+        }
+        BgsmFileHolder(const BgsmFileHolder& copy, const osg::CopyOp& copyop)
+            : mBgsmFile(copy.mBgsmFile)
+        {
+        }
+
+        BgsmFileHolder() = default;
+
+        META_Object(Resource, BgsmFileHolder)
+
+        Bgsm::MaterialFilePtr mBgsmFile;
+    };
+
+    BgsmFileManager::BgsmFileManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs, double expiryDelay)
+        : ResourceManager(vfs, expiryDelay)
+    {
+    }
+
+    BgsmFileManager::~BgsmFileManager() = default;
+
+    Bgsm::MaterialFilePtr BgsmFileManager::get(VFS::Path::NormalizedView name)
+    {
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Object> obj = mCache->getRefFromObjectCache(name);
+        if (obj)
+            return static_cast<BgsmFileHolder*>(obj.get())->mBgsmFile;
+        else
+        {
+            Bgsm::Reader reader;
+            reader.parse(mVFS->get(name));
+            Bgsm::MaterialFilePtr file = std::move(reader.getFile());
+            obj = new BgsmFileHolder(file);
+            mCache->addEntryToObjectCache(name.value(), obj);
+            return file;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void BgsmFileManager::reportStats(unsigned int frameNumber, osg::Stats* stats) const
+    {
+        Resource::reportStats("BSShader Material", frameNumber, mCache->getStats(), *stats);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/components/resource/bgsmfilemanager.hpp b/components/resource/bgsmfilemanager.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7c0d07c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/resource/bgsmfilemanager.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef OPENMW_COMPONENTS_RESOURCE_BGSMFILEMANAGER_H
+#define OPENMW_COMPONENTS_RESOURCE_BGSMFILEMANAGER_H
+
+#include <components/bgsm/file.hpp>
+
+#include "resourcemanager.hpp"
+
+namespace Resource
+{
+
+    /// @brief Handles caching of material files.
+    /// @note May be used from any thread.
+    class BgsmFileManager : public ResourceManager
+    {
+    public:
+        BgsmFileManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs, double expiryDelay);
+        ~BgsmFileManager();
+
+        /// Retrieve a material file from the cache or load it from the VFS if not cached yet.
+        Bgsm::MaterialFilePtr get(VFS::Path::NormalizedView name);
+
+        void reportStats(unsigned int frameNumber, osg::Stats* stats) const override;
+    };
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/components/resource/stats.cpp b/components/resource/stats.cpp
index 9bb90635d1..6730ddb303 100644
--- a/components/resource/stats.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/stats.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ namespace Resource
                 "Image",
                 "Nif",
                 "Keyframe",
+                "BSShader Material",
                 "Groundcover Chunk",
                 "Object Chunk",
                 "Terrain Chunk",