diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/Database.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/Database.cs
index 521b0c8454..7a29a66f92 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/Database.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/Database.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 		public string System;
 		public string MetaData;
 		public string Hash;
+		public string Region;
 		public RomStatus Status;
 	}
 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 						Game.Name = items[2];
 						Game.System = items[3];
 						Game.MetaData = items.Length >= 6 ? items[5] : null;
+						Game.Region = items.Length >= 7 ? items[6] : "";
 
 						if (db.ContainsKey(Game.Hash))
 							Console.WriteLine("gamedb: Multiple hash entries {0}, duplicate detected on \"{1}\" and \"{2}\"", Game.Hash, Game.Name, db[Game.Hash].Name);
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/GameInfo.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/GameInfo.cs
index 786938dc7b..37e7a8c1f7 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/GameInfo.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Database/GameInfo.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 		public string Name;
 		public string System;
 		public string Hash;
+		public string Region;
 		public RomStatus Status = RomStatus.NotInDatabase;
 		public bool NotInDatabase = true;
 		public string FirmwareHash;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 				Name = "Null",
 				System = "NULL",
 				Hash = "",
+				Region = "",
 				Status = RomStatus.GoodDump,
 				NotInDatabase = false
 			};
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 			Name = cgi.Name;
 			System = cgi.System;
 			Hash = cgi.Hash;
+			Region = cgi.Region;
 			Status = cgi.Status;
 			NotInDatabase = false;
 			ParseOptionsDictionary(cgi.MetaData);