diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ff795586a..558807a83 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Other fixes:
  - mGUI: Fix FPS counter after closing menu
  - Qt: Fix some hangs when using the debugger console
  - Qt: Fix crash when clicking past last tile in viewer
+ - Qt: Fix preloading for ROM replacing
  - VFS: Failed file mapping should return NULL on POSIX
 Misc:
  - Core: Suspend runloop when a core crashes
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/CoreController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/CoreController.cpp
index 4491a0f33..ec0edea11 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/CoreController.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/CoreController.cpp
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ void CoreController::loadConfig(ConfigController* config) {
 	m_fastForwardMute = config->getOption("fastForwardMute", -1).toInt();
 	mCoreConfigCopyValue(&m_threadContext.core->config, config->config(), "volume");
 	mCoreConfigCopyValue(&m_threadContext.core->config, config->config(), "mute");
+	m_preload = config->getOption("preload").toInt();
 
 	int playerId = m_multiplayer->playerId(this) + 1;
 	QVariant savePlayerId = config->getOption("savePlayerId");
@@ -829,7 +830,11 @@ void CoreController::replaceGame(const QString& path) {
 	QString fname = info.canonicalFilePath();
 	Interrupter interrupter(this);
 	mDirectorySetDetachBase(&m_threadContext.core->dirs);
-	mCoreLoadFile(m_threadContext.core, fname.toUtf8().constData());
+	if (m_preload) {
+		mCorePreloadFile(m_threadContext.core, fname.toUtf8().constData());
+	} else {
+		mCoreLoadFile(m_threadContext.core, fname.toUtf8().constData());
+	}
 	updateROMInfo();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/CoreController.h b/src/platform/qt/CoreController.h
index 03c929c48..663d0ed96 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/CoreController.h
+++ b/src/platform/qt/CoreController.h
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ private:
 	mCoreThread m_threadContext{};
 
 	bool m_patched = false;
+	bool m_preload = false;
 
 	uint32_t m_crc32;
 	QString m_internalTitle;