diff --git a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZoglCreate.cpp b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZoglCreate.cpp
index a142878d53..5de08ab18c 100644
--- a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZoglCreate.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZoglCreate.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ __forceinline bool LoadShadersFromDat()
 #ifdef PLUGIN_DIR_COMPILATION
 #define xPLUGIN_DIR_str(s) PLUGIN_DIR_str(s)
 #define PLUGIN_DIR_str(s) #s
-			fres = fopen( xPLUGIN_DIR_str(PLUGIN_DIR_COMPILATION), "rb");
+			const std::string shader_file = string(xPLUGIN_DIR_str(PLUGIN_DIR_COMPILATION)) + "/ps2hw.dat";
+			fres = fopen(shader_file.c_str(), "rb");
 #endif
 			if (fres == NULL)
 			{