diff --git a/engines/wintermute/base/gfx/x/loader_x.cpp b/engines/wintermute/base/gfx/x/loader_x.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..33fd192b0f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engines/wintermute/base/gfx/x/loader_x.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+/* ResidualVM - A 3D game interpreter
+ *
+ * ResidualVM is the legal property of its developers, whose names
+ * are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT
+ * file distributed with this source distribution.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.	 See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "common/algorithm.h"
+#include "common/scummsys.h"
+#include "common/str.h"
+#include "common/textconsole.h"
+#include "common/util.h"
+#include "engines/wintermute/base/gfx/x/loader_x.h"
+
+namespace Wintermute {
+
+void nextTokenText(Common::MemoryReadStream &buffer, int &lineCount, Token &tok) {
+	char current = buffer.readSByte();
+
+	while (Common::isSpace(current)) {
+		if (current == '\n') {
+			++lineCount;
+		}
+
+		current = buffer.readSByte();
+	}
+
+	if (Common::isAlpha(current) || current == '_') {
+		tok.pushChar(current);
+		current = buffer.readSByte();
+
+		while (Common::isAlnum(current) || current == '_') {
+			tok.pushChar(current);
+			current = buffer.readSByte();
+		}
+
+		buffer.seek(-1, SEEK_CUR);
+		tok._type = IDENTIFIER;
+		return;
+	} else if (Common::isDigit(current) || current == '-') {
+		tok.pushChar(current);
+		current = buffer.readSByte();
+
+		while (Common::isDigit(current)) {
+			tok.pushChar(current);
+			current = buffer.readSByte();
+		}
+
+		if (current == '.') {
+			tok.pushChar(current);
+			current = buffer.readSByte();
+
+			while (Common::isDigit(current)) {
+				tok.pushChar(current);
+				current = buffer.readSByte();
+			}
+
+			buffer.seek(-1, SEEK_CUR);
+			tok._type = FLOAT;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		buffer.seek(-1, SEEK_CUR);
+		tok._type = INT;
+		return;
+	} else if (current == '<') {
+		// a uuid consists of 36 characters, 32 alphanumeric characters
+		// and four "-". We add space for a null character at the
+		// end of the tempoary buffer
+		const int uuidSize = 37;
+		char uuid[uuidSize];
+		buffer.read(uuid, 36);
+		uuid[uuidSize - 1] = 0;
+
+		current = buffer.readSByte();
+
+		if (current != '>') {
+			warning("Wrong UUID format at line %i", lineCount);
+		} else {
+			tok._textVal = uuid;
+			tok._type = UUID;
+			return;
+		}
+	} else if (current == '"') {
+		current = buffer.readSByte();
+
+		while (current != '"') {
+			tok.pushChar(current);
+			current = buffer.readSByte();
+		}
+
+		tok._type = STRING;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	switch (current) {
+	case '(':
+		tok._type = OPEN_PAREN;
+		break;
+	case ')':
+		tok._type = CLOSE_PAREN;
+		break;
+	case '{':
+		tok._type = OPEN_BRACES;
+		break;
+	case '}':
+		tok._type = CLOSE_BRACES;
+		break;
+	case ']':
+		tok._type = OPEN_BRACKET;
+		break;
+	case '[':
+		tok._type = CLOSE_BRACKET;
+		break;
+	case ',':
+		tok._type = COMMA;
+		break;
+	case ';':
+		tok._type = SEMICOLON;
+		break;
+	case '.':
+		tok._type = DOT;
+		break;
+	case '\0':
+		tok._type = NULL_CHAR;
+		break;
+	default:
+		tok._type = UNKNOWN_TOKEN;
+		warning("Unknown token %c at line %i", current, lineCount);
+	}
+}
+
+void nextTokenBinary(Common::MemoryReadStream &buffer, Token &tok) {
+	warning("nextTokenBinary in x_file_lexer.cpp not implemented yet");
+}
+
+XFileLexer::XFileLexer(byte *buffer, uint32 fileSize, bool isText)
+    : _buffer(buffer, fileSize), _lineCount(1), _isText(isText) {
+}
+
+void XFileLexer::advanceToNextToken() {
+	_tok._textVal.clear();
+
+	if (_isText) {
+		nextTokenText(_buffer, _lineCount, _tok);
+	} else {
+		nextTokenBinary(_buffer, _tok);
+	}
+}
+
+bool XFileLexer::eof() {
+	return _buffer.eos();
+}
+
+bool XFileLexer::tokenIsIdentifier() {
+	return _tok._type == IDENTIFIER;
+}
+
+bool XFileLexer::tokenIsIdentifier(const char *val) {
+	return _tok._type == IDENTIFIER && _tok._textVal == val;
+}
+
+void XFileLexer::advanceOnOpenBraces() {
+	if (_tok._type == OPEN_BRACES) {
+		advanceToNextToken();
+	}
+}
+
+bool XFileLexer::reachedClosedBraces() {
+	return _tok._type == CLOSE_BRACES;
+}
+
+TokenType XFileLexer::getTypeOfToken() {
+	return _tok._type;
+}
+
+bool XFileLexer::tokenIsOfType(TokenType type) {
+	return _tok._type == type;
+}
+
+int XFileLexer::tokenToInt() {
+	return atoi(_tok._textVal.c_str());
+}
+
+double XFileLexer::tokenToFloat() {
+	return atof(_tok._textVal.c_str());
+}
+
+Common::String XFileLexer::tokenToString() {
+	return _tok._textVal;
+}
+
+void Token::pushChar(char c) {
+	_textVal.insertChar(c, _textVal.size());
+}
+
+float readFloat(XFileLexer &lexer) {
+	float tmp = lexer.tokenToFloat();
+	lexer.advanceToNextToken();
+	lexer.advanceToNextToken(); // skip comma or semicolon
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+int readInt(XFileLexer &lexer) {
+	int tmp = lexer.tokenToInt();
+	lexer.advanceToNextToken();
+	lexer.advanceToNextToken(); // skip comma or semicolon
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+Common::String readString(XFileLexer &lexer) {
+	Common::String tmp = lexer.tokenToString();
+	lexer.advanceToNextToken();
+	lexer.advanceToNextToken(); // skip comma or semicolon
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+} // namespace Wintermute
diff --git a/engines/wintermute/base/gfx/x/loader_x.h b/engines/wintermute/base/gfx/x/loader_x.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee2bf67a837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engines/wintermute/base/gfx/x/loader_x.h
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/* ResidualVM - A 3D game interpreter
+ *
+ * ResidualVM is the legal property of its developers, whose names
+ * are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT
+ * file distributed with this source distribution.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.	 See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef WINTERMUTE_X_FILE_LEXER_H
+#define WINTERMUTE_X_FILE_LEXER_H
+
+#include "common/memstream.h"
+#include "common/scummsys.h"
+#include "common/str.h"
+
+namespace Wintermute {
+
+enum TokenType {
+	IDENTIFIER = 0,
+	STRING,
+	UUID,
+	INT,
+	FLOAT,
+	OPEN_BRACES,
+	CLOSE_BRACES,
+	OPEN_PAREN,
+	CLOSE_PAREN,
+	OPEN_ANGLE,
+	CLOSE_ANGLE,
+	OPEN_BRACKET,
+	CLOSE_BRACKET,
+	SEMICOLON,
+	COMMA,
+	DOT,
+	NULL_CHAR,
+	UNKNOWN_TOKEN
+};
+
+struct Token {
+	TokenType _type;
+	Common::String _textVal;
+
+	void pushChar(char c);
+};
+
+class XFileLexer {
+public:
+	XFileLexer(byte *buffer, uint32 fileSize, bool isText);
+
+	void advanceToNextToken();
+	bool eof();
+	bool tokenIsIdentifier();
+	bool tokenIsIdentifier(const char *val);
+	void advanceOnOpenBraces();
+	bool reachedClosedBraces();
+	TokenType getTypeOfToken();
+	bool tokenIsOfType(TokenType type);
+	int tokenToInt();
+	double tokenToFloat();
+	Common::String tokenToString();
+
+private:
+	Token _tok;
+	Common::MemoryReadStream _buffer;
+	int _lineCount;
+	bool _isText;
+};
+
+float readFloat(XFileLexer &lexer);
+int readInt(XFileLexer &lexer);
+Common::String readString(XFileLexer &lexer);
+
+} // namespace Wintermute
+
+#endif
diff --git a/engines/wintermute/module.mk b/engines/wintermute/module.mk
index 41e17c5b435..f9ee1a748fa 100644
--- a/engines/wintermute/module.mk
+++ b/engines/wintermute/module.mk
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ MODULE_OBJS := \
 	base/gfx/x/animation_set.o \
 	base/gfx/x/frame_node.o \
 	base/gfx/x/modelx.o \
+	base/gfx/x/loader_x.o \
 	base/particles/part_particle.o \
 	base/particles/part_emitter.o \
 	base/particles/part_force.o \