diff --git a/src/slideshow.c b/src/slideshow.c
index db389d525b077eec64c5cb93545c05dba1da6fcb..4e585969aeb1fb9e16edaa4ea0aaaea2aa2da163 100644
--- a/src/slideshow.c
+++ b/src/slideshow.c
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ void cb_reload_timer(void *data)
 			add_file_to_filelist_recursively(l->data, FILELIST_FIRST);
 	else if (!opt.filelistfile && !opt.bgmode)
 		add_file_to_filelist_recursively(".", FILELIST_FIRST);
+
+	if (opt.filelistfile) {
+		filelist = gib_list_cat(filelist, feh_read_filelist(opt.filelistfile));
+	}
 	
 	if (!(filelist_len = gib_list_length(filelist))) {
 		eprintf("No files found to reload.");