diff --git a/utils/pxrad/ambientcube.cpp b/utils/pxrad/ambientcube.cpp
index 005cae4e..ceb1e3a8 100644
--- a/utils/pxrad/ambientcube.cpp
+++ b/utils/pxrad/ambientcube.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static void CalcRayAmbientLighting( int threadnum, const vec3_t vStart, const ve
 	if( trace.surface == STUDIO_SURFACE_HIT )
 	{
 		for (int i = 0; i < MAXLIGHTMAPS; i++ )
-			if( (trace.styles[i] == LS_NORMAL)||(trace.styles[i] == LS_SKY))	//only sun and default style
+			if( (trace.styles[i] == LS_NORMAL)||(trace.styles[i] == LS_SKY)||(trace.styles[i] == g_skystyle))	//only sun, sky and default style
 				VectorAdd( radcolor, trace.light[i], radcolor );	
 		//Msg( "model hit, color %f %f %f\n", radcolor[0], radcolor[1], radcolor[2] );
 		return;
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static void CalcRayAmbientLighting( int threadnum, const vec3_t vStart, const ve
 	scaleAvg = 4.0f * M_PI / ((float)NUMVERTEXNORMALS * scaleAvg);	//ratio of ray cone and face solid angles
 	scaleAvg = bound( 0.0f, scaleAvg, 1.0f );
 	for (int i = 0; i < MAXLIGHTMAPS; i++ )
-		if( (info.styles[i] == LS_NORMAL)||(info.styles[i] == LS_SKY))	//only sun and default style
+		if( (info.styles[i] == LS_NORMAL)||(info.styles[i] == LS_SKY)||(info.styles[i] == g_skystyle))	//only sun, sky and default style
 		{	
 			VectorLerp( info.diffuse[i], scaleAvg, info.average[i], temp_color );	
 			VectorAdd( radcolor, temp_color, radcolor );	
diff --git a/utils/pxrad/lightmap.cpp b/utils/pxrad/lightmap.cpp
index 7f668f86..d3e1847a 100644
--- a/utils/pxrad/lightmap.cpp
+++ b/utils/pxrad/lightmap.cpp
@@ -2589,7 +2589,7 @@ vec3_t *s_light, vec3_t *s_dir, vec_t *s_occ, byte *styles, byte *vislight, bool
 			VectorScale( add, 4.0f * g_indirect_sun / (float)g_numskynormals[skylevel], add );
 			VectorScale( add_direction, 4.0f * g_indirect_sun / (float)g_numskynormals[skylevel], add_direction );
 
-			AddSampleLight( threadnum, topatch, add, add_direction, LS_NORMAL, s_light, s_dir, s_occ, styles );	
+			AddSampleLight( threadnum, topatch, add, add_direction, g_skystyle, s_light, s_dir, s_occ, styles );	
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -4408,6 +4408,8 @@ void ReduceLightmap( void )
 	SetKeyValue( &g_entities[0], "_smooth", va( "%.2f", g_smoothvalue ));
 	if( g_hdrcompresslog )
 		SetKeyValue( &g_entities[0], "_hdr", "compress_log" );
+	if( g_skystyle )
+		SetKeyValue( &g_entities[0], "_skystyle", va( "%d", g_skystyle ));	
 
 	int	oldsize = g_lightdatasize;
 
diff --git a/utils/pxrad/qrad.cpp b/utils/pxrad/qrad.cpp
index d845f988..4b0c090a 100644
--- a/utils/pxrad/qrad.cpp
+++ b/utils/pxrad/qrad.cpp
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ rgbdata_t	*g_skytextures[6];
 vec_t		g_lightprobeepsilon = DEFAULT_LIGHTPROBE_EPSILON;
 bool		g_vertexblur = false;
 uint		g_numstudiobounce = DEFAULT_STUDIO_BOUNCE;
-int			g_studiogipasscounter = 0;
+int		g_studiogipasscounter = 0;
 vec3_t		*g_studioskynormals;
-int			g_numstudioskynormals;
+int		g_numstudioskynormals;
 bool		g_noemissive = false;
-
+int		g_skystyle = LS_NORMAL;
 
 
 bool		g_drawsample = false;
@@ -2761,6 +2761,7 @@ static void PrintRadUsage( void )
 	Msg( "    -studiobounce #: set number of studio model radiosity bounces. default is %d\n", DEFAULT_STUDIO_BOUNCE );
 	Msg( "    -vertexblur    : blur per-vertex lighting\n" );	
 	Msg( "    -noemissive    : do not add emissive textures to the lightmap\n" );
+	Msg( "    -skystyle #    : set lightstyle for sky lighting. default is %d\n", LS_NORMAL );	
 
 #ifdef HLRAD_PARANOIA_BUMP
 	Msg( "    -gammamode #   : gamma correction mode (0, 1, 2)\n" );
@@ -2925,7 +2926,12 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 		else if( !Q_strcmp( argv[i], "-noemissive" ))
 		{
 			g_noemissive = true;
-		}				
+		}
+		else if( !Q_strcmp( argv[i], "-skystyle" ))
+		{
+			g_skystyle = atoi( argv[i+1] );
+			i++;
+		}			
 		else if( !Q_strcmp( argv[i], "-chop" ))
 		{
 			g_chop = (float)atof( argv[i+1] );
diff --git a/utils/pxrad/qrad.h b/utils/pxrad/qrad.h
index 49030b31..bcbd25a4 100644
--- a/utils/pxrad/qrad.h
+++ b/utils/pxrad/qrad.h
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ extern int		g_studiogipasscounter;
 extern vec3_t	*g_studioskynormals;
 extern int		g_numstudioskynormals;
 extern bool		g_noemissive;
+extern int		g_skystyle;
 
 //
 // ambientcube.c
diff --git a/utils/pxrad/vertexlight.cpp b/utils/pxrad/vertexlight.cpp
index b47c65bb..a8b6f93d 100644
--- a/utils/pxrad/vertexlight.cpp
+++ b/utils/pxrad/vertexlight.cpp
@@ -356,12 +356,12 @@ void VertexPatchLights( int indexnum, int threadnum = -1 )
 				continue;
 
 			for( lightstyles = 0; lightstyles < MAXLIGHTMAPS && newstyles[lightstyles] != 255; lightstyles++ )
-				if( newstyles[lightstyles] == LS_NORMAL )
+				if( newstyles[lightstyles] == g_skystyle )
 					break;
 			if( lightstyles == MAXLIGHTMAPS )	// overflowed
 				continue;
 			else if( newstyles[lightstyles] == 255 )
-				newstyles[lightstyles] = LS_NORMAL;
+				newstyles[lightstyles] = g_skystyle;
 
 			GetSkyColor( skynormals[j], temp_color );