diff --git a/addon/types/model_export/model.py b/addon/types/model_export/model.py
index 27bc798..3da8843 100644
--- a/addon/types/model_export/model.py
+++ b/addon/types/model_export/model.py
@@ -7,24 +7,25 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from traceback import print_exc
 from ... utils import common
+from ... utils import game
 from . smd import SMD
 from . fbx import export_fbx
 
 
 class Model:
-    def __init__(self, game, model):
+    def __init__(self, gamedef, model):
         self.prefs = common.get_prefs(bpy.context)
         self.wine = Path(self.prefs.wine)
 
-        self.game = Path(game.game)
-        self.bin = Path(game.bin)
+        self.game = Path(gamedef.game)
+        self.bin = Path(gamedef.bin)
         if model.static and model.static_prop_combine:
             self.modelsrc = self.game.parent.parent.joinpath('content', self.game.name, 'models')
         else:
-            self.modelsrc = Path(game.modelsrc)
-        self.models = Path(game.models)
-        self.mapsrc = Path(game.mapsrc)
-        self.mesh_type = game.mesh_type
+            self.modelsrc = Path(gamedef.modelsrc)
+        self.models = Path(gamedef.models)
+        self.mapsrc = Path(gamedef.mapsrc)
+        self.mesh_type = gamedef.mesh_type
 
         self.name = Path(model.name).with_suffix('').as_posix()
         self.stem = common.clean_filename(Path(self.name).stem)
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ def __init__(self, game, model):
             directory = self.modelsrc.joinpath(self.name)
         self.directory = common.verify_folder(directory)
 
-        studiomdl = self.bin.joinpath('studiomdl.exe')
+        studiomdl = game.get_studiomdl_path(gamedef)
         quickmdl = self.bin.joinpath('quickmdl.exe')
         self.studiomdl = quickmdl if quickmdl.is_file() else studiomdl
         self.hlmv = self.bin.joinpath('hlmv.exe')
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ def view_model(self):
         # Use wine to run HLMV on Linux.
         # Wine tends to complain about the paths we feed HLMV.
         # So we use relatve paths working from the base directory of the game.
-        if (os.name == 'posix') and (self.studiomdl.suffix == '.exe'):
+        if (os.name == 'posix') and (self.hlmv.suffix == '.exe'):
             cwd = self.game.parent
             args = [str(self.wine), str(self.hlmv.relative_to(cwd)), '-game',
                     str(self.game.relative_to(cwd)), str(mdl.relative_to(cwd))]
diff --git a/addon/utils/game.py b/addon/utils/game.py
index fe8b312..184b5e4 100644
--- a/addon/utils/game.py
+++ b/addon/utils/game.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from ..utils.common import resolve
 
-
 def update_game(self, context):
     self['game'] = resolve(self.game)
     game = Path(self.game)
@@ -9,11 +9,25 @@ def update_game(self, context):
     if game.joinpath('gameinfo.txt').is_file():
         bin = game.parent.joinpath('bin')
 
-        if not bin.joinpath('studiomdl.exe').is_file():
-            for path in bin.iterdir():
-                if path.is_dir() and path.joinpath('studiomdl.exe').is_file():
-                    bin = path
-                    break
+        # If we're not on the old-style pattern bin/<something> layout, check for platform subdirs
+        actualbin = None
+        if not bin.joinpath('studiomdl.exe').is_file() and not bin.joinpath('studiomdl').is_file():
+            def check_subdir(subdirs, studiomdl):
+                for subdir in subdirs:
+                    path = bin.joinpath(subdir)
+                    if path.is_dir() and path.joinpath(studiomdl).is_file():
+                        return path
+                return None
+
+            # For linux, prefer the native binaries (if possible)
+            if os.name == 'posix':
+                actualbin = check_subdir(['linux32', 'linux64'], 'studiomdl')
+            # Resolve windows paths
+            if actualbin is None:
+                actualbin = check_subdir(['win32', 'win64'], 'studiomdl.exe')
+
+        if actualbin is not None:
+            bin = actualbin
 
         self['bin'] = str(bin)
         self['modelsrc'] = str(game.joinpath('modelsrc'))
@@ -39,5 +53,12 @@ def update_mapsrc(self, context):
 
 def verify(game):
     gameinfo = Path(game.game).joinpath('gameinfo.txt')
-    studiomdl = Path(game.bin).joinpath('studiomdl.exe')
-    return gameinfo.is_file() and studiomdl.is_file()
+    return gameinfo.is_file() and get_studiomdl_path(game).is_file()
+
+def get_studiomdl_path(game):
+    if os.name == 'posix' and (game.bin.endswith('linux32') or game.bin.endswith('linux64')):
+        path = Path(game.bin).joinpath('studiomdl')
+        if path.is_file():
+            return path
+    return Path(game.bin).joinpath('studiomdl.exe')
+