diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyFilesystemReader.cs b/osu.Desktop/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyFilesystemReader.cs
index 9b699a3d76..420141e9a1 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyFilesystemReader.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyFilesystemReader.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Beatmaps.IO
 
         private string basePath { get; set; }
         private string[] beatmaps { get; set; }
+        private string storyboard { get; set; }
         private Beatmap firstMap { get; set; }
 
         public LegacyFilesystemReader(string path)
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Beatmaps.IO
             beatmaps = Directory.GetFiles(basePath, @"*.osu").Select(f => Path.GetFileName(f)).ToArray();
             if (beatmaps.Length == 0)
                 throw new FileNotFoundException(@"This directory contains no beatmaps");
+            storyboard = Directory.GetFiles(basePath, @"*.osb").Select(f => Path.GetFileName(f)).FirstOrDefault();
             using (var stream = new StreamReader(GetStream(beatmaps[0])))
             {
                 var decoder = BeatmapDecoder.GetDecoder(stream);
@@ -41,6 +43,11 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Beatmaps.IO
             return beatmaps;
         }
 
+        public override string ReadStoryboard()
+        {
+            return storyboard;
+        }
+
         public override Stream GetStream(string name)
         {
             return File.OpenRead(Path.Combine(basePath, name));
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/BeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/BeatmapDecoder.cs
index ba99b206b5..4846cf376d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/BeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/BeatmapDecoder.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ using System.IO;
 using osu.Game.Modes.Objects;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Timing;
+using osu.Game.Database;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
 {
@@ -34,6 +36,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
             return b;
         }
 
+        public virtual void Decode(TextReader stream, Beatmap beatmap)
+        {
+            ParseFile(stream, beatmap);
+        }
+
         public virtual Beatmap Process(Beatmap beatmap)
         {
             ApplyColours(beatmap);
@@ -41,7 +48,23 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
             return beatmap;
         }
 
-        protected abstract Beatmap ParseFile(TextReader stream);
+        protected virtual Beatmap ParseFile(TextReader stream)
+        {
+            var beatmap = new Beatmap
+            {
+                HitObjects = new List<HitObject>(),
+                ControlPoints = new List<ControlPoint>(),
+                ComboColors = new List<Color4>(),
+                BeatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo
+                {
+                    Metadata = new BeatmapMetadata(),
+                    BaseDifficulty = new BaseDifficulty(),
+                },
+            };
+            ParseFile(stream, beatmap);
+            return beatmap;
+        }
+        protected abstract void ParseFile(TextReader stream, Beatmap beatmap);
 
         public virtual void ApplyColours(Beatmap b)
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/ConstructableBeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/ConstructableBeatmapDecoder.cs
index 6f81cae00f..f80c673e89 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/ConstructableBeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/ConstructableBeatmapDecoder.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
 {
     public class ConstructableBeatmapDecoder : BeatmapDecoder
     {
-        protected override Beatmap ParseFile(TextReader stream)
+        protected override void ParseFile(TextReader stream, Beatmap beatmap)
         {
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs
index 29bb7ca32b..c32c3fe2f1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/OsuLegacyDecoder.cs
@@ -233,20 +233,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
             });
         }
 
-        protected override Beatmap ParseFile(TextReader stream)
+        protected override void ParseFile(TextReader stream, Beatmap beatmap)
         {
-            var beatmap = new Beatmap
-            {
-                HitObjects = new List<HitObject>(),
-                ControlPoints = new List<ControlPoint>(),
-                ComboColors = new List<Color4>(),
-                BeatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo
-                {
-                    Metadata = new BeatmapMetadata(),
-                    BaseDifficulty = new BaseDifficulty(),
-                },
-            };
-
             HitObjectParser parser = null;
 
             var section = Section.None;
@@ -309,8 +297,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                         break;
                 }
             }
-
-            return beatmap;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/ArchiveReader.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/ArchiveReader.cs
index 8ae495a1fe..a944e7589a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/ArchiveReader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/ArchiveReader.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO
         /// </summary>
         public abstract string[] ReadBeatmaps();
         /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the storyboard file name.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract string ReadStoryboard();
+        /// <summary>
         /// Opens a stream for reading a specific file from this archive.
         /// </summary>
         public abstract Stream GetStream(string name);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReader.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReader.cs
index 4b35805373..f9b7fb2cf8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/IO/OszArchiveReader.cs
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO
         private Stream archiveStream;
         private ZipFile archive;
         private string[] beatmaps;
+        private string storyboard;
         private Beatmap firstMap;
-    
+
         public OszArchiveReader(Stream archiveStream)
         {
             this.archiveStream = archiveStream;
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO
                 .Select(e => e.FileName).ToArray();
             if (beatmaps.Length == 0)
                 throw new FileNotFoundException(@"This directory contains no beatmaps");
+            storyboard = archive.Entries.Where(e => e.FileName.EndsWith(@".osb"))
+                .Select(e => e.FileName).FirstOrDefault();
             using (var stream = new StreamReader(GetStream(beatmaps[0])))
             {
                 var decoder = BeatmapDecoder.GetDecoder(stream);
@@ -48,6 +51,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.IO
             return beatmaps;
         }
 
+        public override string ReadStoryboard()
+        {
+            return storyboard;
+        }
+
         public override Stream GetStream(string name)
         {
             ZipEntry entry = archive.Entries.SingleOrDefault(e => e.FileName == name);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap.cs
index 019674c3ad..674ab76802 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         public readonly BeatmapSetInfo BeatmapSetInfo;
         private readonly BeatmapDatabase database;
 
+        public readonly bool WithStoryboard;
+
         private ArchiveReader getReader() => database?.GetReader(BeatmapSetInfo);
 
         private Texture background;
@@ -58,8 +60,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                     try
                     {
                         using (var reader = getReader())
-                        using (var stream = new StreamReader(reader.GetStream(BeatmapInfo.Path)))
-                            beatmap = BeatmapDecoder.GetDecoder(stream)?.Decode(stream);
+                        {
+                            BeatmapDecoder decoder;
+                            using (var stream = new StreamReader(reader.GetStream(BeatmapInfo.Path)))
+                            {
+                                decoder = BeatmapDecoder.GetDecoder(stream);
+                                beatmap = decoder?.Decode(stream);
+                            }
+
+                            if (WithStoryboard && beatmap != null && BeatmapSetInfo.StoryboardFile != null)
+                                using (var stream = new StreamReader(reader.GetStream(BeatmapSetInfo.StoryboardFile)))
+                                    decoder?.Decode(stream, beatmap);
+                        }
                     }
                     catch { }
 
@@ -103,11 +115,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             this.beatmap = beatmap;
         }
 
-        public WorkingBeatmap(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, BeatmapSetInfo beatmapSetInfo, BeatmapDatabase database)
+        public WorkingBeatmap(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, BeatmapSetInfo beatmapSetInfo, BeatmapDatabase database, bool withStoryboard = false)
         {
             BeatmapInfo = beatmapInfo;
             BeatmapSetInfo = beatmapSetInfo;
             this.database = database;
+            this.WithStoryboard = withStoryboard;
         }
 
         private bool isDisposed;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapDatabase.cs b/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapDatabase.cs
index dff76479e8..1b678b2148 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapDatabase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapDatabase.cs
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                             beatmapSet.Beatmaps.Add(beatmap.BeatmapInfo);
                         }
                     }
+                    beatmapSet.StoryboardFile = reader.ReadStoryboard();
                 }
 
                 Import(new[] { beatmapSet });
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
             return Query<BeatmapSetInfo>().FirstOrDefault(s => s.OnlineBeatmapSetID == id);
         }
 
-        public WorkingBeatmap GetWorkingBeatmap(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, WorkingBeatmap previous = null)
+        public WorkingBeatmap GetWorkingBeatmap(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, WorkingBeatmap previous = null, bool withStoryboard = false)
         {
             var beatmapSetInfo = Query<BeatmapSetInfo>().FirstOrDefault(s => s.ID == beatmapInfo.BeatmapSetInfoID);
 
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
             if (beatmapInfo.Metadata == null)
                 beatmapInfo.Metadata = beatmapSetInfo.Metadata;
 
-            var working = new WorkingBeatmap(beatmapInfo, beatmapSetInfo, this);
+            var working = new WorkingBeatmap(beatmapInfo, beatmapSetInfo, this, withStoryboard);
 
             previous?.TransferTo(working);
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapSetInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapSetInfo.cs
index f556c3546a..a9c3f03a49 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapSetInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/BeatmapSetInfo.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         public string Hash { get; set; }
 
         public string Path { get; set; }
+
+        public string StoryboardFile { get; set; }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index a9584a1f10..36ea7c5b49 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             try
             {
                 if (Beatmap == null)
-                    Beatmap = beatmaps.GetWorkingBeatmap(BeatmapInfo);
+                    Beatmap = beatmaps.GetWorkingBeatmap(BeatmapInfo, withStoryboard: true);
             }
             catch
             {