diff --git a/common/bspfile_generic.cc b/common/bspfile_generic.cc
index 0081c19f..4891bbba 100644
--- a/common/bspfile_generic.cc
+++ b/common/bspfile_generic.cc
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void miptex_t::stream_read(std::istream &stream, size_t len)
     name = dtex.name.data();
     width = dtex.width;
     height = dtex.height;
+    offsets = dtex.offsets;
 }
 
 void miptex_t::stream_write(std::ostream &stream) const
diff --git a/docs/qbsp.rst b/docs/qbsp.rst
index dceeaac6..a4625566 100644
--- a/docs/qbsp.rst
+++ b/docs/qbsp.rst
@@ -329,6 +329,14 @@ Options
    avoids inclusion of third-party copyrighted images inside your maps,
    but is not backwards compatible but will work in FTEQW and QSS.
 
+   Note that the textures still need to be available to qbsp.
+
+   Technical details: ``LUMP_TEXTURES`` is still written, but each texture
+   within is the ``dmiptex_t`` header only (with no texture data following),
+   with ``offsets`` all set to 0.
+
+   This only has effect in Q1 family games.
+
 .. option:: -notjunc
 
    Alias for :option:`-tjunc none`
diff --git a/include/common/bspfile_generic.hh b/include/common/bspfile_generic.hh
index c0707afb..6560d1de 100644
--- a/include/common/bspfile_generic.hh
+++ b/include/common/bspfile_generic.hh
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ struct miptex_t
      * set at read time if the offset is -1
      */
     bool null_texture = false;
+    /**
+     * exposed for testing -notex
+     */
+    std::array<int32_t, MIPLEVELS> offsets;
 
     size_t stream_size() const;
 
diff --git a/qbsp/qbsp.cc b/qbsp/qbsp.cc
index d2109512..b286e9bd 100644
--- a/qbsp/qbsp.cc
+++ b/qbsp/qbsp.cc
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ static void LoadTextureData()
 
         header.width = miptex.width;
         header.height = miptex.height;
-        header.offsets = {-1, -1, -1, -1};
+        header.offsets = {0, 0, 0, 0};
 
         omemstream stream(miptex.data.data(), miptex.data.size());
         stream <= header;
diff --git a/tests/test_qbsp.cc b/tests/test_qbsp.cc
index b4f7d2da..94f5336a 100644
--- a/tests/test_qbsp.cc
+++ b/tests/test_qbsp.cc
@@ -1904,6 +1904,40 @@ TEST_CASE("q1_missing_texture")
 
     CHECK("" == bsp.dtex.textures[1].name);
     CHECK(bsp.dtex.textures[1].null_texture);
+
+    CHECK(6 == bsp.dfaces.size());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("q1 notex")
+{
+    const auto [bsp, bspx, prt] = LoadTestmap("q1_cube.map", {"-notex"});
+
+    REQUIRE(2 == bsp.dtex.textures.size());
+
+    {
+        // FIXME: we shouldn't really be writing skip
+        // (our test data includes an actual "skip" texture,
+        // so that gets included in the bsp.)
+        auto &t0 = bsp.dtex.textures[0];
+        CHECK("skip" == t0.name);
+        CHECK(!t0.null_texture);
+        CHECK(64 == t0.width);
+        CHECK(64 == t0.height);
+        CHECK(t0.data.size() == sizeof(dmiptex_t));
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
+            CHECK(t0.offsets[i] == 0);
+    }
+
+    {
+        auto &t1 = bsp.dtex.textures[1];
+        CHECK("orangestuff8" == t1.name);
+        CHECK(!t1.null_texture);
+        CHECK(64 == t1.width);
+        CHECK(64 == t1.height);
+        CHECK(t1.data.size() == sizeof(dmiptex_t));
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
+            CHECK(t1.offsets[i] == 0);
+    }
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("hl_basic")