diff --git a/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py b/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py
index 15a1354c1936895563c8656148cc04c6f651c565..0e05663d6c0dd2bc7057e5e0000da5051dab6f97 100644
--- a/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py
+++ b/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ def blen_read_texture(fbx_obj, basedir, image_cache,
         recursive=use_image_search,
         )
 
+    image_cache[filepath] = image
     # name can be ../a/b/c
     image.name = os.path.basename(elem_name_utf8)