diff --git a/source/src/rendermodel.cpp b/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
index 6095119a..0f6e35d4 100644
--- a/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
+++ b/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ model *loadmodel(const char *name, int i, bool trydl)     // load model by name
         {
             mdllookup.access(m->name(), m);
             setmodelattributes(m->name(), loadingattributes);
+            if(m->shadowdist && !m->cullface) conoutf("\f3mapmodel config error: disabling face culling in combination with shadows will cause visual errors (%s)", m->name());
         }
         loadingmodel = NULL;
     }