diff --git a/fsl/data/dicom.py b/fsl/data/dicom.py
index 9abee46b91d285e0f9a0445d9472832ff3f792fe..8c8b8a7e73cd5f9e1375409edd04835f21b69a95 100644
--- a/fsl/data/dicom.py
+++ b/fsl/data/dicom.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def loadSeries(series):
         with open(os.devnull, 'wb') as devnull:
             sp.call(cmd.split(), stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)
 
-        files  = glob.glob(op.join(td, '{}.nii'.format(snum)))
+        files  = glob.glob(op.join(td, '{}*.nii'.format(snum)))
         images = [nib.load(f) for f in files]
 
         # Force-load images into memory