diff --git a/invesalius/data/surface.py b/invesalius/data/surface.py
index 53e2457..155a107 100644
--- a/invesalius/data/surface.py
+++ b/invesalius/data/surface.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class SurfaceManager():
 
     def OnImportSurfaceFile(self, pubsub_evt):
         """
-        Creates a new surface from a surface file (STL, PLY or VTP)
+        Creates a new surface from a surface file (STL, PLY, OBJ or VTP)
         """
         filename = pubsub_evt.data
         self.CreateSurfaceFromFile(filename)
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ class SurfaceManager():
             reader = vtk.vtkSTLReader()
         elif filename.lower().endswith('.ply'):
             reader = vtk.vtkPLYReader()
+        elif filename.lower().endswith('.obj'):
+            reader = vtk.vtkOBJReader()
         elif filename.lower().endswith('.vtp'):
             reader = vtk.vtkXMLPolyDataReader()
         else:
diff --git a/invesalius/gui/dialogs.py b/invesalius/gui/dialogs.py
index 4ae1ba2..ac750ae 100644
--- a/invesalius/gui/dialogs.py
+++ b/invesalius/gui/dialogs.py
@@ -223,9 +223,10 @@ WILDCARD_NIFTI = "NIfTI 1 (*.nii)|*.nii|" \
 WILDCARD_PARREC = "PAR/REC (*.par)|*.par|" \
                   "All files (*.*)|*.*"
 
-WILDCARD_MESH_FILES = "STL (*.stl)|*.stl|" \
-                      "PLY (*.ply)|*.ply|" \
-                      "VTP (*.vtp)|*.vtp|" \
+WILDCARD_MESH_FILES = "STL File format (*.stl)|*.stl|" \
+                      "Standard Polygon File Format (*.ply)|*.ply|" \
+                      "Alias Wavefront Object (*.obj)|*.obj|" \
+                      "VTK Polydata File Format (*.vtp)|*.vtp|" \
                       "All files (*.*)|*.*"
 
 
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