diff --git a/contrib/IECoreUSD/src/IECoreUSD/ShaderAlgo.cpp b/contrib/IECoreUSD/src/IECoreUSD/ShaderAlgo.cpp
index 1b727cff93..112b9b7b57 100644
--- a/contrib/IECoreUSD/src/IECoreUSD/ShaderAlgo.cpp
+++ b/contrib/IECoreUSD/src/IECoreUSD/ShaderAlgo.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 #include "IECore/MessageHandler.h"
 #include "IECore/SimpleTypedData.h"
 
+#if PXR_VERSION >= 2111
+#include "pxr/usd/usdLux/cylinderLight.h"
+#include "pxr/usd/usdLux/sphereLight.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp"
 #include "boost/pointer_cast.hpp"
 
@@ -53,21 +58,44 @@ namespace
 
 pxr::TfToken g_adapterLabelToken( IECoreScene::ShaderNetworkAlgo::componentConnectionAdapterLabel().string() );
 
-pxr::TfToken shaderId( const pxr::UsdShadeConnectableAPI &connectable )
+std::pair<pxr::TfToken, std::string> shaderIdAndType( const pxr::UsdShadeConnectableAPI &connectable )
 {
-	pxr::TfToken result;
+	pxr::TfToken id;
+	std::string type;
 	if( auto shader = pxr::UsdShadeShader( connectable ) )
 	{
-		shader.GetShaderId( &result );
+		shader.GetShaderId( &id );
+		type = "surface";
 	}
 #if PXR_VERSION >= 2111
 	else if( auto light = pxr::UsdLuxLightAPI( connectable ) )
 	{
-		light.GetShaderIdAttr().Get( &result );
+		light.GetShaderIdAttr().Get( &id );
+		type = "light";
 	}
 #endif
 
-	return result;
+	return std::make_pair( id, type );
+}
+
+void readAdditionalLightParameters( const pxr::UsdPrim &prim, IECore::CompoundDataMap &parameters )
+{
+	// Just to keep us on our toes, not all light parameters are stored as UsdShade inputs,
+	// so we have special-case code for loading those here.
+#if PXR_VERSION >= 2111
+	if( auto sphereLight = pxr::UsdLuxSphereLight( prim ) )
+	{
+		bool treatAsPoint = false;
+		sphereLight.GetTreatAsPointAttr().Get( &treatAsPoint );
+		parameters["treatAsPoint"] = new IECore::BoolData( treatAsPoint );
+	}
+	else if( auto cylinderLight = pxr::UsdLuxCylinderLight( prim ) )
+	{
+		bool treatAsLine = false;
+		cylinderLight.GetTreatAsLineAttr().Get( &treatAsLine );
+		parameters["treatAsLine"] = new IECore::BoolData( treatAsLine );
+	}
+#endif
 }
 
 IECoreScene::ShaderNetwork::Parameter readShaderNetworkWalk( const pxr::SdfPath &anchorPath, const pxr::UsdShadeOutput &output, IECoreScene::ShaderNetwork &shaderNetwork );
@@ -81,9 +109,8 @@ IECore::InternedString readShaderNetworkWalk( const pxr::SdfPath &anchorPath, co
 		return handle;
 	}
 
-	const pxr::TfToken id = shaderId( usdShader );
+	auto [id, shaderType] = shaderIdAndType( usdShader );
 	std::string shaderName = "defaultsurface";
-	std::string shaderType = "surface";
 	if( id.size() )
 	{
 		std::string name = id.GetString();
@@ -137,6 +164,8 @@ IECore::InternedString readShaderNetworkWalk( const pxr::SdfPath &anchorPath, co
 		}
 	}
 
+	readAdditionalLightParameters( usdShader.GetPrim(), parameters );
+
 	parametersData = boost::const_pointer_cast< IECore::CompoundData >( IECoreScene::ShaderNetworkAlgo::collapseSplineParameters( parametersData ) );
 
 	IECoreScene::ShaderPtr newShader = new IECoreScene::Shader( shaderName, shaderType, parametersData );
diff --git a/contrib/IECoreUSD/test/IECoreUSD/USDSceneTest.py b/contrib/IECoreUSD/test/IECoreUSD/USDSceneTest.py
index d6b805f1ec..54401ca39f 100644
--- a/contrib/IECoreUSD/test/IECoreUSD/USDSceneTest.py
+++ b/contrib/IECoreUSD/test/IECoreUSD/USDSceneTest.py
@@ -3022,6 +3022,9 @@ def testLightAttribute( self ) :
 		self.assertEqual( shader.size(), 1 )
 		self.assertEqual( shader.getOutput(), "SpotLight23" )
 
+		self.assertEqual( shader.getShader( "SpotLight23" ).name, "SphereLight" )
+		self.assertEqual( shader.getShader( "SpotLight23" ).type, "light" )
+
 		self.assertEqual(
 			shader.getShader( "SpotLight23" ).parameters,
 			IECore.CompoundData( {
@@ -3031,6 +3034,7 @@ def testLightAttribute( self ) :
 				"exposure" : 0.0,
 				"intensity" : 30000.0,
 				"radius" : 0.0,
+				"treatAsPoint" : True,
 				"shaping:cone:angle" : 66.0,
 				"shaping:cone:softness" : 1.0
 			} )