diff --git a/src/lib/include/jes/Path.h b/src/lib/include/jes/Path.h
index 89b75fc..0b06453 100644
--- a/src/lib/include/jes/Path.h
+++ b/src/lib/include/jes/Path.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "jes/Ref.h"
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <stdint.h>
 
 namespace jes
 {
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ namespace jes
         const std::string & to_s() { return m_path; }
         bool exists();
         std::vector<std::string> dir_entries();
+        bool read(uint8_t ** buf, size_t * size);
     protected:
         void clean();
         std::string m_path;
diff --git a/src/lib/src/Path.cc b/src/lib/src/Path.cc
index 970f116..2c31ba9 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/Path.cc
+++ b/src/lib/src/Path.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "jes/Path.h"
+#include "jes/FileReader.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ namespace jes
         return rv;
     }
 
+    bool Path::read(uint8_t ** buf, size_t * size)
+    {
+        return FileReader::load(m_path.c_str(), buf, size);
+    }
+
     void Path::clean()
     {
         for (char & c : m_path)