diff --git a/buildfiles/ev_helpers.c b/buildfiles/ev_helpers.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b137444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildfiles/ev_helpers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define EV_HELPERS_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include "../ev_helpers.h"
diff --git a/ev_helpers.h b/ev_helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05eebbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ev_helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*!
+ * \file ev_helpers.h
+ */
+#ifndef EV_HELPERS_HEADER
+#define EV_HELPERS_HEADER
+
+#include "ev_macros.h"
+#include "ev_str.h"
+#if defined(EV_HELPERS_SHARED)
+# if defined (EV_HELPERS_IMPL)
+#  define EV_HELPERS_API EV_EXPORT
+# else
+#  define EV_HELPERS_API EV_IMPORT
+# endif
+#else
+# define EV_HELPERS_API
+#endif
+
+EV_HELPERS_API evstring
+evstring_readFile(
+  evstring filePath);
+
+#ifdef EV_HELPERS_IMPLEMENTATION
+#undef EV_HELPERS_IMPLEMENTATION
+
+evstring
+evstring_readFile(
+  evstring filePath)
+{
+  FILE* f = fopen(filePath, "r");
+  if(f == NULL) return EV_INVALID(evstring);
+
+  fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
+  u32 buflen = ftell(f);
+  fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+  evstring res = evstring_new("");
+  evstring_setLength(&res, buflen);
+  fread(res, 1, buflen, f);
+  fclose(f);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b234e80..c42c9cb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -23,14 +23,17 @@ endif
 # All other targets should follow the same template
 str_lib = static_library('ev_str', files('buildfiles/ev_str.c'), c_args: evh_c_args)
 vec_lib = static_library('ev_vec', files('buildfiles/ev_vec.c'), c_args: evh_c_args)
+helpers_lib = static_library('ev_helpers', files('buildfiles/ev_helpers.c'), c_args: evh_c_args)
 
 str_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: str_lib, include_directories: headers_include)
 vec_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: vec_lib, include_directories: headers_include)
+helpers_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: helpers_lib, include_directories: headers_include)
 
 headers_dep = declare_dependency(
   dependencies: [
     str_dep,
     vec_dep,
+    helpers_dep,
   ]
 )
 
@@ -41,5 +44,6 @@ test('evstr', str_test)
 if meson.version().version_compare('>= 0.54.0')
   meson.override_dependency('ev_vec', vec_dep)
   meson.override_dependency('ev_str', str_dep)
+  meson.override_dependency('ev_helpers', helpers_dep)
   meson.override_dependency('evol-headers', headers_dep)
 endif