diff --git a/src/bbs.h b/src/bbs.h
index 5c32627..e90fc9d 100644
--- a/src/bbs.h
+++ b/src/bbs.h
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ extern char **split_on_space(char *str, size_t *lenp);
 extern void die(const char *msg);
 extern void *malloz(size_t size);
 extern char *file2str(const char *path);
+extern stralloc file2stralloc(const char *path);
 extern char *str5dup(const char *a, const char *b, const char *c, const char *d, const char *e);
 extern char *str4dup(const char *a, const char *b, const char *c, const char *d);
 extern char *str3dup(const char *a, const char *b, const char *c);
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 03b6f46..53c195f 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -45,6 +46,32 @@ char *file2str(const char *path) {
 	return contents;
 }
 
+stralloc file2stralloc(const char *path) {
+	struct stat s;
+	int fd;
+
+	memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s));
+	if (stat(path, &s) < 0)
+		return EMPTY_STRALLOC;
+	if (!S_ISREG(s.st_mode))
+		return EMPTY_STRALLOC;
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return EMPTY_STRALLOC;
+	size_t len = s.st_size;
+	char *p = mmap(NULL, len, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	if (p == NULL) {
+		close(fd);
+		return EMPTY_STRALLOC;
+	}
+	stralloc sa = EMPTY_STRALLOC;
+	stralloc_copyb(&sa, p, len);
+	munmap(fd, len);
+	close(fd);
+
+	return sa;
+}
+
 char *str5dup(const char *a, const char *b, const char *c, const char *d, const char *e) {
 	char *p;
 	size_t alen, blen, clen, dlen, elen;