diff --git a/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp b/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp
index df41432f..e8b0ba4b 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp
@@ -441,6 +441,19 @@ void FILESYSTEM_loadFileToMemory(
 	PHYSFS_close(handle);
 }
 
+void FILESYSTEM_loadAssetToMemory(
+	const char* name,
+	unsigned char** mem,
+	size_t* len,
+	const bool addnull
+) {
+	const char* path;
+
+	path = name;
+
+	FILESYSTEM_loadFileToMemory(path, mem, len, addnull);
+}
+
 void FILESYSTEM_freeMemory(unsigned char **mem)
 {
 	SDL_free(*mem);
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.h b/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.h
index 0e2fe794..ea6902ad 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.h
+++ b/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.h
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ bool FILESYSTEM_isAssetMounted(const char* filename);
 
 void FILESYSTEM_loadFileToMemory(const char *name, unsigned char **mem,
                                  size_t *len, bool addnull);
+void FILESYSTEM_loadAssetToMemory(
+    const char* name,
+    unsigned char** mem,
+    size_t* len,
+    const bool addnull
+);
 void FILESYSTEM_freeMemory(unsigned char **mem);
 bool FILESYSTEM_saveTiXml2Document(const char *name, tinyxml2::XMLDocument& doc);
 bool FILESYSTEM_loadTiXml2Document(const char *name, tinyxml2::XMLDocument& doc);