diff --git a/source/dyaml/loader.d b/source/dyaml/loader.d
index d8f1891..4e16fbb 100644
--- a/source/dyaml/loader.d
+++ b/source/dyaml/loader.d
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module dyaml.loader;
 
 import std.exception;
 import std.file;
+import std.stdio : File;
 import std.string;
 
 import dyaml.composer;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ struct Loader
         /** Construct a Loader to load YAML from a file.
          *
          * Params:  filename = Name of the file to load from.
+         *          file = Already-opened file to load from.
          *
          * Throws:  YAMLException if the file could not be opened or read.
          */
@@ -72,6 +74,13 @@ struct Loader
                                         .format(filename, e.msg));
             }
          }
+         /// ditto
+         static Loader fromFile(File file) @system
+         {
+            auto loader = Loader(file.byChunk(4096).join);
+            loader.name_ = file.name;
+            return loader;
+         }
 
         /** Construct a Loader to load YAML from a string.
          *
@@ -332,6 +341,19 @@ struct Loader
     auto rootNode = Loader.fromFile("example.yaml").load();
     assert(rootNode == "Hello world!");
 }
+/// Load single YAML document from an already-opened file:
+@system unittest
+{
+    // Open a temporary file
+    auto file = File.tmpfile;
+    // Write valid YAML
+    file.write("Hello world!");
+    // Return to the beginning
+    file.seek(0);
+    // Load document
+    auto rootNode = Loader.fromFile(file).load();
+    assert(rootNode == "Hello world!");
+}
 /// Load all YAML documents from a file:
 @safe unittest
 {