diff --git a/tools/releasetools/common.py b/tools/releasetools/common.py
index 7cff831..47abaa9 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/common.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/common.py
@@ -455,6 +455,13 @@
   return LoadDictionaryFromLines(data.split("\n"))
 
 
+def LoadDictionaryFromFile(file_path):
+  with open(file_path) as f:
+    lines = list(f.read().splitlines())
+
+  return LoadDictionaryFromLines(lines)
+
+
 def LoadDictionaryFromLines(lines):
   d = {}
   for line in lines: