diff --git a/api/src/main/java/lol/pyr/znpcsplus/api/skin/SkinDescriptorFactory.java b/api/src/main/java/lol/pyr/znpcsplus/api/skin/SkinDescriptorFactory.java
index 41313c1..c5573e7 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/lol/pyr/znpcsplus/api/skin/SkinDescriptorFactory.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/lol/pyr/znpcsplus/api/skin/SkinDescriptorFactory.java
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ public interface SkinDescriptorFactory {
     SkinDescriptor createStaticDescriptor(String texture, String signature);
     SkinDescriptor createUrlDescriptor(String url, String variant);
     SkinDescriptor createUrlDescriptor(URL url, String variant);
+    SkinDescriptor createFileDescriptor(String path);
 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/lol/pyr/znpcsplus/skin/SkinDescriptorFactoryImpl.java b/plugin/src/main/java/lol/pyr/znpcsplus/skin/SkinDescriptorFactoryImpl.java
index 0eeb491..b4557e6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/lol/pyr/znpcsplus/skin/SkinDescriptorFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/lol/pyr/znpcsplus/skin/SkinDescriptorFactoryImpl.java
@@ -52,4 +52,9 @@ public class SkinDescriptorFactoryImpl implements SkinDescriptorFactory {
     public SkinDescriptor createUrlDescriptor(URL url, String variant) {
         return PrefetchedDescriptor.fromUrl(skinCache, url, variant).join();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public SkinDescriptor createFileDescriptor(String path) {
+        return PrefetchedDescriptor.fromFile(skinCache, path).join();
+    }
 }