diff --git a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 436a52344..ce5fb5e1e 100644
--- a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
 
     add_executable(api_tests tests/tests.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(api_tests PRIVATE SixtyFPS Catch2::Catch2)
+    target_compile_definitions(api_tests PRIVATE
+        SOURCE_DIR=\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/\"
+    )
     add_test(api_tests ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/api_tests)
     # Somehow the wrong relative rpath ends up in the binary, requiring us to change the
     # working directory.
diff --git a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/include/sixtyfps_interpreter.h b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/include/sixtyfps_interpreter.h
index 2e5ff9a5a..6707a5a54 100644
--- a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/include/sixtyfps_interpreter.h
+++ b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/include/sixtyfps_interpreter.h
@@ -502,6 +502,18 @@ public:
             return {};
         }
     }
+
+    std::optional<ComponentDefinition> build_from_path(std::string_view path)
+    {
+        cbindgen_private::ComponentDefinitionOpaque result;
+        if (cbindgen_private::sixtyfps_interpreter_component_compiler_build_from_path(
+                    &inner, sixtyfps::private_api::string_to_slice(path), &result)) {
+
+            return ComponentDefinition(result);
+        } else {
+            return {};
+        }
+    }
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/tests/test.60 b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/tests/test.60
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67c4808a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/tests/test.60
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* LICENSE BEGIN
+    This file is part of the SixtyFPS Project -- https://sixtyfps.io
+    Copyright (c) 2020 Olivier Goffart <olivier.goffart@sixtyfps.io>
+    Copyright (c) 2020 Simon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@sixtyfps.io>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+    This file is also available under commercial licensing terms.
+    Please contact info@sixtyfps.io for more information.
+LICENSE END */
+export Test := Rectangle {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/tests/tests.cpp b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/tests/tests.cpp
index 744c492c4..0555a4e06 100644
--- a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/tests/tests.cpp
+++ b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/tests/tests.cpp
@@ -277,4 +277,16 @@ SCENARIO("Component Compiler")
         auto result = compiler.build_from_source("export Dummy := Rectangle {}", "");
         REQUIRE(result.has_value());
     }
+
+    SECTION("Compile failure from path")
+    {
+        auto result = compiler.build_from_path(SOURCE_DIR "/file-not-there.60");
+        REQUIRE_FALSE(result.has_value());
+    }
+
+    SECTION("Compile from path")
+    {
+        auto result = compiler.build_from_path(SOURCE_DIR "/tests/test.60");
+        REQUIRE(result.has_value());
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sixtyfps_runtime/interpreter/api.rs b/sixtyfps_runtime/interpreter/api.rs
index 739518fb0..2a64fb1b2 100644
--- a/sixtyfps_runtime/interpreter/api.rs
+++ b/sixtyfps_runtime/interpreter/api.rs
@@ -1352,6 +1352,26 @@ pub(crate) mod ffi {
         }
     }
 
+    #[no_mangle]
+    pub unsafe extern "C" fn sixtyfps_interpreter_component_compiler_build_from_path(
+        compiler: &mut ComponentCompilerOpaque,
+        path: Slice<u8>,
+        component_definition_ptr: *mut ComponentDefinitionOpaque,
+    ) -> bool {
+        use std::str::FromStr;
+        match spin_on::spin_on(
+            compiler
+                .as_component_compiler_mut()
+                .build_from_path(PathBuf::from_str(std::str::from_utf8(&path).unwrap()).unwrap()),
+        ) {
+            Some(definition) => {
+                std::ptr::write(component_definition_ptr as *mut ComponentDefinition, definition);
+                true
+            }
+            None => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     #[repr(C)]
     // Note: This needs to stay the size of 1 pointer to allow for the null pointer definition
     // in the C++ wrapper to allow for the null state.