diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php
index 46e6ef5c17a83..ea075a23f3425 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php
@@ -79,6 +79,29 @@ public static function parse($input, $flags = 0)
         return $yaml->parse($input, $flags);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses YAML file into a PHP value.
+     *
+     *  Usage:
+     *  <code>
+     *   $array = Yaml::parseFile('config.yml');
+     *   print_r($array);
+     *  </code>
+     *
+     * @param string $fileName A file containing YAML
+     * @param int    $flags    A bit field of PARSE_* constants to customize the YAML parser behavior
+     *
+     * @return mixed The YAML converted to a PHP value
+     *
+     * @throws ParseException If the YAML is not valid
+     */
+    public static function parseFile($fileName, $flags = 0)
+    {
+        $input = file_get_contents($fileName);
+
+        return self::parse($input, $flags);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Dumps a PHP value to a YAML string.
      *