diff --git a/include/Athena/DNAYaml.hpp b/include/Athena/DNAYaml.hpp
index 4b7e456..a6488eb 100644
--- a/include/Athena/DNAYaml.hpp
+++ b/include/Athena/DNAYaml.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <yaml.h>
 #include <utf8proc.h>
 #include "DNA.hpp"
+#include "FileReader.hpp"
 
 namespace Athena
 {
@@ -1226,6 +1227,12 @@ struct DNAYaml : DNA<DNAE>
         yaml_parser_delete(&parser);
         return retval;
     }
+
+    template<class DNASubtype>
+    static bool ValidateFromYAMLFile(Athena::io::FileReader& fin)
+    {
+        return ValidateFromYAMLFile<DNASubtype>(fin._fileHandle());
+    }
 };
 
 template <size_t sizeVar, Endian VE>
diff --git a/include/Athena/FileReader.hpp b/include/Athena/FileReader.hpp
index 461c1c2..bddd682 100644
--- a/include/Athena/FileReader.hpp
+++ b/include/Athena/FileReader.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public:
     atUint64 readUBytesToBuf(void* buf, atUint64 len);
 
     void setCacheSize(const atInt32 blockSize);
+    FILE* _fileHandle() {return m_fileHandle;}
 protected:
     std::string  m_filename;
 #if _WIN32
diff --git a/include/Athena/FileWriter.hpp b/include/Athena/FileWriter.hpp
index e09c2fb..320e081 100644
--- a/include/Athena/FileWriter.hpp
+++ b/include/Athena/FileWriter.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
     atUint64 length() const;
     void writeUBytes(const atUint8* data, atUint64 len);
 
+    FILE* _fileHandle() {return m_fileHandle;}
 private:
     std::string  m_filename;
 #if _WIN32