diff --git a/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording-private.h b/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording-private.h
index 38f0354d..ecc2eaa7 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording-private.h
+++ b/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording-private.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <libdex.h>
+
 #include "sysprof-instrument.h"
 #include "sysprof-recording.h"
 #include "sysprof-spawnable.h"
@@ -32,5 +34,8 @@ SysprofRecording     *_sysprof_recording_new           (SysprofCaptureWriter  *w
 void                  _sysprof_recording_start         (SysprofRecording      *self);
 SysprofCaptureWriter *_sysprof_recording_writer        (SysprofRecording      *self);
 SysprofSpawnable     *_sysprof_recording_get_spawnable (SysprofRecording      *self);
+DexFuture            *_sysprof_recording_add_file      (SysprofRecording      *self,
+                                                        const char            *path,
+                                                        gboolean               compress);
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording.c b/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording.c
index 1dc4885d..82545cfe 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording.c
@@ -296,3 +296,140 @@ _sysprof_recording_writer (SysprofRecording *self)
 
   return self->writer;
 }
+
+typedef struct _AddFile
+{
+  SysprofCaptureWriter *writer;
+  char *path;
+  guint compress : 1;
+} AddFile;
+
+static void
+add_file_free (AddFile *add_file)
+{
+  g_clear_pointer (&add_file->writer, sysprof_capture_writer_unref);
+  g_clear_pointer (&add_file->path, g_free);
+  g_free (add_file);
+}
+
+static DexFuture *
+sysprof_recording_add_file_fiber (gpointer user_data)
+{
+  AddFile *add_file = user_data;
+  g_autoptr(GInputStream) input = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GOutputStream) memory_stream = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GOutputStream) zlib_stream = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GError) error = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GBytes) bytes = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GFile) proc = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GFile) file = NULL;
+  g_autofree char *dest_path = NULL;
+  const guint8 *data = NULL;
+  GOutputStream *output;
+  gsize len;
+
+  g_assert (add_file != NULL);
+  g_assert (add_file->path != NULL);
+  g_assert (add_file->writer != NULL);
+
+  /* If we are compressing the file, store it as ".gz" in the capture
+   * so that the reader knows to decompress it automatically.
+   */
+  dest_path = add_file->compress ? g_strdup_printf ("%s.gz", add_file->path)
+                                 : g_strdup (add_file->path);
+
+  file = g_file_new_for_path (add_file->path);
+  proc = g_file_new_for_path ("/proc");
+
+  /* If the file has a prefix of `/proc/` then we need to request the
+   * file from sysprofd as our user is not guaranteed to be able to
+   * read the file. Even if we can open the file, we may get data that
+   * has been redacted (such as /proc/kallsyms).
+   *
+   * With `/proc/kallsyms` it's even worse in that if we get an FD back
+   * from sysprofd and read it from our process, it *too* will be redacted.
+   * That leaves us with the only option of letting sysprofd read the file
+   * and transfer the contents to our process over D-Bus.
+   *
+   * We use g_file_has_prefix() for this as it will canonicalize the paths
+   * of #GFile rather than us having to be careful here.
+   */
+  //if (g_file_has_prefix (file, proc))
+    //{
+    //}
+  //else
+    {
+      if (!(input = dex_await_object (dex_file_read (file, 0), &error)))
+        return dex_future_new_for_error (g_steal_pointer (&error));
+    }
+
+  g_assert (input != NULL);
+  g_assert (G_IS_INPUT_STREAM (input));
+
+  output = memory_stream = g_memory_output_stream_new_resizable ();
+
+  if (add_file->compress)
+    {
+      g_autoptr(GZlibCompressor) compressor = g_zlib_compressor_new (G_ZLIB_COMPRESSOR_FORMAT_GZIP, 6);
+      output = zlib_stream = g_converter_output_stream_new (memory_stream, G_CONVERTER (compressor));
+    }
+
+  g_assert (output != NULL);
+  g_assert (G_IS_OUTPUT_STREAM (output));
+  g_assert (G_IS_MEMORY_OUTPUT_STREAM (output) || G_IS_CONVERTER_OUTPUT_STREAM (output));
+  g_assert (G_IS_MEMORY_OUTPUT_STREAM (memory_stream));
+  g_assert (!zlib_stream || G_IS_CONVERTER_OUTPUT_STREAM (zlib_stream));
+
+  if (!dex_await (dex_output_stream_splice (output,
+                                            input,
+                                            (G_OUTPUT_STREAM_SPLICE_CLOSE_SOURCE |
+                                             G_OUTPUT_STREAM_SPLICE_CLOSE_TARGET),
+                                            0),
+                  &error))
+    return dex_future_new_for_error (g_steal_pointer (&error));
+
+  bytes = g_memory_output_stream_steal_as_bytes (G_MEMORY_OUTPUT_STREAM (memory_stream));
+  data = g_bytes_get_data (bytes, &len);
+
+  while (len > 0)
+    {
+      gsize to_write = MIN (len, 4096*8);
+
+      if (!sysprof_capture_writer_add_file (add_file->writer,
+                                            SYSPROF_CAPTURE_CURRENT_TIME,
+                                            -1,
+                                            -1,
+                                            dest_path,
+                                            to_write == len,
+                                            data,
+                                            to_write))
+        break;
+
+      len -= to_write;
+      data += to_write;
+    }
+
+  return  dex_future_new_for_boolean (TRUE);
+}
+
+DexFuture *
+_sysprof_recording_add_file (SysprofRecording *self,
+                             const char       *path,
+                             gboolean          compress)
+{
+  g_autoptr(GFile) file = NULL;
+  AddFile *add_file;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (SYSPROF_IS_RECORDING (self), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (path != NULL, NULL);
+
+  add_file = g_new0 (AddFile, 1);
+  add_file->writer = sysprof_capture_writer_ref (self->writer);
+  add_file->path = g_strdup (path);
+  add_file->compress = !!compress;
+
+  return dex_scheduler_spawn (NULL, 0,
+                              sysprof_recording_add_file_fiber,
+                              g_steal_pointer (&add_file),
+                              (GDestroyNotify)add_file_free);
+}