@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ static PyObject *py_unreal_engine_py_gc(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 
 }
 
+static PyObject *py_unreal_engine_exec(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
+	char *filename = nullptr;
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s:exec", &filename)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	FUnrealEnginePythonModule &PythonModule = FModuleManager::GetModuleChecked<FUnrealEnginePythonModule>("UnrealEnginePython");
+	PythonModule.RunFile(filename);
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef unreal_engine_methods[] = {
 	{ "log", py_unreal_engine_log, METH_VARARGS, "" },
 	{ "log_warning", py_unreal_engine_log_warning, METH_VARARGS, "" },
@@ -128,6 +139,7 @@ static PyMethodDef unreal_engine_methods[] = {
 	{ "add_ticker", py_unreal_engine_add_ticker, METH_VARARGS, "" },
 
 	{ "py_gc", py_unreal_engine_py_gc, METH_VARARGS, "" },
+	{ "exec", py_unreal_engine_exec, METH_VARARGS, "" },
 
 	{ NULL, NULL },
 };
 
@@ -103,6 +103,24 @@ void FUnrealEnginePythonModule::RunString(char *str) {
 	Py_DECREF(eval_ret);
 }
 
+void FUnrealEnginePythonModule::RunFile(char *filename) {
+	FScopePythonGIL gil;
+	char *full_path = TCHAR_TO_UTF8(*FPaths::Combine(*FPaths::GameContentDir(), UTF8_TO_TCHAR("Scripts"), *FString("/"), UTF8_TO_TCHAR(filename)));
+	FILE *fd = nullptr;
+	
+	if (fopen_s(&fd, full_path, "r") != 0) {
+		UE_LOG(LogPython, Error, TEXT("Unable to open file %s"), UTF8_TO_TCHAR(full_path));
+		return;
+	}
+	PyObject *eval_ret = PyRun_File(fd, full_path, Py_file_input, (PyObject *)main_dict, (PyObject *)local_dict);
+	fclose(fd);
+	if (!eval_ret) {
+		unreal_engine_py_log_error();
+		return;
+	}
+	Py_DECREF(eval_ret);
+}
+
 #undef LOCTEXT_NAMESPACE
 
 IMPLEMENT_MODULE(FUnrealEnginePythonModule, UnrealEnginePython)
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class UNREALENGINEPYTHON_API FUnrealEnginePythonModule : public IModuleInterface
 	virtual void ShutdownModule() override;
 
 	void RunString(char *);
+	void RunFile(char *);
 
 private:
 	void *ue_python_gil;