diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
index da515f2d982f..f69bff8cce67 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
@@ -1349,6 +1349,11 @@ public class FileUtil extends FileUtilRt {
     return FileUtilRt.loadText(reader, length);
   }
 
+  @NotNull
+  public static List<String> loadLines(@NotNull File file) throws IOException {
+    return loadLines(file.getPath());
+  }
+
   @NotNull
   public static List<String> loadLines(@NotNull String path) throws IOException {
     BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path));