diff --git a/include/Domito.h b/include/Domito.h
index 7fab754..0915005 100644
--- a/include/Domito.h
+++ b/include/Domito.h
@@ -150,3 +150,17 @@ DomitoGetPortableExecutableDigestKind(
     _In_ PUCHAR pPeBytes,
     _In_ PIMAGE_DATA_DIRECTORY pImgDataDirectory
 );
+
+//
+// Reads from the beginning of a file until the end or the buffer size is reached
+// 
+_Success_(return == STATUS_SUCCESS)
+_Must_inspect_result_
+_IRQL_requires_max_(PASSIVE_LEVEL)
+EXTERN_C
+NTSTATUS
+DomitoReadFile(
+    _In_ HANDLE FileHandle,
+    _Out_ PVOID Buffer,
+    _In_ ULONG BufferSize
+);
diff --git a/src/Domito.cpp b/src/Domito.cpp
index 75281ed..ebe4354 100644
--- a/src/Domito.cpp
+++ b/src/Domito.cpp
@@ -316,3 +316,42 @@ DomitoGetPortableExecutableDigestKind(
 
     return CALG_SHA1;
 }
+
+_Success_(return == STATUS_SUCCESS)
+_Must_inspect_result_
+_IRQL_requires_max_(PASSIVE_LEVEL)
+NTSTATUS
+DomitoReadFile(
+    _In_ HANDLE FileHandle,
+    _Out_ PVOID Buffer,
+    _In_ ULONG BufferSize
+)
+{
+    NTSTATUS status = STATUS_SUCCESS;
+    IO_STATUS_BLOCK ioStatusBlock;
+
+    // Read the file into memory using ZwReadFile
+    if (!NT_SUCCESS(status = ZwReadFile(
+        FileHandle,
+        NULL,
+        NULL,
+        NULL,
+        &ioStatusBlock,
+        Buffer,
+        BufferSize,
+        NULL,
+        NULL
+    )))
+    {
+        return status;
+    }
+
+    // Check if the file was read successfully
+    if (!NT_SUCCESS(ioStatusBlock.Status))
+    {
+        return ioStatusBlock.Status;
+    }
+
+    // File read successfully
+    return status;
+}