diff --git a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
index dcc7f382..877d38a4 100644
--- a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
@@ -276,6 +276,15 @@ function table.tostring(t)
     return s..']'
 end
 
+function file.readlines(path)
+    local str = file.read(path)
+    local lines = {}
+    for s in str:gmatch("[^\r\n]+") do
+        table.insert(lines, s)
+    end
+    return lines
+end
+
 -- Deprecated functions
 block_index = block.index
 block_name = block.name