diff --git a/libretro-common/include/streams/file_stream.h b/libretro-common/include/streams/file_stream.h
index e0241d6aa6..20adbb33a0 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/streams/file_stream.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/streams/file_stream.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ int filestream_close(RFILE *stream);
 
 int filestream_read_file(const char *path, void **buf, ssize_t *len);
 
+char *filestream_gets(RFILE *stream, char *s, size_t len);
+
 bool filestream_write_file(const char *path, const void *data, ssize_t size);
 
 int filestream_putc(RFILE *stream, int c);
diff --git a/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c b/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
index 66f662bee1..34b4f7c71b 100644
--- a/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
+++ b/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
@@ -230,6 +230,17 @@ error:
    return NULL;
 }
 
+char *filestream_gets(RFILE *stream, char *s, size_t len)
+{
+   if (!stream)
+      return NULL;
+#if defined(HAVE_BUFFERED_IO)
+   return fgets(s, len, stream->fp);
+#else
+   return gets(s);
+#endif
+}
+
 ssize_t filestream_seek(RFILE *stream, ssize_t offset, int whence)
 {
    if (!stream)
diff --git a/libretro-common/streams/interface_stream.c b/libretro-common/streams/interface_stream.c
index 995ac218a7..0975211bb9 100644
--- a/libretro-common/streams/interface_stream.c
+++ b/libretro-common/streams/interface_stream.c
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ char *intfstream_gets(intfstream_internal_t *intf,
    switch (intf->type)
    {
       case INTFSTREAM_FILE:
-         /* unimplemented */
-         break;
+         return filestream_gets(intf->file.fp, buffer, len);
       case INTFSTREAM_MEMORY:
          return memstream_gets(intf->memory.fp, buffer, len);
    }