diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/HW/GCMemcard/GCIFile.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/HW/GCMemcard/GCIFile.cpp
index 77ddad34d4..b82aa6f52b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/GCMemcard/GCIFile.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/GCMemcard/GCIFile.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,25 @@
 #include "Common/Logging/Log.h"
 #include "Common/MsgHandler.h"
 
+bool GCIFile::LoadHeader()
+{
+  if (m_filename.empty())
+    return false;
+
+  File::IOFile save_file(m_filename, "rb");
+  if (!save_file)
+    return false;
+
+  INFO_LOG(EXPANSIONINTERFACE, "Reading header from disk for %s", m_filename.c_str());
+  if (!save_file.ReadBytes(&m_gci_header, sizeof(m_gci_header)))
+  {
+    ERROR_LOG(EXPANSIONINTERFACE, "Failed to read header for %s", m_filename.c_str());
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 bool GCIFile::LoadSaveBlocks()
 {
   if (m_save_data.empty())
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/HW/GCMemcard/GCIFile.h b/Source/Core/Core/HW/GCMemcard/GCIFile.h
index b118330d34..330c519612 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/GCMemcard/GCIFile.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/GCMemcard/GCIFile.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class PointerWrap;
 class GCIFile
 {
 public:
+  bool LoadHeader();
   bool LoadSaveBlocks();
   bool HasCopyProtection() const;
   void DoState(PointerWrap& p);