diff --git a/include/mgba/core/thread.h b/include/mgba/core/thread.h
index deadc36c6..72e9de7b5 100644
--- a/include/mgba/core/thread.h
+++ b/include/mgba/core/thread.h
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 CXX_GUARD_START
 
 #include <mgba/core/log.h>
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+#include <mgba/core/scripting.h>
+#include <mgba/script/context.h>
+#endif
 
 struct mCoreThread;
 struct mCore;
@@ -39,6 +43,10 @@ struct mCoreThread {
 	void* userData;
 	void (*run)(struct mCoreThread*);
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+	struct mScriptContext* scriptContext;
+#endif
+
 	struct mCoreThreadInternal* impl;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/mgba/script/context.h b/include/mgba/script/context.h
index 0241cbd8a..bb3b98b78 100644
--- a/include/mgba/script/context.h
+++ b/include/mgba/script/context.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ struct mScriptEngineContext {
 	struct mScriptContext* context;
 	void (*destroy)(struct mScriptEngineContext*);
 
+	bool (*isScript)(struct mScriptEngineContext*, const char* name, struct VFile* vf);
+
 	bool (*setGlobal)(struct mScriptEngineContext*, const char* name, struct mScriptValue*);
 	struct mScriptValue* (*getGlobal)(struct mScriptEngineContext*, const char* name);
 
@@ -48,10 +50,15 @@ void mScriptContextInit(struct mScriptContext*);
 void mScriptContextDeinit(struct mScriptContext*);
 
 struct mScriptEngineContext* mScriptContextRegisterEngine(struct mScriptContext*, struct mScriptEngine2*);
+void mScriptContextRegisterEngines(struct mScriptContext*);
 
 void mScriptContextSetGlobal(struct mScriptContext*, const char* key, struct mScriptValue* value);
 void mScriptContextRemoveGlobal(struct mScriptContext*, const char* key);
 
+struct VFile;
+bool mScriptContextLoadVF(struct mScriptContext*, const char* name, struct VFile* vf);
+bool mScriptContextLoadFile(struct mScriptContext*, const char* path);
+
 bool mScriptInvoke(const struct mScriptValue* fn, struct mScriptFrame* frame);
 
 CXX_GUARD_END
diff --git a/src/core/thread.c b/src/core/thread.c
index 801cf5bb6..2375aea4c 100644
--- a/src/core/thread.c
+++ b/src/core/thread.c
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ static THREAD_ENTRY _mCoreThreadRun(void* context) {
 		mLogFilterLoad(threadContext->logger.d.filter, &core->config);
 	}
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+	if (threadContext->scriptContext) {
+		mScriptContextAttachCore(threadContext->scriptContext, core);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	mCoreThreadRewindParamsChanged(threadContext);
 	if (threadContext->startCallback) {
 		threadContext->startCallback(threadContext);
@@ -337,6 +343,11 @@ static THREAD_ENTRY _mCoreThreadRun(void* context) {
 	if (threadContext->cleanCallback) {
 		threadContext->cleanCallback(threadContext);
 	}
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+	if (threadContext->scriptContext) {
+		mScriptContextDetachCore(threadContext->scriptContext);
+	}
+#endif
 	core->clearCoreCallbacks(core);
 
 	if (threadContext->logger.d.filter == &filter) {
diff --git a/src/script/context.c b/src/script/context.c
index 9cc8b09b0..44d0fdca6 100644
--- a/src/script/context.c
+++ b/src/script/context.c
@@ -4,12 +4,21 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 #include <mgba/script/context.h>
+#ifdef USE_LUA
+#include <mgba/internal/script/lua.h>
+#endif
 
 struct mScriptKVPair {
 	const char* key;
 	struct mScriptValue* value;
 };
 
+struct mScriptFileInfo {
+	const char* name;
+	struct VFile* vf;
+	struct mScriptEngineContext* context;
+};
+
 static void _engineContextDestroy(void* ctx) {
 	struct mScriptEngineContext* context = ctx;
 	context->destroy(context);
@@ -28,6 +37,18 @@ static void _contextRemoveGlobal(const char* key, void* value, void* user) {
 	context->setGlobal(context, user, NULL);
 }
 
+static void _contextFindForFile(const char* key, void* value, void* user) {
+	UNUSED(key);
+	struct mScriptFileInfo* info = user;
+	struct mScriptEngineContext* context = value;
+	if (info->context) {
+		return;
+	}
+	if (context->isScript(context, info->name, info->vf)) {
+		info->context = context;
+	}
+}
+
 void mScriptContextInit(struct mScriptContext* context) {
 	HashTableInit(&context->rootScope, 0, (void (*)(void*)) mScriptValueDeref);
 	HashTableInit(&context->engines, 0, _engineContextDestroy);
@@ -46,6 +67,13 @@ struct mScriptEngineContext* mScriptContextRegisterEngine(struct mScriptContext*
 	return ectx;
 }
 
+void mScriptContextRegisterEngines(struct mScriptContext* context) {
+	UNUSED(context);
+#ifdef USE_LUA
+	mScriptContextRegisterEngine(context, mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA);
+#endif
+}
+
 void mScriptContextSetGlobal(struct mScriptContext* context, const char* key, struct mScriptValue* value) {
 	mScriptValueRef(value);
 	HashTableInsert(&context->rootScope, key, value);
@@ -65,6 +93,29 @@ void mScriptContextRemoveGlobal(struct mScriptContext* context, const char* key)
 	HashTableRemove(&context->rootScope, key);
 }
 
+bool mScriptContextLoadVF(struct mScriptContext* context, const char* name, struct VFile* vf) {
+	struct mScriptFileInfo info = {
+		.name = name,
+		.vf = vf,
+		.context = NULL
+	};
+	HashTableEnumerate(&context->engines, _contextFindForFile, &info);
+	if (!info.context) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return info.context->load(info.context, vf, NULL);
+}
+
+bool mScriptContextLoadFile(struct mScriptContext* context, const char* path) {
+	struct VFile* vf = VFileOpen(path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (!vf) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	bool ret = mScriptContextLoadVF(context, path, vf);
+	vf->close(vf);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 bool mScriptInvoke(const struct mScriptValue* val, struct mScriptFrame* frame) {
 	if (val->type->base != mSCRIPT_TYPE_FUNCTION) {
 		return false;
diff --git a/src/script/engines/lua.c b/src/script/engines/lua.c
index ae34066e7..c002dafc6 100644
--- a/src/script/engines/lua.c
+++ b/src/script/engines/lua.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 static struct mScriptEngineContext* _luaCreate(struct mScriptEngine2*, struct mScriptContext*);
 
 static void _luaDestroy(struct mScriptEngineContext*);
+static bool _luaIsScript(struct mScriptEngineContext*, const char*, struct VFile*);
 static struct mScriptValue* _luaGetGlobal(struct mScriptEngineContext*, const char* name);
 static bool _luaSetGlobal(struct mScriptEngineContext*, const char* name, struct mScriptValue*);
 static bool _luaLoad(struct mScriptEngineContext*, struct VFile*, const char** error);
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ struct mScriptEngineContext* _luaCreate(struct mScriptEngine2* engine, struct mS
 	luaContext->d = (struct mScriptEngineContext) {
 		.context = context,
 		.destroy = _luaDestroy,
+		.isScript = _luaIsScript,
 		.getGlobal = _luaGetGlobal,
 		.setGlobal = _luaSetGlobal,
 		.load = _luaLoad,
@@ -134,6 +136,15 @@ void _luaDestroy(struct mScriptEngineContext* ctx) {
 	free(luaContext);
 }
 
+bool _luaIsScript(struct mScriptEngineContext* ctx, const char* name, struct VFile* vf) {
+	UNUSED(ctx);
+	UNUSED(vf);
+	if (!name) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return endswith(name, ".lua");
+}
+
 struct mScriptValue* _luaGetGlobal(struct mScriptEngineContext* ctx, const char* name) {
 	struct mScriptEngineContextLua* luaContext = (struct mScriptEngineContextLua*) ctx;
 	lua_getglobal(luaContext->lua, name);