diff --git a/common/Path.h b/common/Path.h
index a6858dd710..90738b95ae 100644
--- a/common/Path.h
+++ b/common/Path.h
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 #include <wx/filename.h>
 #include "common/StringHelpers.h"
 
+#include "ghc/filesystem.h"
+
+namespace fs = ghc::filesystem;
+
 #define g_MaxPath 255 // 255 is safer with antiquated Win32 ASCII APIs.
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -233,4 +237,5 @@ namespace Path
 	extern wxString GetDirectory(const wxString& src);
 	extern wxString GetFilenameWithoutExt(const wxString& src);
 	extern wxString GetRootDirectory(const wxString& src);
+	extern fs::path FromWxString(const wxString& path);
 } // namespace Path
diff --git a/common/PathUtils.cpp b/common/PathUtils.cpp
index a95f30a2c6..083ec927df 100644
--- a/common/PathUtils.cpp
+++ b/common/PathUtils.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ wxString Path::GetDirectory(const wxString& src)
 	return wxFileName(src).GetPath();
 }
 
-
 // returns the base/root directory of the given path.
 // Example /this/that/something.txt -> dest == "/"
 wxString Path::GetRootDirectory(const wxString& src)
@@ -206,3 +205,12 @@ wxString Path::GetRootDirectory(const wxString& src)
 	else
 		return wxString(src.begin(), src.begin() + pos);
 }
+
+fs::path Path::FromWxString(const wxString& path)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	return fs::path(path.ToStdWstring());
+#else
+	return fs::path(path.ToStdString());
+#endif
+}
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