diff --git a/src/IxMilia.Lisp.Test/ExecutionControlTests.cs b/src/IxMilia.Lisp.Test/ExecutionControlTests.cs
index 6c2833a..ec907d1 100644
--- a/src/IxMilia.Lisp.Test/ExecutionControlTests.cs
+++ b/src/IxMilia.Lisp.Test/ExecutionControlTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Xunit;
@@ -660,5 +661,32 @@ public async Task HandlerCaseCanInterceptAnErrorAfterSkippingALevel()
             Assert.NotNull(capturedError);
             Assert.Equal("some error", capturedError.Message);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task LoadAndExecuteFile()
+        {
+            using var temporaryDirectory = new TemporaryDirectory();
+            var previousWorkingDirectory = Environment.CurrentDirectory;
+            try
+            {
+                Environment.CurrentDirectory = temporaryDirectory.DirectoryPath;
+                await File.WriteAllTextAsync(Path.Combine(temporaryDirectory.DirectoryPath, "external-file.lisp"), """
+                    (setf some-other-value 42)
+                    """);
+                var host = await CreateHostAsync();
+                var executionState = host.CreateExecutionState();
+                var evalResult = await host.EvalAsync("test.lisp", """
+                    (load "external-file.lisp")
+                    (+ some-other-value 1)
+                    """,
+                    executionState);
+                EnsureNotError(evalResult.Value);
+                Assert.Equal(43, ((LispInteger)evalResult.Value).Value);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                Environment.CurrentDirectory = previousWorkingDirectory;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/IxMilia.Lisp.Test/TemporaryDirectory.cs b/src/IxMilia.Lisp.Test/TemporaryDirectory.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7838fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/IxMilia.Lisp.Test/TemporaryDirectory.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace IxMilia.Lisp.Test
+{
+    public class TemporaryDirectory : IDisposable
+    {
+        public string DirectoryPath { get; }
+
+        public TemporaryDirectory()
+        {
+            var parentDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(GetType().Assembly.Location)!;
+            var tempDirName = $"ixmilia-lisp-{Guid.NewGuid():d}";
+            DirectoryPath = Path.Combine(parentDir, "test-data", tempDirName);
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(DirectoryPath);
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Directory.Delete(DirectoryPath, true);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/IxMilia.Lisp/LispDefaultContext.cs b/src/IxMilia.Lisp/LispDefaultContext.cs
index efe253c..ec40225 100644
--- a/src/IxMilia.Lisp/LispDefaultContext.cs
+++ b/src/IxMilia.Lisp/LispDefaultContext.cs
@@ -445,6 +445,29 @@ public Task<LispObject> Labels(LispHost host, LispExecutionState executionState,
             return Task.FromResult<LispObject>(result);
         }
 
+        [LispMacro("LOAD", Signature = "FILESPEC", Documentation = "Loads the file named by _FILESPEC_ into the environment.")]
+        public async Task<LispObject> Load(LispHost host, LispExecutionState executionState, LispObject[] args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            // TODO: handle full version, not just a single path
+            if (args.Length == 1 && args[0] is LispString path)
+            {
+                var filePath = path.Value;
+                var fullPath = Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, filePath);
+                if (!File.Exists(fullPath))
+                {
+                    executionState.ReportError(new LispError($"File \"{fullPath}\" does not exist"), insertPop: true);
+                    return host.Nil;
+                }
+
+                var content = File.ReadAllText(fullPath);
+                var result = await host.EvalAsync(fullPath, content, executionState, cancellationToken);
+                return result.Value;
+            }
+
+            executionState.ReportError(new LispError("Expected a file path"), insertPop: true);
+            return host.Nil;
+        }
+
         [LispMacro("DEFPACKAGE")]
         public Task<LispObject> DefPackage(LispHost host, LispExecutionState executionState, LispObject[] args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {