diff --git a/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/AbstractJobManagement.java b/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/AbstractJobManagement.java
index 5f9d82c70..51b3096d0 100644
--- a/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/AbstractJobManagement.java
+++ b/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/AbstractJobManagement.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -37,6 +39,16 @@ public void queueJob(String jobName) throws JobNameNotProvidedException {
         validateJobNameArg(jobName);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public InputStream streamFileInWorkspace(String filePath) throws IOException {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String readFileInWorkspace(String filePath) throws IOException {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
     protected void validateUpdateArgs(String jobName, String config) {
         validateJobNameArg(jobName);
         validateConfigArg(config);
diff --git a/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/FileJobManagement.groovy b/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/FileJobManagement.groovy
index 31cd09742..c09abfc5c 100644
--- a/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/FileJobManagement.groovy
+++ b/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/FileJobManagement.groovy
@@ -42,5 +42,15 @@ class FileJobManagement extends AbstractJobManagement {
         new File(jobName + ext).write(config)
         return true
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream streamFileInWorkspace(String filePath) {
+        return new FileInputStream(new File(root, filePath));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String readFileInWorkspace(String filePath) {
+        new File(root, filePath).text
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/JobManagement.groovy b/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/JobManagement.groovy
index 80ee09afe..b19650b63 100644
--- a/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/JobManagement.groovy
+++ b/job-dsl-core/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/JobManagement.groovy
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ public interface JobManagement {
      */
     void queueJob(String jobName) throws JobNameNotProvidedException;
 
+    InputStream streamFileInWorkspace(String filePath) throws IOException;
+    String readFileInWorkspace(String filePath) throws IOException;
+
     /**
      * Stream to write to, for stdout.
      * @return PrintWriter
diff --git a/job-dsl-core/src/test/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/StringJobManagement.groovy b/job-dsl-core/src/test/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/StringJobManagement.groovy
index bfdeaa883..8a9e69b1f 100644
--- a/job-dsl-core/src/test/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/StringJobManagement.groovy
+++ b/job-dsl-core/src/test/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/dsl/StringJobManagement.groovy
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class StringJobManagement extends AbstractJobManagement {
 
     Map<String,String> availableConfigs = [:]
     Map<String,String> savedConfigs = [:]
+    Map<String,String> availableFiles = [:]
 
     Map<String,String> params = [:]
     List<String> jobScheduled = []
@@ -65,5 +66,18 @@ public class StringJobManagement extends AbstractJobManagement {
     void queueJob(String jobName) throws JobNameNotProvidedException {
         jobScheduled << jobName
     }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream streamFileInWorkspace(String filePath) {
+        String body = availableFiles.get(filePath)
+        return new InputStreamReader(new StringReader(body));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String readFileInWorkspace(String filePath) {
+        String body = availableFiles.get(filePath)
+        return body
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/ExecuteDslScripts.java b/job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/ExecuteDslScripts.java
index 28fa2d796..396db4ded 100644
--- a/job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/ExecuteDslScripts.java
+++ b/job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/ExecuteDslScripts.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public boolean perform(final AbstractBuild<?, ?> build, final Launcher launcher,
         env.putAll(build.getBuildVariables());
 
         // We run the DSL, it'll need some way of grabbing a template config.xml and how to save it
-        JenkinsJobManagement jm = new JenkinsJobManagement(listener.getLogger(), env);
+        JenkinsJobManagement jm = new JenkinsJobManagement(listener.getLogger(), env, build);
 
         Set<GeneratedJob> freshJobs;
         String jobName = build.getProject().getName();
diff --git a/job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/JenkinsJobManagement.java b/job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/JenkinsJobManagement.java
index 7e3438b2a..00e5b8bfa 100644
--- a/job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/JenkinsJobManagement.java
+++ b/job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/JenkinsJobManagement.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Collections2;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import hudson.EnvVars;
+import hudson.FilePath;
 import hudson.XmlFile;
 import hudson.model.*;
 import javaposse.jobdsl.dsl.*;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ public final class JenkinsJobManagement extends AbstractJobManagement {
     Jenkins jenkins = Jenkins.getInstance();
     EnvVars envVars;
     Set<GeneratedJob> modifiedJobs;
+    AbstractBuild<?, ?> build;
 
     JenkinsJobManagement() {
         super();
@@ -36,10 +38,11 @@ public final class JenkinsJobManagement extends AbstractJobManagement {
         modifiedJobs = Sets.newHashSet();
     }
 
-    public JenkinsJobManagement(PrintStream outputLogger, EnvVars envVars) {
+    public JenkinsJobManagement(PrintStream outputLogger, EnvVars envVars, AbstractBuild<?, ?> build) {
         super(outputLogger);
         this.envVars = envVars;
-        modifiedJobs = Sets.newHashSet();
+        this.modifiedJobs = Sets.newHashSet();
+        this.build = build;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -96,7 +99,6 @@ public void queueJob(String jobName) throws JobNameNotProvidedException {
 
         AbstractProject<?,?> project = (AbstractProject<?,?>) jenkins.getItemByFullName(jobName);
 
-        Object build = ((Executor) Thread.currentThread()).getCurrentExecutable();
         if(build != null && build instanceof Run) {
             Run run = (Run) build;
             LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, String.format("Scheduling build of %s from %s", jobName, run.getParent().getName()));
@@ -108,6 +110,30 @@ public void queueJob(String jobName) throws JobNameNotProvidedException {
     }
 
 
+    @Override
+    public InputStream streamFileInWorkspace(String relLocation) throws IOException {
+        FilePath filePath = locateValidFileInWorkspace(relLocation);
+        return filePath.read();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String readFileInWorkspace(String relLocation) throws IOException {
+        FilePath filePath = locateValidFileInWorkspace(relLocation);
+        return filePath.readToString();
+    }
+
+    private FilePath locateValidFileInWorkspace(String relLocation) throws IOException {
+        FilePath filePath = build.getWorkspace().child(relLocation);
+        try {
+            if (!filePath.exists()) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("File does not exists");
+            }
+        } catch(InterruptedException ie) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(ie);
+        }
+        return filePath;
+    }
+
     private String lookupJob(String jobName) throws IOException {
         LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, String.format("Looking up Job %s", jobName));
         String jobXml = "";