diff --git a/archaius2-typesafe/src/main/java/com/netflix/archaius/typesafe/TypesafeConfigReader.java b/archaius2-typesafe/src/main/java/com/netflix/archaius/typesafe/TypesafeConfigReader.java
index 42452efee..d472ae740 100644
--- a/archaius2-typesafe/src/main/java/com/netflix/archaius/typesafe/TypesafeConfigReader.java
+++ b/archaius2-typesafe/src/main/java/com/netflix/archaius/typesafe/TypesafeConfigReader.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package com.netflix.archaius.typesafe;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 import com.netflix.archaius.api.ConfigReader;
@@ -31,12 +33,27 @@ public com.netflix.archaius.api.Config load(ClassLoader loader, String resourceN
         return new TypesafeConfig(config);
     }
 
+    public com.netflix.archaius.api.Config load(String resourceName) throws ConfigException {
+        Config config = ConfigFactory.parseResourcesAnySyntax(resourceName);
+        return new TypesafeConfig(config);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public com.netflix.archaius.api.Config load(ClassLoader loader, URL url, StrInterpolator strInterpolator, StrInterpolator.Lookup lookup) throws ConfigException {
         Config config = ConfigFactory.parseURL(url, ConfigParseOptions.defaults().setClassLoader(loader));
         return new TypesafeConfig(config);
     }
 
+    public com.netflix.archaius.api.Config load(File file) throws ConfigException {
+        Config config = ConfigFactory.parseFile(file);
+        return new TypesafeConfig(config);
+    }
+
+    public com.netflix.archaius.api.Config load(Reader reader) throws ConfigException {
+        Config config = ConfigFactory.parseReader(reader);
+        return new TypesafeConfig(config);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean canLoad(ClassLoader loader, String name) {
         return true;
diff --git a/archaius2-typesafe/src/test/java/com/netflix/archaius/typesafe/TypesafeConfigLoaderTest.java b/archaius2-typesafe/src/test/java/com/netflix/archaius/typesafe/TypesafeConfigLoaderTest.java
index 41224757d..50e7051db 100644
--- a/archaius2-typesafe/src/test/java/com/netflix/archaius/typesafe/TypesafeConfigLoaderTest.java
+++ b/archaius2-typesafe/src/test/java/com/netflix/archaius/typesafe/TypesafeConfigLoaderTest.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -15,37 +15,67 @@
  */
 package com.netflix.archaius.typesafe;
 
+import com.netflix.archaius.DefaultConfigLoader;
+import com.netflix.archaius.api.Config;
+import com.netflix.archaius.api.config.CompositeConfig;
+import com.netflix.archaius.api.exceptions.ConfigException;
+import com.netflix.archaius.cascade.ConcatCascadeStrategy;
 import com.netflix.archaius.config.DefaultCompositeConfig;
+import com.netflix.archaius.config.MapConfig;
+import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.util.ClassLoader;
+
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import com.netflix.archaius.DefaultConfigLoader;
-import com.netflix.archaius.cascade.ConcatCascadeStrategy;
-import com.netflix.archaius.api.config.CompositeConfig;
-import com.netflix.archaius.config.MapConfig;
-import com.netflix.archaius.api.exceptions.ConfigException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 public class TypesafeConfigLoaderTest {
     @Test
     public void test() throws ConfigException {
         CompositeConfig config = new DefaultCompositeConfig();
         config.addConfig("prop", MapConfig.builder()
-                .put("env",    "prod")
+                .put("env", "prod")
                 .put("region", "us-east")
                 .build());
-        
+
         DefaultConfigLoader loader = DefaultConfigLoader.builder()
                 .withConfigReader(new TypesafeConfigReader())
                 .withStrLookup(config)
                 .build();
-        
+
         config.replaceConfig("foo", loader.newLoader()
-              .withCascadeStrategy(ConcatCascadeStrategy.from("${env}", "${region}"))
-              .load("foo"));
+                .withCascadeStrategy(ConcatCascadeStrategy.from("${env}", "${region}"))
+                .load("foo"));
 
         Assert.assertEquals("prod", config.getString("@environment"));
         Assert.assertEquals("foo-prod", config.getString("foo.prop1"));
         Assert.assertEquals("foo", config.getString("foo.prop2"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testResourceLoad() throws ConfigException {
+        Config config = new TypesafeConfigReader().load("foo.properties");
+        Assert.assertEquals("foo", config.getString("foo.prop2"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFileLoad() throws ConfigException {
+        try {
+            File file = new File(ClassLoader.getSystemResource("foo.properties").toURI());
+            Config config = new TypesafeConfigReader().load(file);
+            Assert.assertEquals("foo", config.getString("foo.prop2"));
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new ConfigException("", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReaderLoad() throws ConfigException {
+        Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream("foo.properties"));
+        Config config = new TypesafeConfigReader().load(reader);
+        Assert.assertEquals("foo", config.getString("foo.prop2"));
+    }
 }