diff --git a/src/fs.rs b/src/fs.rs
index bb11249d1..4e1ef87b1 100644
--- a/src/fs.rs
+++ b/src/fs.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub type Bytes<SIZE> = generic_array::GenericArray<u8, SIZE>;
 
 use crate::{
     driver,
-    io::{self, Result},
+    io::{self, OpenSeekFrom, Result},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -1248,6 +1248,24 @@ impl<'a, Storage: driver::Storage> Filesystem<'a, Storage> {
         Ok(contents)
     }
 
+    /// Read a chunk of a file into a bytes vector
+    /// Returns the data and the size of the file
+    pub fn read_chunk<const N: usize>(
+        &self,
+        path: &Path,
+        pos: OpenSeekFrom,
+    ) -> Result<(heapless::Vec<u8, N>, usize)> {
+        let mut contents: heapless::Vec<u8, N> = Default::default();
+        contents.resize_default(contents.capacity()).unwrap();
+        let file_len = File::open_and_then(self, path, |file| {
+            file.seek(pos.into())?;
+            let read_n = file.read(&mut contents)?;
+            contents.truncate(read_n);
+            file.len()
+        })?;
+        Ok((contents, file_len))
+    }
+
     /// Write a slice as the entire contents of a file.
     ///
     /// This function will create a file if it does not exist,
@@ -1261,6 +1279,21 @@ impl<'a, Storage: driver::Storage> Filesystem<'a, Storage> {
         })?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Write a slice as a chunk of a file.
+    ///
+    /// This function will not create a file if it does not exist,
+    /// it will fail if the file is not already large enough with regard to the `pos` parameter
+    pub fn write_chunk(&self, path: &Path, contents: &[u8], pos: OpenSeekFrom) -> Result<()> {
+        #[cfg(test)]
+        println!("writing {:?}", path);
+        File::open_and_then(self, path, |file| {
+            use io::Write;
+            file.seek(pos.into())?;
+            file.write_all(contents)
+        })?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/io.rs b/src/io.rs
index 9d18ce80f..9f0f6ec70 100644
--- a/src/io.rs
+++ b/src/io.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,24 @@ impl SeekFrom {
     }
 }
 
+/// Enumeration of possible methods to seek within an file that was just opened
+/// Used in the [`read_chunk`](crate::fs::Filesystem::read_chunk) and [`write_chunk`](crate::fs::Filesystem::write_chunk) methods,
+/// Where [`SeekFrom::Current`](SeekFrom::Current) would not make sense.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum OpenSeekFrom {
+    Start(u32),
+    End(i32),
+}
+
+impl From<OpenSeekFrom> for SeekFrom {
+    fn from(value: OpenSeekFrom) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            OpenSeekFrom::Start(o) => Self::Start(o),
+            OpenSeekFrom::End(o) => Self::End(o),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /** The `Seek` trait provides a cursor which can be moved within a file.
 
 It is possible to seek relative to either end or the current offset.
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index a28f2b260..14a450a6e 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ use generic_array::typenum::consts;
 use crate::{
     driver,
     fs::{Attribute, File, Filesystem},
-    io::{Error, Read, Result, SeekFrom},
-    path::Path,
+    io::{Error, OpenSeekFrom, Read, Result, SeekFrom},
 };
 
 ram_storage!(
@@ -62,10 +61,8 @@ fn format() {
     // should succeed
     assert!(Filesystem::format(&mut storage).is_ok());
     // should succeed now that storage is formatted
-    let fs = Filesystem::mount(&mut alloc, &mut storage).unwrap();
+    let _fs = Filesystem::mount(&mut alloc, &mut storage).unwrap();
     // check there are no segfaults
-    drop(fs);
-    drop(storage);
 }
 
 // #[macro_use]
@@ -312,6 +309,40 @@ fn test_seek() {
     .unwrap();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_chunked() {
+    let mut backend = OtherRam::default();
+    let mut storage = OtherRamStorage::new(&mut backend);
+    let path = b"test_chunked.txt\0".try_into().unwrap();
+    let hello = b"hello world";
+    let more = b"but wait, there's more";
+
+    Filesystem::format(&mut storage).unwrap();
+    Filesystem::mount_and_then(&mut storage, |fs| {
+        fs.write(path, hello)?;
+        let (data, len) = fs.read_chunk::<1024>(path, OpenSeekFrom::Start(0)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&data, hello);
+        assert_eq!(len, hello.len());
+        let (data, len) = fs.read_chunk::<1024>(path, OpenSeekFrom::Start(3)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&data, &hello[3..]);
+        assert_eq!(len, hello.len());
+        fs.write_chunk(path, more, OpenSeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
+        let (data, len) = fs
+            .read_chunk::<1024>(path, OpenSeekFrom::Start(hello.len() as u32))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&data, more);
+        assert_eq!(len, hello.len() + more.len());
+        let (data, len) = fs
+            .read_chunk::<1024>(path, OpenSeekFrom::End(-(more.len() as i32)))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&data, more);
+        assert_eq!(len, hello.len() + more.len());
+
+        Ok(())
+    })
+    .unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_file_set_len() {
     let mut backend = OtherRam::default();