diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9875580401..f022c99718 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "main": "src/core/index.js",
   "browser": {
     "./src/core/components/init-assets.js": false,
+    "./src/core/runtime/add-from-fs-nodejs.js": "./src/core/runtime/add-from-fs-browser.js",
     "./src/core/runtime/config-nodejs.js": "./src/core/runtime/config-browser.js",
     "./src/core/runtime/dns-nodejs.js": "./src/core/runtime/dns-browser.js",
     "./src/core/runtime/fetch-nodejs.js": "./src/core/runtime/fetch-browser.js",
diff --git a/src/core/components/files-regular/add-from-fs.js b/src/core/components/files-regular/add-from-fs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..409c4e8d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/components/files-regular/add-from-fs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+'use strict'
+
+module.exports = (self) => require('../../runtime/add-from-fs-nodejs')(self)
diff --git a/src/core/components/files-regular/index.js b/src/core/components/files-regular/index.js
index ac3522758b..058d07d618 100644
--- a/src/core/components/files-regular/index.js
+++ b/src/core/components/files-regular/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 module.exports = self => ({
   add: require('./add')(self),
+  addFromFs: require('./add-from-fs')(self),
   addFromStream: require('./add-from-stream')(self),
   addFromURL: require('./add-from-url')(self),
   addPullStream: require('./add-pull-stream')(self),
diff --git a/src/core/runtime/add-from-fs-browser.js b/src/core/runtime/add-from-fs-browser.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc38fada82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/runtime/add-from-fs-browser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+'use strict'
+
+module.exports = () => null
diff --git a/src/core/runtime/add-from-fs-nodejs.js b/src/core/runtime/add-from-fs-nodejs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccacec309b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/runtime/add-from-fs-nodejs.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+'use strict'