diff --git a/pydantic_ai_slim/pydantic_ai/messages.py b/pydantic_ai_slim/pydantic_ai/messages.py
index be5b88d791..d18af9b21c 100644
--- a/pydantic_ai_slim/pydantic_ai/messages.py
+++ b/pydantic_ai_slim/pydantic_ai/messages.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from dataclasses import KW_ONLY, dataclass, field, replace
 from datetime import datetime
 from mimetypes import guess_type
+from os import PathLike
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Annotated, Any, Literal, TypeAlias, cast, overload
 
 import pydantic
@@ -525,6 +527,14 @@ def from_data_uri(cls, data_uri: str) -> Self:
         media_type, data = data_uri[len(prefix) :].split(';base64,', 1)
         return cls(data=base64.b64decode(data), media_type=media_type)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_path(cls, path: PathLike[str], *, media_type: str) -> Self:
+        """Create a `BinaryContent` from a path."""
+        if not isinstance(path, Path):
+            path = Path(path)
+        # TODO(Marcelo): We should be able to infer the `media_type` from the filename.
+        return cls(data=path.read_bytes(), media_type=media_type)
+
     @pydantic.computed_field
     @property
     def identifier(self) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_messages.py b/tests/test_messages.py
index 8508648d44..7479def28e 100644
--- a/tests/test_messages.py
+++ b/tests/test_messages.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 from inline_snapshot import snapshot
@@ -584,3 +585,11 @@ def test_binary_content_validation_with_optional_identifier():
             'identifier': 'foo',
         }
     )
+
+
+def test_binary_content_from_path(tmp_path: Path):
+    img = tmp_path / 'potato.png'
+    img.write_bytes(b'fake')
+    assert BinaryContent.from_path(img, media_type='image/png') == snapshot(
+        BinaryContent(data=b'fake', media_type='image/png')
+    )