diff --git a/classes/ComicPress.inc b/classes/ComicPress.inc
index 9bcf02e..288ab15 100644
--- a/classes/ComicPress.inc
+++ b/classes/ComicPress.inc
@@ -143,6 +143,29 @@ class ComicPress {
 		}
 		return array_reverse($all_paths);
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Recursively search a particular template directory for a specified file, limiting the search to the provided categories.
+	 * @param string $name The name of the file with no path information.
+	 * @param string $path The path within the template directories to start the search.
+	 * @param attay $categories The child -> root category slugs to search within the specified path. If not provided, retrieve from current post.
+	 * @return string|boolean The path to the file, for false if not found.
+	 */
+	function find_file($name, $path, $categories = null) {
+		foreach (array(get_stylesheet_directory(), get_template_directory()) as $dir) {
+			$dir = trailingslashit($dir) . $path;
+			$dirs_to_search = $this->category_search($categories, $dir);
+			$dirs_to_search[] = $dir;
+			
+			foreach ($dirs_to_search as $category_path) {
+				$target = trailingslashit($category_path) . $name;
+				if (file_exists($target)) {
+					return $target;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
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diff --git a/test/ComicPressTest.php b/test/ComicPressTest.php
index 0eae06e..f1bcac6 100644
--- a/test/ComicPressTest.php
+++ b/test/ComicPressTest.php
@@ -73,6 +73,58 @@ class ComicPressTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
   	
   	$this->assertEquals($found_path, $this->cp->category_search($categories, vfsStream::url('root/style')));
   }
+
+  function providerTestFindFile() {
+  	return array(
+  		array(
+  			array(), array(), false,
+  		),
+  		array(
+  			array('root/parent/partials/index.inc'), array(), vfsStream::url('root/parent/partials/index.inc')  	
+  		),
+  		array(
+  			array(
+  			  'root/parent/partials/index.inc',
+  			  'root/child/partials/index.inc'
+  			  ),
+  			array(), 
+  			vfsStream::url('root/child/partials/index.inc')  	
+  		),
+  		array(
+  			array(
+  			  'root/child/partials/index.inc',
+  			  'root/child/partials/comic/index.inc'
+  			  ),
+  			array('comic'), 
+  			vfsStream::url('root/child/partials/comic/index.inc')  	
+  		),
+  		array(
+  			array(
+  			  'root/child/partials/index.inc',
+  			  'root/child/partials/comic/index.inc'
+  			  ),
+  			array('chapter-1', 'comic'), 
+  			vfsStream::url('root/child/partials/comic/index.inc')  	
+  		)
+  	);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * @dataProvider providerTestFindFile
+   */
+  function testFindFile($files_to_setup, $post_categories, $expected_path_result) {
+  	mkdir(vfsStream::url('root/parent/partials/comic/chapter-1'), 0777, true);
+  	mkdir(vfsStream::url('root/child/partials/comic/chapter-1'), 0777, true);
+  	
+  	foreach ($files_to_setup as $path) {  	
+  		file_put_contents(vfsStream::url($path), "test");
+  	}
+  	
+  	_set_template_directory(vfsStream::url('root/parent'));
+  	_set_stylesheet_directory(vfsStream::url('root/child'));
+
+  	$this->assertEquals($expected_path_result, $this->cp->find_file('index.inc', 'partials', $post_categories));
+  }
 }
 
 ?>
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