diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 75534dcd0..3e951e3ff 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v1"
@@ -116,3 +117,13 @@ func Load(file string) (config Project, err error) {
 	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config)
 	return
 }
+
+// Load config via io.Reader
+func LoadReader(fd io.Reader) (config Project, err error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(fd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return config, err
+	}
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f14d64d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestRepo(t *testing.T) {
+	var assert = assert.New(t)
+	r := Repo{"goreleaser", "godownloader"}
+	assert.Equal("goreleaser/godownloader", r.String(), "not equal")
+}
+
+func TestLoadReader(t *testing.T) {
+	var conf = `
+homepage: &homepage http://goreleaser.github.io
+fpm:
+  homepage: *homepage
+`
+	var assert = assert.New(t)
+	buf := strings.NewReader(conf)
+	prop, err := LoadReader(buf)
+
+	assert.Nil(err)
+	assert.Equal("http://goreleaser.github.io", prop.FPM.Homepage, "yaml did not load correctly")
+}