diff --git a/yesod/Yesod/Default/Util.hs b/yesod/Yesod/Default/Util.hs
index 1edfcdfe..f0f1ef82 100644
--- a/yesod/Yesod/Default/Util.hs
+++ b/yesod/Yesod/Default/Util.hs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 module Yesod.Default.Util
     ( addStaticContentExternal
     , globFile
+    , globFilePackage
     , widgetFileNoReload
     , widgetFileReload
     , TemplateLanguage (..)
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ module Yesod.Default.Util
     ) where
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
+import Data.FileEmbed (makeRelativeToProject)
 import Data.Text (Text, pack, unpack)
 import Yesod.Core -- purposely using complete import so that Haddock will see addStaticContent
 import Control.Monad (when, unless)
@@ -64,6 +66,10 @@ addStaticContentExternal minify hash staticDir toRoute ext' _ content = do
 globFile :: String -> String -> FilePath
 globFile kind x = "templates/" ++ x ++ "." ++ kind
 
+-- | `globFile` but returned path is absolute and within the package the Q Exp is evaluated
+globFilePackage :: String -> String -> Q FilePath
+globFilePackage = (makeRelativeToProject <$>) . globFile
+
 data TemplateLanguage = TemplateLanguage
     { tlRequiresToWidget :: Bool
     , tlExtension :: String
diff --git a/yesod/yesod.cabal b/yesod/yesod.cabal
index 395ba575..aabb3105 100644
--- a/yesod/yesod.cabal
+++ b/yesod/yesod.cabal
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ library
                    , data-default-class
                    , directory
                    , fast-logger
+                   , file-embed
                    , monad-logger
                    , shakespeare
                    , streaming-commons