diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/FileSplit.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/FileSplit.java
index 07462dd..b66122e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/FileSplit.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/FileSplit.java
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
         this.ioDeviceId = ioDeviceId;
     }
 
+    public FileSplit(String nodeName, String path, int ioDeviceId) {
+        this.nodeName = nodeName;
+        this.file = new FileReference(new File(path));
+        this.ioDeviceId = ioDeviceId;
+    }
+
     public FileSplit(String nodeName, String path) {
         this.nodeName = nodeName;
         this.file = new FileReference(new File(path));