diff --git a/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.spec.ts b/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.spec.ts
index f4a8fdd935..bef5b7f874 100644
--- a/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.spec.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,36 @@ describe('CliRepl', () => {
         }
         expect.fail('expected error');
       });
+
+      context('loading JS files from disk', () => {
+        it('allows loading a file from the disk', async() => {
+          const filenameA = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'test', 'fixtures', 'load', 'a.js');
+          input.write(`load(${JSON.stringify(filenameA)})\n`);
+          await waitEval(cliRepl.bus);
+          input.write('variableFromA\n');
+          await waitEval(cliRepl.bus);
+          expect(output).to.include('yes from A');
+        });
+
+        it('allows nested loading', async() => {
+          const filenameB = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'test', 'fixtures', 'load', 'b.js');
+          input.write(`load(${JSON.stringify(filenameB)})\n`);
+          await waitEval(cliRepl.bus);
+          input.write('variableFromA + " " + variableFromB\n');
+          await waitEval(cliRepl.bus);
+          expect(output).to.include('yes from A yes from A from B');
+        });
+
+        it('allows async operations', async() => {
+          const filenameC = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'test', 'fixtures', 'load', 'c.js');
+          input.write(`load(${JSON.stringify(filenameC)})\n`);
+          await waitEval(cliRepl.bus);
+          output = '';
+          input.write('diff >= 50\n');
+          await waitEval(cliRepl.bus);
+          expect(output).to.include('true');
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     context('during startup', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.ts b/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.ts
index 22b8ea7d2e..113876ac2f 100644
--- a/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-repl/src/cli-repl.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import MongoshNodeRepl, { MongoshNodeReplOptions } from './mongosh-repl';
 import setupLoggerAndTelemetry from './setup-logger-and-telemetry';
 import { MongoshBus, UserConfig } from '@mongosh/types';
 import { once } from 'events';
-import { createWriteStream } from 'fs';
+import { createWriteStream, promises as fs } from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 
 /**
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ class CliRepl {
         terminal: process.env.MONGOSH_FORCE_TERMINAL ? true : undefined,
       },
       bus: this.bus,
-      configProvider: this
+      ioProvider: this
     });
   }
 
@@ -286,6 +287,14 @@ class CliRepl {
     throw error;
   }
 
+  async readFileUTF8(filename: string): Promise<{ contents: string, absolutePath: string }> {
+    const resolved = path.resolve(filename);
+    return {
+      contents: await fs.readFile(resolved, 'utf8'),
+      absolutePath: resolved
+    };
+  }
+
   clr(text: string, style: StyleDefinition): string {
     return this.mongoshRepl.clr(text, style);
   }
diff --git a/packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.spec.ts b/packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.spec.ts
index b92f243c36..22612d7bb1 100644
--- a/packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Duplex, PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import { StubbedInstance, stubInterface } from 'ts-sinon';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import { expect, fakeTTYProps, tick, useTmpdir, waitEval } from '../test/repl-helpers';
-import MongoshNodeRepl, { MongoshConfigProvider, MongoshNodeReplOptions } from './mongosh-repl';
+import MongoshNodeRepl, { MongoshIOProvider, MongoshNodeReplOptions } from './mongosh-repl';
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 
 const delay = promisify(setTimeout);
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('MongoshNodeRepl', () => {
   let outputStream: Duplex;
   let output = '';
   let bus: EventEmitter;
-  let configProvider: MongoshConfigProvider;
+  let ioProvider: MongoshIOProvider;
   let sp: StubbedInstance<ServiceProvider>;
   let serviceProvider: ServiceProvider;
   let config: Record<string, any>;
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ describe('MongoshNodeRepl', () => {
     bus = new EventEmitter();
 
     config = {};
-    const cp = stubInterface<MongoshConfigProvider>();
+    const cp = stubInterface<MongoshIOProvider>();
     cp.getHistoryFilePath.returns(path.join(tmpdir.path, 'history'));
     cp.getConfig.callsFake(async(key: string) => config[key]);
     cp.setConfig.callsFake(async(key: string, value: any) => { config[key] = value; });
     cp.exit.callsFake(((code) => bus.emit('test-exit-event', code)) as any);
 
-    configProvider = cp;
+    ioProvider = cp;
 
     sp = stubInterface<ServiceProvider>();
     sp.bsonLibrary = bson;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('MongoshNodeRepl', () => {
       input: input,
       output: outputStream,
       bus: bus,
-      configProvider: configProvider
+      ioProvider: ioProvider
     };
     mongoshRepl = new MongoshNodeRepl(mongoshReplOptions);
   });
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ describe('MongoshNodeRepl', () => {
     it('forwards telemetry config requests', async() => {
       input.write('disableTelemetry()\n');
       await waitEval(bus);
-      expect(configProvider.setConfig).to.have.been.calledWith('enableTelemetry', false);
+      expect(ioProvider.setConfig).to.have.been.calledWith('enableTelemetry', false);
       input.write('enableTelemetry()\n');
       await waitEval(bus);
-      expect(configProvider.setConfig).to.have.been.calledWith('enableTelemetry', true);
+      expect(ioProvider.setConfig).to.have.been.calledWith('enableTelemetry', true);
     });
 
     it('makes .clear just display the prompt again', async() => {
diff --git a/packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.ts b/packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.ts
index a72daa958b..a5f50d7679 100644
--- a/packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type { MongoshBus, UserConfig } from '@mongosh/types';
 import askpassword from 'askpassword';
 import { Console } from 'console';
 import { once } from 'events';
+import path from 'path';
 import prettyRepl from 'pretty-repl';
 import { ReplOptions, REPLServer } from 'repl';
 import type { Readable, Writable } from 'stream';
@@ -24,18 +25,19 @@ export type MongoshCliOptions = ShellCliOptions & {
   redactInfo?: boolean;
 };
 
-export type MongoshConfigProvider = {
+export type MongoshIOProvider = {
   getHistoryFilePath(): string;
   getConfig<K extends keyof UserConfig>(key: K): Promise<UserConfig[K]>;
   setConfig<K extends keyof UserConfig>(key: K, value: UserConfig[K]): Promise<void>;
   exit(code: number): Promise<never>;
+  readFileUTF8(filename: string): Promise<{ contents: string, absolutePath: string }>;
 };
 
 export type MongoshNodeReplOptions = {
   input: Readable;
   output: Writable;
   bus: MongoshBus;
-  configProvider: MongoshConfigProvider;
+  ioProvider: MongoshIOProvider;
   shellCliOptions?: Partial<MongoshCliOptions>;
   nodeReplOptions?: Partial<ReplOptions>;
 };
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ class MongoshNodeRepl implements EvaluationListener {
   bus: MongoshBus;
   nodeReplOptions: Partial<ReplOptions>;
   shellCliOptions: Partial<MongoshCliOptions>;
-  configProvider: MongoshConfigProvider;
+  ioProvider: MongoshIOProvider;
   onClearCommand?: EvaluationListener['onClearCommand'];
   insideAutoComplete: boolean;
 
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ class MongoshNodeRepl implements EvaluationListener {
     this.bus = options.bus;
     this.nodeReplOptions = options.nodeReplOptions || {};
     this.shellCliOptions = options.shellCliOptions || {};
-    this.configProvider = options.configProvider;
+    this.ioProvider = options.ioProvider;
     this.insideAutoComplete = false;
     this._runtimeState = null;
   }
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ class MongoshNodeRepl implements EvaluationListener {
     // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/36773
     (repl as Mutable<typeof repl>).line = '';
 
-    const historyFile = this.configProvider.getHistoryFilePath();
+    const historyFile = this.ioProvider.getHistoryFilePath();
     const { redactInfo } = this.shellCliOptions;
     try {
       await promisify(repl.setupHistory).call(repl, historyFile);
@@ -245,9 +247,9 @@ class MongoshNodeRepl implements EvaluationListener {
     text += `Using MongoDB:      ${mongodVersion}\n`;
     text += `${this.clr('Using Mongosh Beta', ['bold', 'yellow'])}: ${version}\n`;
     text += `${MONGOSH_WIKI}\n`;
-    if (!await this.configProvider.getConfig('disableGreetingMessage')) {
+    if (!await this.ioProvider.getConfig('disableGreetingMessage')) {
       text += `${TELEMETRY_GREETING_MESSAGE}\n`;
-      await this.configProvider.setConfig('disableGreetingMessage', true);
+      await this.ioProvider.setConfig('disableGreetingMessage', true);
     }
     this.output.write(text);
   }
@@ -316,6 +318,29 @@ class MongoshNodeRepl implements EvaluationListener {
     }
   }
 
+  async onLoad(filename: string): Promise<void> {
+    const repl = this.runtimeState().repl;
+    const {
+      contents,
+      absolutePath
+    } = await this.ioProvider.readFileUTF8(filename);
+
+    const previousFilename = repl.context.__filename;
+    repl.context.__filename = absolutePath;
+    repl.context.__dirname = path.dirname(absolutePath);
+    try {
+      await promisify(repl.eval.bind(repl))(contents, repl.context, filename);
+    } finally {
+      if (previousFilename) {
+        repl.context.__filename = previousFilename;
+        repl.context.__dirname = path.dirname(previousFilename);
+      } else {
+        delete repl.context.__filename;
+        delete repl.context.__dirname;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Format the result to a string so it can be written to the output stream.
    */
@@ -344,7 +369,7 @@ class MongoshNodeRepl implements EvaluationListener {
   }
 
   async toggleTelemetry(enabled: boolean): Promise<string> {
-    await this.configProvider.setConfig('enableTelemetry', enabled);
+    await this.ioProvider.setConfig('enableTelemetry', enabled);
 
     if (enabled) {
       return i18n.__('cli-repl.cli-repl.enabledTelemetry');
@@ -410,7 +435,7 @@ class MongoshNodeRepl implements EvaluationListener {
 
   async onExit(): Promise<never> {
     await this.close();
-    return this.configProvider.exit(0);
+    return this.ioProvider.exit(0);
   }
 
   private async getShellPrompt(internalState: ShellInternalState): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/packages/cli-repl/test/fixtures/load/a.js b/packages/cli-repl/test/fixtures/load/a.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ced1d63b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-repl/test/fixtures/load/a.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/* eslint-disable */
+let variableFromA = 'yes from A';
+print('Hi!')
diff --git a/packages/cli-repl/test/fixtures/load/b.js b/packages/cli-repl/test/fixtures/load/b.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f20a1c2b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-repl/test/fixtures/load/b.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/* eslint-disable */
+load(__dirname + '/a.js');
+let variableFromB = variableFromA + ' from B';
diff --git a/packages/cli-repl/test/fixtures/load/c.js b/packages/cli-repl/test/fixtures/load/c.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..352f094a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-repl/test/fixtures/load/c.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable */
+const start = new Date().getTime();
+sleep(100);
+const diff = new Date().getTime() - start;
diff --git a/packages/node-runtime-worker-thread/src/child-process-evaluation-listener.ts b/packages/node-runtime-worker-thread/src/child-process-evaluation-listener.ts
index c09d2b461c..ebb687208d 100644
--- a/packages/node-runtime-worker-thread/src/child-process-evaluation-listener.ts
+++ b/packages/node-runtime-worker-thread/src/child-process-evaluation-listener.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { WorkerRuntime } from './index';
 import { RuntimeEvaluationListener } from '@mongosh/browser-runtime-core';
 
 export class ChildProcessEvaluationListener {
-  exposedListener: Exposed<Required<RuntimeEvaluationListener>>;
+  exposedListener: Exposed<Required<Omit<RuntimeEvaluationListener, 'onLoad'>>>;
 
   constructor(workerRuntime: WorkerRuntime, childProcess: ChildProcess) {
     this.exposedListener = exposeAll(
diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/shell-api.spec.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/shell-api.spec.ts
index 6964cbe3d2..4de56d7a9f 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/shell-api.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/shell-api.spec.ts
@@ -566,6 +566,13 @@ describe('ShellApi', () => {
         expect(evaluationListener.onClearCommand).to.have.been.calledWith();
       });
     });
+    describe('load', () => {
+      it('asks the evaluation listener to load a file', async() => {
+        evaluationListener.onLoad.resolves();
+        await internalState.context.load('abc.js');
+        expect(evaluationListener.onLoad).to.have.been.calledWith('abc.js');
+      });
+    });
     for (const cmd of ['print', 'printjson']) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-loop-func
       describe(cmd, () => {
diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/shell-api.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/shell-api.ts
index b766ba681a..6df21d5593 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/shell-api.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/shell-api.ts
@@ -100,12 +100,17 @@ export default class ShellApi extends ShellApiClass {
     return version;
   }
 
-  load(): void {
-    throw new MongoshUnimplementedError(
-      'load is not currently implemented. If you are running mongosh from the CLI ' +
-      'then you can use .load <filename> as an alternative.',
-      CommonErrors.NotImplemented
-    );
+  @returnsPromise
+  async load(filename: string): Promise<true> {
+    assertArgsDefined(filename);
+    if (!this.internalState.evaluationListener.onLoad) {
+      throw new MongoshUnimplementedError(
+        'load is not currently implemented for this platform',
+        CommonErrors.NotImplemented
+      );
+    }
+    await this.internalState.evaluationListener.onLoad(filename);
+    return true;
   }
 
   @returnsPromise
diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/shell-internal-state.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/shell-internal-state.ts
index 990cbb354e..c7ef94a1bc 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/shell-internal-state.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/shell-internal-state.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ export interface EvaluationListener {
    * Called when exit/quit is entered in the shell.
    */
   onExit?: () => Promise<never>;
+
+  /**
+   * Called when load() is used in the shell.
+   */
+  onLoad?: (filename: string) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 /**