diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 44159ebd58..1f85a8c38b 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -864,7 +864,13 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "Hui Qian, Tan"
-    }
+    },
+	{
+      "affiliation": "Insitiute and Polyclinc for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany",
+      "name": "Kuntke, Paul",
+      "orcid": "0000-0003-1838-2230"
+	}
+
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "neuroimaging",
diff --git a/nipype/interfaces/io.py b/nipype/interfaces/io.py
index 142139548c..78d8efc797 100644
--- a/nipype/interfaces/io.py
+++ b/nipype/interfaces/io.py
@@ -2866,6 +2866,9 @@ class BIDSDataGrabberInputSpec(DynamicTraitedSpec):
     output_query = traits.Dict(
         key_trait=Str, value_trait=traits.Dict, desc="Queries for outfield outputs"
     )
+    load_layout = Directory(
+        exists=True, desc="Path to load already saved Bidslayout.", mandatory=False
+    )
     raise_on_empty = traits.Bool(
         True,
         usedefault=True,
@@ -2965,9 +2968,13 @@ def __init__(self, infields=None, **kwargs):
     def _list_outputs(self):
         from bids import BIDSLayout
 
-        layout = BIDSLayout(
-            self.inputs.base_dir, derivatives=self.inputs.index_derivatives
-        )
+        # if load_layout is given load layout which is on some datasets much faster
+        if isdefined(self.inputs.load_layout):
+            layout = BIDSLayout.load(self.inputs.load_layout)
+        else:
+            layout = BIDSLayout(
+                self.inputs.base_dir, derivatives=self.inputs.index_derivatives
+            )
 
         if isdefined(self.inputs.extra_derivatives):
             layout.add_derivatives(self.inputs.extra_derivatives)
diff --git a/nipype/interfaces/tests/test_auto_BIDSDataGrabber.py b/nipype/interfaces/tests/test_auto_BIDSDataGrabber.py
index dd7d45e42b..c2a899958c 100644
--- a/nipype/interfaces/tests/test_auto_BIDSDataGrabber.py
+++ b/nipype/interfaces/tests/test_auto_BIDSDataGrabber.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ def test_BIDSDataGrabber_inputs():
             mandatory=True,
             usedefault=True,
         ),
+        load_layout=dict(
+            mandatory=False,
+        ),
         output_query=dict(),
         raise_on_empty=dict(
             usedefault=True,