diff --git a/compiler/luci/import/include/luci/Importer.h b/compiler/luci/import/include/luci/Importer.h
index ebbc6d4d778..3111008de51 100644
--- a/compiler/luci/import/include/luci/Importer.h
+++ b/compiler/luci/import/include/luci/Importer.h
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ class Importer final
   }
 
 public:
+  // TODO move to private
   std::unique_ptr<Module> importModule(const circle::Model *model) const;
+  std::unique_ptr<Module> importModule(const uint8_t *data, size_t size);
 
 private:
   const GraphBuilderSource *_source = nullptr;
+  const uint8_t *_file_data = nullptr;
+  size_t _file_size = 0;
 };
 
 } // namespace luci
diff --git a/compiler/luci/import/src/Importer.cpp b/compiler/luci/import/src/Importer.cpp
index 4d4db53fb46..eef4a739013 100644
--- a/compiler/luci/import/src/Importer.cpp
+++ b/compiler/luci/import/src/Importer.cpp
@@ -277,8 +277,17 @@ std::unique_ptr<Module> Importer::importModule(const circle::Model *model) const
   }
 
   CircleReader reader;
-  if (!reader.parse(model))
-    return nullptr;
+  if (_file_data && _file_size)
+  {
+    if (!reader.parse(model, _file_data, _file_size))
+      return nullptr;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    // TODO remove this
+    if (!reader.parse(model))
+      return nullptr;
+  }
 
   for (uint32_t g = 0; g < reader.num_subgraph(); ++g)
   {
@@ -361,4 +370,19 @@ std::unique_ptr<Module> Importer::importModule(const circle::Model *model) const
   return module;
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<Module> Importer::importModule(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
+{
+  if (data == nullptr || size == 0)
+    return nullptr;
+
+  _file_data = data;
+  _file_size = size;
+
+  const circle::Model *circle_model = circle::GetModel(_file_data);
+  if (circle_model == nullptr)
+    return nullptr;
+
+  return importModule(circle_model);
+}
+
 } // namespace luci