diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
index 833cd11b..54719892 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
@@ -946,3 +946,23 @@ plFileName plFileName::StripFileExt() const
 
     return *this;
 }
+
+plFileName plFileName::Join(const plFileName &base, const plFileName &path)
+{
+    if (base.IsEmpty())
+        return path;
+    if (path.IsEmpty())
+        return base;
+
+    char last = base.CharAt(base.GetSize() - 1);
+    char first = path.CharAt(0);
+    if (last != '/' && last != '\\') {
+        if (first != '/' && first != '\\')
+            return plString::Format("%s" PATH_SEPARATOR_STR "%s", base.c_str(), path.c_str());
+        return base + path;
+    } else if (first != '/' && first != '\\') {
+        return base + path;
+    }
+    // Both have a slash, but we only need one
+    return base + path.Substr(1);
+}
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h
index 85b20710..8d8d8d08 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h
@@ -657,6 +657,18 @@ private:
 size_t ustrlen(const UniChar *ustr, size_t max = plString::kSizeAuto);
 
 
+#if HS_BUILD_FOR_WIN32
+#   define PATH_SEPARATOR     '\\'
+#   define WPATH_SEPARATOR    L'\\'
+#   define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR "\\"
+#   define WPATH_SEPARATOR_STR L"\\"
+#else
+#   define PATH_SEPARATOR     '/'
+#   define WPATH_SEPARATOR    L'/'
+#   define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR "/"
+#   define WPATH_SEPARATOR_STR L"/"
+#endif
+
 /* plFileName - custom extension of plString for manipulating filenames */
 class plFileName : public plString
 {
@@ -672,6 +684,17 @@ public:
 
     plFileName StripFileName() const;
     plFileName StripFileExt() const;
+
+    static plFileName Join(const plFileName &base, const plFileName &path);
+
+    // VS doesn't do variadic templates, and we don't want to use const char *
+    static plFileName Join(const plFileName &base, const plFileName &path,
+                           const plFileName& path2)
+    { return Join(Join(base, path), path2); }
+
+    static plFileName Join(const plFileName &base, const plFileName &path,
+                           const plFileName& path2, const plFileName &path3)
+    { return Join(Join(Join(base, path), path2), path3); }
 };
 
 #endif //plString_Defined
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/hsFiles.h b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/hsFiles.h
index d9c2ed32..2217e734 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/hsFiles.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/hsFiles.h
@@ -54,19 +54,6 @@ You can contact Cyan Worlds, Inc. by email legal@cyan.com
 #endif
 
 
-#if HS_BUILD_FOR_WIN32
-# define PATH_SEPARATOR     '\\'
-# define WPATH_SEPARATOR    L'\\'
-# define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR "\\"
-# define WPATH_SEPARATOR_STR L"\\"
-#elif HS_BUILD_FOR_UNIX
-# define PATH_SEPARATOR     '/'
-# define WPATH_SEPARATOR    L'/'
-# define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR "/"
-# define WPATH_SEPARATOR_STR L"/"
-#endif
-
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 class hsFile {