diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 280fb6a7..5f23c7bc 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ add_library(skyline SHARED
         ${source_DIR}/skyline/services/visrv/IManagerDisplayService.cpp
         ${source_DIR}/skyline/services/visrv/IManagerRootService.cpp
         ${source_DIR}/skyline/services/visrv/ISystemDisplayService.cpp
+        ${source_DIR}/skyline/vfs/os_backing.cpp
         )
 
 target_link_libraries(skyline vulkan android fmt tinyxml2 oboe)
diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/backing.h b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/backing.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a96fa67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/backing.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+// Copyright © 2020 Skyline Team and Contributors (https://github.com/skyline-emu/)
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <common.h>
+
+namespace skyline::vfs {
+    /**
+     * @brief The Backing class represents an abstract region of memory
+     */
+    class Backing {
+      public:
+        size_t size; //!< The size of the backing in bytes
+
+        /**
+         * @param size The initial size of the backing
+         */
+        Backing(size_t size = 0) : size(size) {}
+
+        /* Delete the move constructor to prevent multiple instances of the same backing */
+        Backing(const Backing &) = delete;
+
+        Backing &operator=(const Backing &) = delete;
+
+        virtual ~Backing() = default;
+
+        /**
+         * @brief Read bytes from the backing at a particular offset to a buffer
+         * @param output The object to write to
+         * @param offset The offset to start reading from
+         * @param size The amount to read in bytes
+         * @return The amount of bytes read
+         */
+        virtual size_t Read(u8 *output, size_t offset, size_t size) = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * @brief Read bytes from the backing at a particular offset to a buffer (template version)
+         * @tparam T The type of object to write to
+         * @param output The object to write to
+         * @param offset The offset to start reading from
+         * @param size The amount to read in bytes
+         * @return The amount of bytes read
+         */
+        template<typename T>
+        inline size_t Read(T *output, size_t offset = 0, size_t size = 0) {
+            return Read(reinterpret_cast<u8 *>(output), offset, size ? size : sizeof(T));
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/os_backing.cpp b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/os_backing.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55a74e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/os_backing.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+// Copyright © 2020 Skyline Team and Contributors (https://github.com/skyline-emu/)
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "os_backing.h"
+
+namespace skyline::vfs {
+    OsBacking::OsBacking(int fd) : fd(fd) {
+        struct stat fileInfo;
+
+        if (fstat(fd, &fileInfo))
+            throw exception("Failed to stat fd: {}", strerror(errno));
+
+        size = fileInfo.st_size;
+    }
+
+    size_t OsBacking::Read(u8 *output, size_t offset, size_t size) {
+        auto ret = pread64(fd, output, size, offset);
+
+        if (ret < 0)
+            throw exception("Failed to read from fd: {}", strerror(errno));
+
+        return static_cast<size_t>(ret);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/os_backing.h b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/os_backing.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7592bf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/os_backing.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+// Copyright © 2020 Skyline Team and Contributors (https://github.com/skyline-emu/)
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "backing.h"
+
+namespace skyline::vfs {
+    /**
+     * @brief The OsBacking class provides the backing abstractions for a physical linux file
+     */
+    class OsBacking : public Backing {
+      private:
+        int fd; //!< An FD to the backing
+
+      public:
+        /**
+         * @param fd The file descriptor of the backing
+         */
+        OsBacking(int fd);
+
+        size_t Read(u8 *output, size_t offset, size_t size);
+    };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/region_backing.h b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/region_backing.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e8c25c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/vfs/region_backing.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+// Copyright © 2020 Skyline Team and Contributors (https://github.com/skyline-emu/)
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "backing.h"
+
+namespace skyline::vfs {
+    /**
+     * @brief The RegionBacking class provides a way to create a new, smaller backing from a region of an existing backing
+     */
+    class RegionBacking : public Backing {
+      private:
+        std::shared_ptr<vfs::Backing> backing; //!< The parent backing
+        size_t offset; //!< The offset of the region in the parent backing
+
+      public:
+        /**
+         * @param file The backing to create the RegionBacking from
+         * @param offset The offset of the region start within the parent backing
+         * @param size The size of the region in the parent backing
+         */
+        RegionBacking(const std::shared_ptr<vfs::Backing> &backing, size_t offset, size_t size) : Backing(size), backing(backing), offset(offset) {};
+
+        inline size_t Read(u8 *output, size_t offset, size_t size) {
+            size = std::min(offset + size, this->size) - offset;
+
+            return backing->Read(output, this->offset + offset, size);
+        }
+    };
+}
\ No newline at end of file