diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LoadState.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LoadState.java
index 37c74e9e..5c380c92 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LoadState.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LoadState.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ package org.luaj.vm2;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
 
 /*
 ** Loader to load compiled function prototypes
@@ -275,10 +276,18 @@ public class LoadState {
 	}
 	
 	public static LuaFunction load( InputStream stream, String name, LuaValue env ) throws IOException {
+		Prototype p = compile( stream, name );
+		if ( compiler != null )
+			return compiler.load(p, name, env);
+		else
+			return new LuaClosure( p, env );
+	}
+
+	public static Prototype compile( InputStream stream, String name ) throws IOException {
 		int c = stream.read();
 		if ( c != LUA_SIGNATURE[0] ) {
 			if ( compiler != null )
-				return compiler.load(c, stream, name, env);
+				return compiler.compile(c, stream, name);
 			throw new LuaError("no compiler");
 		}
 
@@ -302,14 +311,9 @@ public class LoadState {
 		default:
 			throw new LuaError("unsupported int size");
 		}
-		
-		Prototype p = s.loadFunction( LuaString.valueOf(sname) );
-		if ( compiler != null )
-			return compiler.load(p, name, env);
-		else
-			return new LuaClosure( p, env );
+		return s.loadFunction( LuaString.valueOf(sname) );
 	}
-
+	
     public static String getSourceName(String name) {
         String sname = name;
         if ( name.startsWith("@") || name.startsWith("=") )
diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/JavaBytecodeCompiler.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/JavaBytecodeCompiler.java
index a13fd651..c9abb865 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/JavaBytecodeCompiler.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/luajc/JavaBytecodeCompiler.java
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ package org.luaj.vm2.luajc;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
 
 import org.luaj.vm2.LoadState;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaClosure;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaFunction;
-import org.luaj.vm2.LuaTable;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaValue;
 import org.luaj.vm2.Prototype;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LoadState.LuaCompiler;
@@ -92,7 +92,21 @@ public class JavaBytecodeCompiler implements LuaCompiler {
 		return gen.generateBytecode(p, toClassname(filename), toSourcename(filename));
 	}
 
-
+	/** Compile all classes produced by a prototype, and put results in a hashtable */
+	public static Hashtable loadClasses( InputStream stream, String filename ) throws IOException {
+		Prototype p = LoadState.compile( stream, filename );
+		Hashtable t = new Hashtable();
+		getInstance().genClass(t, p, toClassname(filename), toSourcename(filename));
+		return t;
+	}
+	
+	private void genClass( Hashtable t, Prototype p, String className, String sourceName ) throws IOException {
+		for ( int i=0, n=p.p!=null? p.p.length: 0; i<n; i++ ) {
+			String name = className + "$" + i; 
+			t.put( name, gen.generateBytecode( p.p[i], name, sourceName ) );
+		}
+	}
+	
 	public LuaFunction load(Prototype p, String filename, LuaValue env) {
 		try {
 			Class c = gen.toJavaBytecode(p, toClassname(filename), toSourcename(filename));