diff --git a/src/decoder/Bridge.cxx b/src/decoder/Bridge.cxx
index 065da259d..36f991529 100644
--- a/src/decoder/Bridge.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/Bridge.cxx
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include "tag/Tag.hxx"
 #include "Log.hxx"
 #include "input/InputStream.hxx"
+#include "input/LocalOpen.hxx"
+#include "fs/Path.hxx"
 #include "util/ConstBuffer.hxx"
 #include "util/StringBuffer.hxx"
 
@@ -49,6 +51,12 @@ DecoderBridge::~DecoderBridge() noexcept
 	assert(current_chunk == nullptr);
 }
 
+InputStreamPtr
+DecoderBridge::OpenLocal(Path path_fs)
+{
+	return OpenLocalInputStream(path_fs, dc.mutex);
+}
+
 bool
 DecoderBridge::CheckCancelRead() const noexcept
 {
diff --git a/src/decoder/Bridge.hxx b/src/decoder/Bridge.hxx
index 0efbb3f55..2f1833b6d 100644
--- a/src/decoder/Bridge.hxx
+++ b/src/decoder/Bridge.hxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2003-2018 The Music Player Daemon Project
+ * Copyright 2003-2019 The Music Player Daemon Project
  * http://www.musicpd.org
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 class PcmConvert;
 struct MusicChunk;
 class DecoderControl;
+class Path;
 struct Tag;
 
 /**
@@ -153,6 +154,11 @@ public:
 			std::rethrow_exception(error);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Open a local file.
+	 */
+	InputStreamPtr OpenLocal(Path path_fs);
+
 	/* virtual methods from DecoderClient */
 	void Ready(AudioFormat audio_format,
 		   bool seekable, SignedSongTime duration) override;
diff --git a/src/decoder/Thread.cxx b/src/decoder/Thread.cxx
index d042c7a5c..6bc1836ec 100644
--- a/src/decoder/Thread.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/Thread.cxx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "fs/AllocatedPath.hxx"
 #include "DecoderAPI.hxx"
 #include "input/InputStream.hxx"
-#include "input/LocalOpen.hxx"
 #include "input/Registry.hxx"
 #include "DecoderList.hxx"
 #include "system/Error.hxx"
@@ -347,7 +346,7 @@ decoder_run_file(DecoderBridge &bridge, const char *uri_utf8, Path path_fs)
 	InputStreamPtr input_stream;
 
 	try {
-		input_stream = OpenLocalInputStream(path_fs, bridge.dc.mutex);
+		input_stream = bridge.OpenLocal(path_fs);
 	} catch (const std::system_error &e) {
 		if (IsPathNotFound(e) &&
 		    /* ENOTDIR means this may be a path inside a