diff --git a/avro.cabal b/avro.cabal
--- a/avro.cabal
+++ b/avro.cabal
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: d96fb3f751e7082ce82dad5a68e5c9c64c853adfcdba51ba55c807b50491045b
+-- hash: 639a04c94ec3749a4ac9ddc59885f5313d5d0a1220120baff521a3e36fc8d362
 
 name:           avro
-version:        0.3.1.0
+version:        0.3.1.1
 synopsis:       Avro serialization support for Haskell
 description:    Avro serialization and deserialization support for Haskell
 category:       Data
diff --git a/src/Data/Avro/Deriving.hs b/src/Data/Avro/Deriving.hs
--- a/src/Data/Avro/Deriving.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Avro/Deriving.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 , mkPrefixedFieldName, mkAsIsFieldName
 
   -- * Deriving Haskell types from Avro schema
+, makeSchema
 , deriveAvroWithOptions
 , deriveAvroWithOptions'
 , deriveFromAvroWithOptions
@@ -141,6 +142,16 @@
 deriveFromAvro :: FilePath -> Q [Dec]
 deriveFromAvro = deriveFromAvroWithOptions defaultDeriveOptions
 
+-- | Generates the value of type 'Schema' that it can later be used with
+-- 'deriveAvro'' or 'deriveAvroWithOptions''.
+--
+-- @
+-- mySchema :: Schema
+-- mySchema = $(makeSchema "schemas/my-schema.avsc")
+-- @
+makeSchema :: FilePath -> Q Exp
+makeSchema p = readSchema p >>= schemaDef'
+
 readSchema :: FilePath -> Q Schema
 readSchema p = do
   qAddDependentFile p
@@ -229,8 +240,10 @@
 schemaDef sname sch = setName sname $
   [d|
       x :: Schema
-      x = $(mkSchema sch)
+      x = $(schemaDef' sch)
   |]
+
+schemaDef' sch = mkSchema sch
   where mkSchema = \case
           Null           -> [e| Null |]
           Boolean        -> [e| Boolean |]