diff --git a/avro.cabal b/avro.cabal
--- a/avro.cabal
+++ b/avro.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
 name:           avro
-version:        0.4.3.0
+version:        0.4.4.0
 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
@@ -288,6 +288,12 @@
 deriveAvro' :: Schema -> Q [Dec]
 deriveAvro' = deriveAvroWithOptions' defaultDeriveOptions
 
+-- | Same as 'deriveAvro' but takes a ByteString rather than FilePath
+deriveAvroFromByteString :: LBS.ByteString -> Q [Dec]
+deriveAvroFromByteString bs = case eitherDecode bs of
+    Right schema -> deriveAvroWithOptions' defaultDeriveOptions schema
+    Left err     -> fail $ "Unable to generate AVRO for bytestring: " <> err
+
 -- | Same as 'deriveFromAvroWithOptions' but uses
 -- 'defaultDeriveOptions'.
 --