diff --git a/src/utils/Spyc.php b/src/utils/Spyc.php
index 5f9d4a571..e269e60d7 100644
--- a/src/utils/Spyc.php
+++ b/src/utils/Spyc.php
@@ -10,6 +10,28 @@
    * @package Spyc
    */
 
+if (!function_exists('spyc_load')) {
+  /**
+   * Parses YAML to array.
+   * @param string $string YAML string.
+   * @return array
+   */
+  function spyc_load ($string) {
+    return Spyc::YAMLLoadString($string);
+  }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('spyc_load_file')) {
+  /**
+   * Parses YAML to array.
+   * @param string $file Path to YAML file.
+   * @return array
+   */
+  function spyc_load_file ($file) {
+    return Spyc::YAMLLoad($file);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
    * The Simple PHP YAML Class.
    *