diff --git a/asynction/mock_server.py b/asynction/mock_server.py
index 65ad245..0e69e58 100644
--- a/asynction/mock_server.py
+++ b/asynction/mock_server.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from typing import MutableSequence
 from typing import Optional
 from typing import Sequence
+from typing import Union
 
 from faker import Faker
 from faker.exceptions import UnsupportedFeature
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ def __init__(
     @classmethod
     def from_spec(
         cls,
-        spec_path: Path,
+        spec_path: Union[Path, JSONMapping],
         validation: bool = True,
         server_name: Optional[str] = None,
         docs: bool = True,
@@ -160,7 +161,8 @@ def from_spec(
 
         * ``custom_formats_sample_size``
 
-        :param spec_path: The path where the AsyncAPI YAML specification is located.
+        :param spec_path: The path where the AsyncAPI YAML specification is located,
+                          or a dictionary object of the AsyncAPI data structure
         :param validation: When set to ``False``, message payloads, channel
                            bindings and ack callbacks are NOT validated.
                            Defaults to ``True``.
diff --git a/asynction/server.py b/asynction/server.py
index 8397229..53e9de4 100644
--- a/asynction/server.py
+++ b/asynction/server.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Optional
 from typing import Sequence
+from typing import Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import jsonschema
@@ -67,13 +68,15 @@ def resolve_references(raw_spec: JSONMapping) -> JSONMapping:
     return deep_resolve(raw_spec, resolver)
 
 
-def load_spec(spec_path: Path) -> AsyncApiSpec:
-    with open(spec_path) as f:
-        serialized = f.read()
-        raw = yaml.safe_load(serialized)
-
-    raw_resolved = resolve_references(raw_spec=raw)
+def load_spec(spec_path: Union[Path, JSONMapping]) -> AsyncApiSpec:
+    if isinstance(spec_path, Path):
+        with open(spec_path) as f:
+            serialized = f.read()
+            spec = yaml.safe_load(serialized)
+    else:
+        spec = spec_path
 
+    raw_resolved = resolve_references(spec)
     return AsyncApiSpec.from_dict(raw_resolved)
 
 
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ def init_app(self, app: Optional[Flask], **kwargs) -> None:
     @classmethod
     def from_spec(
         cls,
-        spec_path: Path,
+        spec_path: Union[Path, JSONMapping],
         validation: bool = True,
         server_name: Optional[str] = None,
         docs: bool = True,
@@ -124,7 +127,8 @@ def from_spec(
         """Create a Flask-SocketIO server from an AsyncAPI spec.
         This is the single entrypoint to the Asynction server API.
 
-        :param spec_path: The path where the AsyncAPI YAML specification is located.
+        :param spec_path: The path where the AsyncAPI YAML specification is located,
+                          or a dictionary object of the AsyncAPI data structure
         :param validation: When set to ``False``, message payloads, channel
                            bindings and ack callbacks are NOT validated.
                            Defaults to ``True``.
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ def from_spec(
 
         """
         spec = load_spec(spec_path=spec_path)
+
         server_security: Sequence[SecurityRequirement] = []
         if (
             server_name is not None
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_mock_server.py b/tests/unit/test_mock_server.py
index bfafcb9..d5b7b7c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_mock_server.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_mock_server.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import jsonschema
 import pytest
+import yaml
 from faker import Faker
 from flask.app import Flask
 from flask_socketio import SocketIO
@@ -140,6 +141,14 @@ def test_mock_asynction_socketio_from_spec(fixture_paths: FixturePaths):
     assert isinstance(mock_asio.faker, Faker)
 
 
+def test_mock_asynction_socketio_from_spec_object(fixture_paths: FixturePaths):
+    with open(fixture_paths.simple, "r") as simple:
+        spec = yaml.safe_load(simple)
+    mock_asio = MockAsynctionSocketIO.from_spec(spec_path=spec)
+    assert isinstance(mock_asio, MockAsynctionSocketIO)
+    assert isinstance(mock_asio.faker, Faker)
+
+
 def new_mock_asynction_socket_io(
     spec: AsyncApiSpec,
     app: Optional[Flask] = None,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_server.py b/tests/unit/test_server.py
index c1aa5dd..a7ead9b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_server.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
+import yaml
 from faker import Faker
 from flask import Flask
 
@@ -50,6 +51,13 @@ def test_asynction_socketio_from_spec(fixture_paths: FixturePaths):
     assert isinstance(asio, AsynctionSocketIO)
 
 
+def test_asynction_socketio_from_spec_object(fixture_paths: FixturePaths):
+    with open(fixture_paths.simple, "r") as simple:
+        spec = yaml.safe_load(simple)
+    asio = AsynctionSocketIO.from_spec(spec_path=spec)
+    assert isinstance(asio, AsynctionSocketIO)
+
+
 def test_asynction_socketio_from_spec_uses_spec_server_path_as_socketio_path(
     fixture_paths: FixturePaths,
 ):