diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index be9fe3b..390ca87 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ if(NOT(WITHOUT_TEST))
         test-src/integration/test_truncate.cpp
         test-src/integration/test_fsync.cpp
         test-src/integration/test_utimens.cpp
+        test-src/integration/test_open.cpp
     )
 
     target_include_directories(integration_tests PRIVATE test-src/integration ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GMOCK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/src/webfuse/provider.cpp b/src/webfuse/provider.cpp
index ae92eb7..e4a7dcd 100644
--- a/src/webfuse/provider.cpp
+++ b/src/webfuse/provider.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ public:
             case request_type::utimens:
                 fs_utimens(reader, writer);
                 break;
+            case request_type::open:
+                fs_open(reader, writer);
+                break;
             case request_type::create:
                 fs_create(reader, writer);
                 break;
@@ -219,6 +222,20 @@ private:
         writer.write_i32(result);
     }
 
+    void fs_open(messagereader & reader, messagewriter & writer)
+    {
+        auto const path = reader.read_str();
+        auto const flags = reader.read_openflags();
+        uint64_t handle = static_cast<uint64_t>(-1);
+
+        auto const result = fs_.open(path, flags, handle);
+        writer.write_i32(result);
+        if (result == 0)
+        {
+            writer.write_u64(handle);
+        } 
+    }
+
     void fs_create(messagereader & reader, messagewriter & writer)
     {
         auto const path = reader.read_str();
diff --git a/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.cpp b/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.cpp
index 1c22a85..1f966e3 100644
--- a/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.cpp
+++ b/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "webfuse/filesystem/status.hpp"
 #include "webfuse/filesystem/filemode.hpp"
 #include "webfuse/filesystem/accessmode.hpp"
+#include "webfuse/filesystem/openflags.hpp"
 
 #include <stdexcept>
 
@@ -186,5 +187,13 @@ void messagereader::read_time(struct timespec &time)
     time.tv_nsec = static_cast<long>(read_u32());
 }
 
+int messagereader::read_openflags()
+{
+    auto const value = read_i32();
+    openflags flags(value);
+
+    return flags.to_int();
+}
+
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.hpp b/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.hpp
index 22ad119..de4720c 100644
--- a/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.hpp
+++ b/src/webfuse/ws/messagereader.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
 
     void read_strings(std::vector<std::string> &entries);
     void read_time(struct timespec &time);
-
+    int read_openflags();
 
 private:
     std::string data;
diff --git a/test-src/integration/test_open.cpp b/test-src/integration/test_open.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcfb3e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-src/integration/test_open.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include "webfuse/webfuse.hpp"
+#include "webfuse/test/fixture.hpp"
+#include "webfuse/test/filesystem_mock.hpp"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+using testing::_;
+using testing::Return;
+using testing::Invoke;
+using testing::AnyNumber;
+using testing::AtMost;
+
+TEST(open, success)
+{
+    bool link_created = false;
+
+    webfuse::filesystem_mock fs;
+    EXPECT_CALL(fs, access("/",_)).Times(AnyNumber()).WillRepeatedly(Return(0));
+    EXPECT_CALL(fs, getattr(_,_)).WillRepeatedly(Invoke([&link_created](std::string const & path, struct stat * attr){
+        memset(reinterpret_cast<void*>(attr),0, sizeof(struct stat));
+
+        if (path == "/")
+        {
+            attr->st_nlink = 1;
+            attr->st_mode = S_IFDIR | 0755;
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (path == "/some_file")
+        {
+            attr->st_nlink = 1;
+            attr->st_mode = S_IFREG | 0755;
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return -ENOENT;
+        }
+    }));
+    EXPECT_CALL(fs, open("/some_file", O_RDONLY, _)).WillOnce(Return(0));
+    EXPECT_CALL(fs, release("/some_file", _)).Times(AtMost(1)).WillOnce(Return(0));
+
+    webfuse::fixture fixture(fs);
+    auto const path = fixture.get_path() + "/some_file";
+
+    int fd = ::open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+    ASSERT_LT(0, fd);
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, ::close(fd));
+}