diff --git a/example/provider/main.c b/example/provider/main.c
index dbe2576..15f7b94 100644
--- a/example/provider/main.c
+++ b/example/provider/main.c
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
 #include "wsfs_provider.h"
 
 enum fs_entry_type
@@ -180,12 +183,24 @@ static void fs_open(
     int flags,
     void * user_data)
 {
-    (void) inode;
-    (void) flags;
-    (void) user_data;
+    struct fs * fs = (struct fs*) user_data;
 
-    puts("open");
-    wsfsp_respond_error(request, -1);
+    struct fs_entry const * entry = fs_getentry(fs, inode);
+    if ((NULL != entry) && (FS_FILE == entry->type))
+    {
+        if (O_RDONLY == (flags & O_ACCMODE))
+        {
+            wsfsp_respond_open(request, 0U);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            wsfsp_respond_error(request, -1);
+        }        
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        wsfsp_respond_error(request, -1);
+    }
 }
 
 static void fs_read(
diff --git a/lib/wsfs/provider/operation/open.c b/lib/wsfs/provider/operation/open.c
index 8bb5573..1f4bcd4 100644
--- a/lib/wsfs/provider/operation/open.c
+++ b/lib/wsfs/provider/operation/open.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "wsfs/provider/operation/open_intern.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "wsfs/provider/operation/error.h"
+#include "wsfs/provider/request.h"
 #include "wsfs/util.h"
 
 void wsfsp_open(
@@ -8,11 +9,23 @@ void wsfsp_open(
     json_t * params,
     int id)
 {
-    (void) context;
-    (void) params;
-    (void) id;
+    size_t const count = json_array_size(params);
+    if (2 == count)
+    {
+        json_t * inode_holder = json_array_get(params, 0);
+        json_t * flags_holder = json_array_get(params, 1);
 
-    puts("open");        
+        if (json_is_integer(inode_holder) &&
+            json_is_integer(flags_holder))
+        {
+            ino_t inode = (ino_t) json_integer_value(inode_holder);
+            int flags = (ino_t) json_integer_value(flags_holder);
+
+            struct wsfsp_request * request = wsfsp_request_create(context->request, id);
+
+            context->provider->open(request, inode, flags, context->user_data);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 void wsfsp_open_default(
@@ -28,8 +41,8 @@ void wsfsp_respond_open(
     struct wsfsp_request * request,
     uint32_t handle)
 {
-    (void) request;
-    (void) handle;
+    json_t * result = json_object();
+    json_object_set_new(result, "handle", json_integer((int) handle));
 
-    // ToDo: implement me
+    wsfsp_respond(request, result);
 }