diff --git a/dummy.go b/dummy.go
index a0359cd..31fcf15 100644
--- a/dummy.go
+++ b/dummy.go
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ func (fs DummyFS) PathSeparator() uint8 {
 	return '/'
 }
 
+// Open returns dummy error
+func (fs DummyFS) Open(name string) (File, error) {
+	return fs.OpenFile(name, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+}
+
 // OpenFile returns dummy error
 func (fs DummyFS) OpenFile(name string, flag int, perm os.FileMode) (File, error) {
 	return nil, fs.err
diff --git a/dummy_test.go b/dummy_test.go
index 71af207..6b9ba17 100644
--- a/dummy_test.go
+++ b/dummy_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ func TestInterface(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDummyFS(t *testing.T) {
 	fs := Dummy(errDum)
+	if _, err := fs.Open("/tmp/test123"); err != errDum {
+		t.Errorf("Open DummyError expected: %s", err)
+	}
 	if _, err := fs.OpenFile("test", 0, 0); err != errDum {
 		t.Errorf("OpenFile DummyError expected: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/memfs/memfs.go b/memfs/memfs.go
index 6be44bd..1d5fee3 100644
--- a/memfs/memfs.go
+++ b/memfs/memfs.go
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ func hasFlag(flag int, flags int) bool {
 	return flags&flag == flag
 }
 
+// Open opens the named file on the given Filesystem for reading.
+// If successful, methods on the returned file can be used for reading.
+// The associated file descriptor has mode os.O_RDONLY.
+// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
+func (fs *MemFS) Open(name string) (vfs.File, error) {
+	return fs.OpenFile(name, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+}
+
 // OpenFile opens a file handle with a specified flag (os.O_RDONLY etc.) and perm (e.g. 0666).
 // If success the returned File can be used for I/O. Otherwise an error is returned, which
 // is a *os.PathError and can be extracted for further information.
diff --git a/memfs/memfs_test.go b/memfs/memfs_test.go
index d2f06d4..8975542 100644
--- a/memfs/memfs_test.go
+++ b/memfs/memfs_test.go
@@ -276,6 +276,27 @@ func TestReadWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestOpen(t *testing.T) {
+	fs := Create()
+	f, err := fs.OpenFile("/readme.txt", os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDWR, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("OpenFile: %s", err)
+	}
+	_, err = f.Write([]byte("test"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Write: %s", err)
+	}
+	f.Close()
+	f2, err := fs.Open("/readme.txt")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Open: %s", err)
+	}
+	err = f2.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestOpenRO(t *testing.T) {
 	fs := Create()
 	f, err := fs.OpenFile("/readme.txt", os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDONLY, 0666)
@@ -288,6 +309,7 @@ func TestOpenRO(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected write error")
 	}
 	f.Close()
+
 }
 
 func TestOpenWO(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/mountfs/mountfs.go b/mountfs/mountfs.go
index aa0396c..bc065e7 100644
--- a/mountfs/mountfs.go
+++ b/mountfs/mountfs.go
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package mountfs
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/blang/vfs"
 	"os"
 	filepath "path"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/blang/vfs"
 )
 
 // ErrBoundary is returned if an operation
@@ -95,6 +96,14 @@ func (f innerFile) Name() string {
 	return f.name
 }
 
+// Open opens the named file on the given Filesystem for reading.
+// If successful, methods on the returned file can be used for reading.
+// The associated file descriptor has mode os.O_RDONLY.
+// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
+func (fs MountFS) Open(name string) (vfs.File, error) {
+	return fs.OpenFile(name, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+}
+
 // OpenFile find the mount of the given path and executes OpenFile
 // on the corresponding filesystem.
 // It wraps the resulting file to return the path inside mountfs on Name()
diff --git a/mountfs/mountfs_test.go b/mountfs/mountfs_test.go
index 03ea839..0846952 100644
--- a/mountfs/mountfs_test.go
+++ b/mountfs/mountfs_test.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package mountfs
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/blang/vfs"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/blang/vfs"
 )
 
 type mountTest struct {
@@ -140,6 +141,11 @@ func TestOpenFile(t *testing.T) {
 	if n := f.Name(); n != "/tmp/testfile" {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected filename: %s", n)
 	}
+
+	_, err = fs.Open("/tmp/testfile")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Open: %s", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func (fs *testDummyFS) Mkdir(name string, perm os.FileMode) error {
diff --git a/os.go b/os.go
index feb33bb..2e48e04 100644
--- a/os.go
+++ b/os.go
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ func (fs OsFS) PathSeparator() uint8 {
 	return os.PathSeparator
 }
 
+// Open wraps os.Open
+func (fs OsFS) Open(name string) (File, error) {
+	return os.Open(name)
+}
+
 // OpenFile wraps os.OpenFile
 func (fs OsFS) OpenFile(name string, flag int, perm os.FileMode) (File, error) {
 	return os.OpenFile(name, flag, perm)
diff --git a/os_test.go b/os_test.go
index 386cf73..8ada071 100644
--- a/os_test.go
+++ b/os_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ func TestOSCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Close: %s", err)
 	}
+	f2, err := fs.Open("/tmp/test123")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Open: %s", err)
+	}
+	err = f2.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close: %s", err)
+	}
 	err = fs.Remove(f.Name())
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Remove: %s", err)
diff --git a/readonly.go b/readonly.go
index 406cd84..abb88dd 100644
--- a/readonly.go
+++ b/readonly.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package vfs
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/blang/vfs"
 )
 
 // ReadOnly creates a readonly wrapper around the given filesystem.
@@ -44,6 +46,14 @@ func (fs RoFS) Mkdir(name string, perm os.FileMode) error {
 	return ErrReadOnly
 }
 
+// Open opens the named file on the given Filesystem for reading.
+// If successful, methods on the returned file can be used for reading.
+// The associated file descriptor has mode os.O_RDONLY.
+// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
+func (fs RoFS) Open(name string) (vfs.File, error) {
+	return fs.OpenFile(name, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+}
+
 // OpenFile returns ErrorReadOnly if flag contains os.O_CREATE, os.O_APPEND, os.O_WRONLY.
 // Otherwise it returns a read-only File with disabled Write(..) operation.
 func (fs RoFS) OpenFile(name string, flag int, perm os.FileMode) (File, error) {