diff --git a/lib/fakefs/file.rb b/lib/fakefs/file.rb
index 55e727b..2739475 100644
--- a/lib/fakefs/file.rb
+++ b/lib/fakefs/file.rb
@@ -237,9 +237,7 @@ module FakeFS
       raise NotImplementedError
     end
 
-    def to_i
-      raise NotImplementedError
-    end
+    alias_method :to_i, :fileno
 
     def to_io
       self
diff --git a/test/fakefs_test.rb b/test/fakefs_test.rb
index 9e25aa9..15ef168 100644
--- a/test/fakefs_test.rb
+++ b/test/fakefs_test.rb
@@ -369,6 +369,11 @@ class FakeFSTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal f, f.to_io
   end
 
+  def test_File_to_i_is_alias_for_filno
+    f = File.open("/foo", "w")
+    assert_equal f.method(:to_i), f.method(:fileno)
+  end
+
   def test_knows_symlink_files_are_files
     path = '/path/to/file.txt'
     File.open(path, 'w') do |f|