diff --git a/lib/fakefs/file.rb b/lib/fakefs/file.rb
index 6836c8b..55e727b 100644
--- a/lib/fakefs/file.rb
+++ b/lib/fakefs/file.rb
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ module FakeFS
     end
 
     def to_io
-      raise NotImplementedError
+      self
     end
 
     def write_nonblock(string)
diff --git a/test/fakefs_test.rb b/test/fakefs_test.rb
index cb396d6..9e25aa9 100644
--- a/test/fakefs_test.rb
+++ b/test/fakefs_test.rb
@@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ class FakeFSTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert File.file?(path)
   end
 
+  def test_File_io_returns_self
+    f = File.open("/foo", "w")
+    assert_equal f, f.to_io
+  end
+
   def test_knows_symlink_files_are_files
     path = '/path/to/file.txt'
     File.open(path, 'w') do |f|