diff --git a/lib/fakefs.rb b/lib/fakefs.rb
index a115331..7f2381d 100644
--- a/lib/fakefs.rb
+++ b/lib/fakefs.rb
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ module FakeFS
       @file.content += content
     end
     alias_method :print, :write
+
+    def flush; self; end
   end
 
   class Dir
diff --git a/test/fakefs_test.rb b/test/fakefs_test.rb
index 51b0d8c..7d5d427 100644
--- a/test/fakefs_test.rb
+++ b/test/fakefs_test.rb
@@ -254,4 +254,9 @@ class FakeFSTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     File.open('foo','w'){|f| f.write 'bar' }
     assert_equal 'bar', File.open('foo'){|f| f.read }
   end
+
+  def test_flush_exists_on_file
+    r = File.open('foo','w'){|f| f.write 'bar';  f.flush }
+    assert_equal 'foo', r.path
+  end
 end