diff --git a/lib/cpp/Makefile.am b/lib/cpp/Makefile.am
index 7d3d886..6b65b92 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/cpp/Makefile.am
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
                        src/transport/TTransportException.cpp \
                        src/transport/TFDTransport.cpp \
                        src/transport/TFileTransport.cpp \
+                       src/transport/TSimpleFileTransport.cpp \
                        src/transport/THttpClient.cpp \
                        src/transport/TSocket.cpp \
                        src/transport/TSocketPool.cpp \
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@
 include_transport_HEADERS = \
                          src/transport/TFDTransport.h \
                          src/transport/TFileTransport.h \
+                         src/transport/TSimpleFileTransport.h \
                          src/transport/TServerSocket.h \
                          src/transport/TServerTransport.h \
                          src/transport/THttpClient.h \
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSimpleFileTransport.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSimpleFileTransport.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3500d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSimpleFileTransport.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2006- Facebook
+// Distributed under the Thrift Software License
+//
+// See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Thrift site at:
+// http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/
+
+#include "TSimpleFileTransport.h"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+namespace apache { namespace thrift { namespace transport {
+
+TSimpleFileTransport::
+TSimpleFileTransport(const std::string& path, bool read, bool write)
+    : TFDTransport(-1, TFDTransport::CLOSE_ON_DESTROY) {
+  int flags = 0;
+  if (read && write) {
+    flags = O_RDWR;
+  } else if (read) {
+    flags = O_RDONLY;
+  } else if (write) {
+    flags = O_WRONLY;
+  } else {
+    throw TTransportException("Neither READ nor WRITE specified");
+  }
+  if (write) {
+    flags |= O_CREAT | O_APPEND;
+  }
+  int fd = ::open(path.c_str(),
+                  flags,
+                  S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR| S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    throw TTransportException("failed to open file for writing: " + path);
+  }
+  setFD(fd);
+  open();
+}
+
+}}} // apache::thrift::transport
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSimpleFileTransport.h b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSimpleFileTransport.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2470fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSimpleFileTransport.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2006- Facebook
+// Distributed under the Thrift Software License
+//
+// See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Thrift site at:
+// http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/
+
+#ifndef _THRIFT_TRANSPORT_TSIMPLEFILETRANSPORT_H_
+#define _THRIFT_TRANSPORT_TSIMPLEFILETRANSPORT_H_ 1
+
+#include "TFDTransport.h"
+
+namespace apache { namespace thrift { namespace transport {
+
+/**
+ * Dead-simple wrapper around a file.
+ *
+ * Writeable files are opened with O_CREAT and O_APPEND
+ */
+class TSimpleFileTransport : public TFDTransport {
+ public:
+  TSimpleFileTransport(const std::string& path,
+                       bool read =  true,
+                       bool write = false);
+};
+
+}}} // apache::thrift::transport
+
+#endif //  _THRIFT_TRANSPORT_TSIMPLEFILETRANSPORT_H_