diff --git a/FS.common.js b/FS.common.js
index c553a57..35de1fa 100644
--- a/FS.common.js
+++ b/FS.common.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var _readFile = Promise.promisify(RNFSManager.readFile);
 var _writeFile = Promise.promisify(RNFSManager.writeFile);
 var _unlink = Promise.promisify(RNFSManager.unlink);
 var _mkdir = Promise.promisify(RNFSManager.mkdir);
+var _downloadFile = Promise.promisify(RNFSManager.downloadFile);
 var _pathForBundle = Promise.promisify(RNFSManager.pathForBundle);
 
 var convertError = (err) => {
@@ -94,6 +95,11 @@ var RNFS = {
       .catch(convertError);
   },
 
+  downloadFile(url, filepath) {
+    return _downloadFile(url, filepath)
+      .catch(convertError);
+  },
+
   MainBundle: RNFSManager.MainBundleDirectory,
   CachesDirectory: RNFSManager.NSCachesDirectory,
   DocumentDirectory: RNFSManager.NSDocumentDirectory,
diff --git a/RNFSManager.m b/RNFSManager.m
index a8caf4e..b2a156d 100644
--- a/RNFSManager.m
+++ b/RNFSManager.m
@@ -142,6 +142,22 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(readFile:(NSString *)filepath
   callback(@[[NSNull null], base64Content]);
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(downloadFile:(NSString *)urlStr
+                  filepath:(NSString *)filepath
+                  callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback)
+{
+  NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlStr];
+  NSData *urlData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
+
+  BOOL success = NO;
+
+  if (urlData) {
+    success = [urlData writeToFile:filepath atomically:YES];
+  }
+
+  callback(@[[NSNull null], [NSNumber numberWithBool:success], filepath]);
+}
+
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(pathForBundle:(NSString *)bundleNamed
                   callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback)
 {
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
index 12ba3f3..1a5c0be 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
 
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
@@ -173,6 +178,45 @@ public class RNFSManager extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
     }
   }
 
+  @ReactMethod
+  public void downloadFile(String urlStr, String filepath, Callback callback) {
+    try {
+      File file = new File(filepath);
+
+      URL url = new URL(urlStr);
+      URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
+
+      connection.connect();
+
+      int lengthOfFile = connection.getContentLength();
+
+      InputStream input = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream(), 8192);
+      OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(filepath);
+
+      byte data[] = new byte[1024];
+      long total = 0;
+      int count;
+
+      while ((count = input.read(data)) != -1) {
+          total += count;
+          //int progress = (int)((total * 100) / lengthOfFile);
+          output.write(data, 0, count);
+      }
+
+      output.flush();
+
+      output.close();
+      input.close();
+
+      boolean success = true;
+
+      callback.invoke(null, success, filepath);
+    } catch (Exception ex) {
+      ex.printStackTrace();
+      callback.invoke(makeErrorPayload(ex));
+    }
+  }
+
   @ReactMethod
   public void pathForBundle(String bundleNamed, Callback callback) {
     // TODO: Not sure what equilivent would be?