diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 7e3169e7..071b31b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: bash ci_helpers/helpers.sh enable_moto_server
         if: ${{ matrix.moto_server }}
+      
+      - run: bash ci_helpers/helpers.sh create_ftp_server
 
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: python ci_helpers/run_integration_tests.py
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: bash ci_helpers/helpers.sh disable_moto_server
         if: ${{ matrix.moto_server }}
+      
+      - run: bash ci_helpers/helpers.sh delete_ftp_server
 
   benchmarks:
     needs: [linters,unit_tests]
diff --git a/ci_helpers/helpers.sh b/ci_helpers/helpers.sh
index 02301933..c24567a9 100755
--- a/ci_helpers/helpers.sh
+++ b/ci_helpers/helpers.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,17 @@ enable_moto_server(){
   moto_server -p5000 2>/dev/null&
 }
 
+create_ftp_server(){
+  docker run -d -p 21:21 -p 21000-21010:21000-21010 -e USERS="user|123|/home/user/dir" -e ADDRESS=localhost --name my-ftp-server delfer/alpine-ftp-server 
+}
+
 disable_moto_server(){
   lsof -i tcp:5000 | tail -n1 | cut -f2 -d" " | xargs kill -9
 }
 
+delete_ftp_server(){
+  docker kill my-ftp-server
+  docker rm my-ftp-server
+}
+
 "$@"
diff --git a/ci_helpers/run_integration_tests.py b/ci_helpers/run_integration_tests.py
index 51726cb1..5417ca8c 100644
--- a/ci_helpers/run_integration_tests.py
+++ b/ci_helpers/run_integration_tests.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         'pytest',
         'integration-tests/test_207.py',
         'integration-tests/test_http.py',
+        'integration-tests/test_ftp.py'
     ]
 )
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/test_ftp.py b/integration-tests/test_ftp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79129dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/test_ftp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from smart_open import open
+
+def test_nonbinary():
+    file_contents = "Test Test \n new test \n another tests"
+    appended_content1 = "Added \n to end"
+
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file", "w") as f:
+        f.write(file_contents)
+
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file", "r") as f:
+        read_contents = f.read()
+        assert read_contents == file_contents
+    
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file", "a") as f:
+        f.write(appended_content1)
+    
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file", "r") as f:
+        read_contents = f.read()
+        assert read_contents == file_contents + appended_content1
+
+def test_binary():
+    file_contents = b"Test Test \n new test \n another tests"
+    appended_content1 = b"Added \n to end"
+
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file2", "wb") as f:
+        f.write(file_contents)
+
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file2", "rb") as f:
+        read_contents = f.read()
+        assert read_contents == file_contents
+    
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file2", "ab") as f:
+        f.write(appended_content1)
+    
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file2", "rb") as f:
+        read_contents = f.read()
+        assert read_contents == file_contents + appended_content1
+
+def test_line_endings_non_binary():
+    B_CLRF = b'\r\n'
+    CLRF = '\r\n'
+    file_contents = f"Test Test {CLRF} new test {CLRF} another tests{CLRF}"
+
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file3", "w") as f:
+        f.write(file_contents)
+
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file3", "r") as f:    
+        for line in f:
+            assert not CLRF in line
+    
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file3", "rb") as f:    
+        for line in f:
+            assert B_CLRF in line
+
+def test_line_endings_binary():
+    B_CLRF = b'\r\n'
+    CLRF = '\r\n'
+    file_contents = f"Test Test {CLRF} new test {CLRF} another tests{CLRF}".encode('utf-8')
+
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file4", "wb") as f:
+        f.write(file_contents)
+
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file4", "r") as f:    
+        for line in f:
+            assert not CLRF in line
+    
+    with open("ftp://user:123@localhost:21/home/user/dir/file4", "rb") as f:    
+        for line in f:
+            assert B_CLRF in line
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/smart_open/ftp.py b/smart_open/ftp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d89fb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smart_open/ftp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Radim Rehurek <me@radimrehurek.com>
+#
+# This code is distributed under the terms and conditions
+# from the MIT License (MIT).
+#
+
+"""Implements I/O streams over FTP.
+"""
+
+import getpass
+import logging
+import urllib.parse
+import smart_open.utils
+from ftplib import FTP, error_reply
+import types
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+SCHEME = "ftp"
+
+"""Supported URL schemes."""
+
+DEFAULT_PORT = 21
+
+URI_EXAMPLES = (
+    "ftp://username@host/path/file",
+    "ftp://username:password@host/path/file",
+    "ftp://username:password@host:port/path/file",
+)
+
+
+def _unquote(text):
+    return text and urllib.parse.unquote(text)
+
+
+def parse_uri(uri_as_string):
+    split_uri = urllib.parse.urlsplit(uri_as_string)
+    assert split_uri.scheme in SCHEME
+    return dict(
+        scheme=split_uri.scheme,
+        uri_path=_unquote(split_uri.path),
+        user=_unquote(split_uri.username),
+        host=split_uri.hostname,
+        port=int(split_uri.port or DEFAULT_PORT),
+        password=_unquote(split_uri.password),
+    )
+
+
+def open_uri(uri, mode, transport_params):
+    smart_open.utils.check_kwargs(open, transport_params)
+    parsed_uri = parse_uri(uri)
+    uri_path = parsed_uri.pop("uri_path")
+    parsed_uri.pop("scheme")
+    return open(uri_path, mode, transport_params=transport_params, **parsed_uri)
+
+
+def convert_transport_params_to_args(transport_params):
+    supported_keywords = [
+        "timeout",
+        "source_address",
+        "encoding",
+    ]
+    unsupported_keywords = [k for k in transport_params if k not in supported_keywords]
+    kwargs = {k: v for (k, v) in transport_params.items() if k in supported_keywords}
+
+    if unsupported_keywords:
+        logger.warning(
+            "ignoring unsupported ftp keyword arguments: %r", unsupported_keywords
+        )
+
+    return kwargs
+
+
+def _connect(hostname, username, port, password, transport_params):
+    kwargs = convert_transport_params_to_args(transport_params)
+    ftp = FTP(**kwargs)
+    try:
+        ftp.connect(hostname, port)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Unable to connect to FTP server: try checking the host and port!")
+        raise error_reply(e)
+    try:
+        ftp.login(username, password)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Unable to login to FTP server: try checking the username and password!")
+        raise error_reply(e)
+    return ftp
+
+
+# transport paramaters can include any extra parameters that you want to be passed into FTP_TLS
+def open(
+    path,
+    mode="r",
+    host=None,
+    user=None,
+    password=None,
+    port=DEFAULT_PORT,
+    transport_params=None,
+):
+    if not host:
+        raise ValueError("you must specify the host to connect to")
+    if not user:
+        user = getpass.getuser()
+    if not transport_params:
+        transport_params = {}
+    conn = _connect(host, user, port, password, transport_params)
+    mode_to_ftp_cmds = {
+        "r": ("RETR", "r"),
+        "rb": ("RETR", "rb"),
+        "w": ("STOR", "w"),
+        "wb": ("STOR", "wb"),
+        "a": ("APPE", "w"),
+        "ab": ("APPE", "wb")
+    }
+    try:
+        ftp_mode, file_obj_mode = mode_to_ftp_cmds[mode]
+    except KeyError:
+        raise ValueError(f"unsupported mode: {mode}")
+    ftp_mode, file_obj_mode = mode_to_ftp_cmds[mode]
+    socket = conn.transfercmd(f"{ftp_mode} {path}")
+    fobj = socket.makefile(file_obj_mode)
+
+    def full_close(self):
+        self.orig_close()
+        self.socket.close()
+        self.conn.close()
+    fobj.orig_close = fobj.close
+    fobj.socket = socket
+    fobj.conn = conn
+    fobj.close = types.MethodType(full_close, fobj)
+    return fobj
diff --git a/smart_open/transport.py b/smart_open/transport.py
index 00fb27d7..ffdedadf 100644
--- a/smart_open/transport.py
+++ b/smart_open/transport.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-NO_SCHEME = ''
+NO_SCHEME = ""
 
 _REGISTRY = {NO_SCHEME: smart_open.local_file}
 _ERRORS = {}
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ def register_transport(submodule):
     # Save only the last module name piece
     module_name = module_name.rsplit(".")[-1]
 
-    if hasattr(submodule, 'SCHEME'):
+    if hasattr(submodule, "SCHEME"):
         schemes = [submodule.SCHEME]
-    elif hasattr(submodule, 'SCHEMES'):
+    elif hasattr(submodule, "SCHEMES"):
         schemes = submodule.SCHEMES
     else:
-        raise ValueError('%r does not have a .SCHEME or .SCHEMES attribute' % submodule)
+        raise ValueError("%r does not have a .SCHEME or .SCHEMES attribute" % submodule)
 
-    for f in ('open', 'open_uri', 'parse_uri'):
-        assert hasattr(submodule, f), '%r is missing %r' % (submodule, f)
+    for f in ("open", "open_uri", "parse_uri"):
+        assert hasattr(submodule, f), "%r is missing %r" % (submodule, f)
 
     for scheme in schemes:
         assert scheme not in _REGISTRY
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ def get_transport(scheme):
     """
     global _ERRORS, _MISSING_DEPS_ERROR, _REGISTRY, SUPPORTED_SCHEMES
     expected = SUPPORTED_SCHEMES
-    readme_url = 'https://github.com/RaRe-Technologies/smart_open/blob/master/README.rst'
+    readme_url = (
+        "https://github.com/RaRe-Technologies/smart_open/blob/master/README.rst"
+    )
     message = (
         "Unable to handle scheme %(scheme)r, expected one of %(expected)r. "
         "Extra dependencies required by %(scheme)r may be missing. "
@@ -94,13 +96,14 @@ def get_transport(scheme):
 
 
 register_transport(smart_open.local_file)
-register_transport('smart_open.azure')
-register_transport('smart_open.gcs')
-register_transport('smart_open.hdfs')
-register_transport('smart_open.http')
-register_transport('smart_open.s3')
-register_transport('smart_open.ssh')
-register_transport('smart_open.webhdfs')
+register_transport("smart_open.azure")
+register_transport("smart_open.ftp")
+register_transport("smart_open.gcs")
+register_transport("smart_open.hdfs")
+register_transport("smart_open.http")
+register_transport("smart_open.s3")
+register_transport("smart_open.ssh")
+register_transport("smart_open.webhdfs")
 
 SUPPORTED_SCHEMES = tuple(sorted(_REGISTRY.keys()))
 """The transport schemes that the local installation of ``smart_open`` supports."""