Index: src/OFFile.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFFile.h
+++ src/OFFile.h
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@
 typedef struct of_file_handle *of_file_handle_t;
 #endif
 
 OF_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
+@class OFURL;
+
 /*!
  * @class OFFile OFFile.h ObjFW/OFFile.h
  *
  * @brief A class which provides methods to read and write files.
  */
@@ -60,10 +62,31 @@
  * @return A new autoreleased OFFile
  */
 + (instancetype)fileWithPath: (OFString *)path
 			mode: (OFString *)mode;
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Creates a new OFFile with the specified URL and mode.
+ *
+ * @param URL The URL to the file to open
+ * @param mode The mode in which the file should be opened.@n
+ *	       Possible modes are:
+ *	       Mode           | Description
+ *	       ---------------|-------------------------------------
+ *	       `r`            | Read-only
+ *	       `r+`           | Read-write
+ *	       `w`            | Write-only, create or truncate
+ *	       `wx`           | Write-only, create or fail, exclusive
+ *	       `w+`           | Read-write, create or truncate
+ *	       `w+x`          | Read-write, create or fail, exclusive
+ *	       `a`            | Write-only, create or append
+ *	       `a+`           | Read-write, create or append
+ * @return A new autoreleased OFFile
+ */
++ (instancetype)fileWithURL: (OFURL *)URL
+		       mode: (OFString *)mode;
+
 /*!
  * @brief Creates a new OFFile with the specified native file handle.
  *
  * @param handle A native file handle. If OF_FILE_HANDLE_IS_FD is defined, this
  *		 is a file descriptor. The handle is closed when the OFFile
@@ -97,10 +120,35 @@
  * @return An initialized OFFile
  */
 - (instancetype)initWithPath: (OFString *)path
 			mode: (OFString *)mode;
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Initializes an already allocated OFFile.
+ *
+ * @param URL The URL to the file to open
+ * @param mode The mode in which the file should be opened.@n
+ *	       Possible modes are:
+ *	       Mode           | Description
+ *	       ---------------|-------------------------------------
+ *	       `r`            | read-only
+ *	       `rb`           | read-only, binary
+ *	       `r+`           | read-write
+ *	       `rb+` or `r+b` | read-write, binary
+ *	       `w`            | write-only, create, truncate
+ *	       `wb`           | write-only, create, truncate, binary
+ *	       `w`            | read-write, create, truncate
+ *	       `wb+` or `w+b` | read-write, create, truncate, binary
+ *	       `a`            | write-only, create, append
+ *	       `ab`           | write-only, create, append, binary
+ *	       `a+`           | read-write, create, append
+ *	       `ab+` or `a+b` | read-write, create, append, binary
+ * @return An initialized OFFile
+ */
+- (instancetype)initWithURL: (OFURL *)URL
+		       mode: (OFString *)mode;
+
 /*!
  * @brief Initializes an already allocated OFFile.
  *
  * @param handle A native file handle. If OF_FILE_HANDLE_IS_FD is defined, this
  *		 is a file descriptor. The handle is closed when the OFFile

Index: src/OFFile.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFFile.m
+++ src/OFFile.m
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 # include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
 #import "OFFile.h"
-#import "OFString.h"
 #import "OFLocalization.h"
+#import "OFString.h"
+#import "OFURL.h"
 
 #import "OFInitializationFailedException.h"
 #import "OFInvalidArgumentException.h"
 #import "OFNotOpenException.h"
 #import "OFOpenItemFailedException.h"
@@ -180,10 +181,17 @@
 			mode: (OFString *)mode
 {
 	return [[[self alloc] initWithPath: path
 				      mode: mode] autorelease];
 }
+
++ (instancetype)fileWithURL: (OFURL *)URL
+		       mode: (OFString *)mode
+{
+	return [[[self alloc] initWithURL: URL
+				     mode: mode] autorelease];
+}
 
 + (instancetype)fileWithHandle: (of_file_handle_t)handle
 {
 	return [[[self alloc] initWithHandle: handle] autorelease];
 }
@@ -296,10 +304,28 @@
 		self = [self initWithHandle: handle];
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		closeHandle(handle);
 		@throw e;
 	}
+
+	return self;
+}
+
+- (instancetype)initWithURL: (OFURL *)URL
+		       mode: (OFString *)mode
+{
+	@try {
+		void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
+
+		self = [self initWithPath: [URL fileSystemRepresentation]
+				     mode: mode];
+
+		objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
+	} @catch (id e) {
+		[self release];
+		@throw e;
+	}
 
 	return self;
 }
 
 - (instancetype)initWithHandle: (of_file_handle_t)handle