diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Cache/FileStore.php b/src/Illuminate/Cache/FileStore.php
index 4ce8111b125f..2f72d978b630 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Cache/FileStore.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Cache/FileStore.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\LockProvider;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Store;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\LockTimeoutException;
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Illuminate\Support\InteractsWithTime;
 
@@ -84,6 +85,45 @@ public function put($key, $value, $seconds)
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Store an item in the cache if the key doesn't exist.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $key
+     * @param  mixed  $value
+     * @param  int  $seconds
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function add($key, $value, $seconds)
+    {
+        $this->ensureCacheDirectoryExists($path = $this->path($key));
+
+        $file = $this->files->newFileForReadWrite($path);
+
+        try {
+            $file->getExclusiveLock();
+        } catch (LockTimeoutException $e) {
+            $file->close();
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $expire = $file->read(10);
+
+        if (empty($expire) || $this->currentTime() >= $expire) {
+            $file->truncate()
+                ->write($this->expiration($seconds).serialize($value))
+                ->close();
+
+            $this->ensureFileHasCorrectPermissions($path);
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $file->close();
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create the file cache directory if necessary.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Filesystem/LockTimeoutException.php b/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Filesystem/LockTimeoutException.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f03f5c4e6c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Filesystem/LockTimeoutException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem;
+
+use Exception;
+
+class LockTimeoutException extends Exception
+{
+    //
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/File.php b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/File.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65d115bd375e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/File.php
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Filesystem;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\LockTimeoutException;
+
+class File
+{
+    /**
+     * The file resource.
+     *
+     * @var resource
+     */
+    protected $handle;
+
+    /**
+     * The Illuminate Filesystem instance.
+     *
+     * @var \Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem
+     */
+    protected $files;
+
+    /**
+     * The file path.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $path;
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if the file is locked.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $isLocked = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new File instance.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $path
+     * @param  string  $mode
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(Filesystem $files, $path, $mode)
+    {
+        $this->files = $files;
+        $this->path = $path;
+
+        $this->ensureDirectoryExists($path);
+        $this->createResource($path, $mode);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read the file contents.
+     *
+     * @param  int|null  $length
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function read($length = null)
+    {
+        clearstatcache(true, $this->path);
+
+        return fread($this->handle, $length ?? ($this->size() ?: 1));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write to the file.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $contents
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function write($contents)
+    {
+        fwrite($this->handle, $contents);
+
+        fflush($this->handle);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Truncate the file.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function truncate()
+    {
+        rewind($this->handle);
+
+        ftruncate($this->handle, 0);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a shared lock on the file.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function getSharedLock($block = false)
+    {
+        if (! flock($this->handle, LOCK_SH | ($block ? 0 : LOCK_NB))) {
+            throw new LockTimeoutException("Unable to acquire file lock at path {$path}.");
+        }
+
+        $this->isLocked = true;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get an exclusive lock on the file.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getExclusiveLock($block = false)
+    {
+        if (! flock($this->handle, LOCK_EX | ($block ? 0 : LOCK_NB))) {
+            throw new LockTimeoutException("Unable to acquire file lock at path {$path}.");
+        }
+
+        $this->isLocked = true;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Release the lock on the file.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function releaseLock()
+    {
+        flock($this->handle, LOCK_UN);
+
+        $this->isLocked = false;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Close the file.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function close()
+    {
+        if ($this->isLocked) {
+            $this->releaseLock();
+        }
+
+        return fclose($this->handle);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the file size.
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function size()
+    {
+        return filesize($this->path);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create the file resource.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function createResource($path, $mode)
+    {
+        $this->handle = @fopen($path, $mode);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create the file directory if necessary.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $path
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function ensureDirectoryExists($path)
+    {
+        if (! $this->files->exists(dirname($path))) {
+            $this->files->makeDirectory(dirname($path), 0777, true, true);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index 2076f4ffe93e..e977a5f63197 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -185,6 +185,26 @@ public function put($path, $contents, $lock = false)
         return file_put_contents($path, $contents, $lock ? LOCK_EX : 0);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a new File instance for read and write.
+     *
+     * @return  \Illuminate\Filesystem\File
+     */
+    public function newFileForReadWrite($path)
+    {
+        return new File($this, $path, 'c+');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new File instance for read and write.
+     *
+     * @return  \Illuminate\Filesystem\File
+     */
+    public function newFileForRead($path)
+    {
+        return new File($this, $path, 'r');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Write the contents of a file, replacing it atomically if it already exists.
      *