diff --git a/doc/source/drivers.rst b/doc/source/drivers.rst
index 75a2524e..75404bd1 100644
--- a/doc/source/drivers.rst
+++ b/doc/source/drivers.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ API, some of them have different properties:
   some basic group primitives (with huge limitations). The lock can only be
   distributed locally to a computer processes.
 
+* `file` is based on file and only implements a lock based on POSIX or Window
+  file locking for now. The lock can only be distributed locally to a computer
+  processes.
+
 * `zake`_ is a driver using a fake implementation of ZooKeeper and can be
   used to use Tooz in your unit tests suite for example.
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5221a3b9..8b0bc110 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ tooz.backends =
     redis = tooz.drivers.redis:RedisDriver
     postgresql = tooz.drivers.pgsql:PostgresDriver
     mysql = tooz.drivers.mysql:MySQLDriver
+    file = tooz.drivers.file:FileDriver
 
 [build_sphinx]
 all_files = 1
diff --git a/tooz/drivers/file.py b/tooz/drivers/file.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17dccc50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooz/drivers/file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright © 2015 eNovance
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+import errno
+import os
+import weakref
+
+import tooz
+from tooz import coordination
+from tooz.drivers import _retry
+from tooz import locking
+
+
+class FileLock(locking.Lock):
+    """A file based lock."""
+
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        super(FileLock, self).__init__(path)
+        self.acquired = False
+
+    def acquire(self, blocking=True):
+        self.lockfile = open(self.name, 'a')
+
+        @_retry.retry(stop_max_delay=blocking)
+        def _lock():
+            # NOTE(jd) If the same process try to grab the lock, the call to
+            # self.lock() will succeed, so we track internally if the process
+            # already has the lock.
+            if self.acquired is True:
+                if blocking:
+                    raise _retry.Retry
+                return False
+            try:
+                self.lock()
+            except IOError as e:
+                if e.errno in (errno.EACCESS, errno.EAGAIN):
+                    if blocking:
+                        raise _retry.Retry
+                    return False
+            else:
+                self.acquired = True
+                return True
+
+        return _lock()
+
+    def release(self):
+        self.unlock()
+        self.lockfile.close()
+        self.acquired = False
+
+    def lock(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def unlock(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class WindowsFileLock(FileLock):
+    def lock(self):
+        msvcrt.locking(self.lockfile.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_NBLCK, 1)
+
+    def unlock(self):
+        msvcrt.locking(self.lockfile.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_UNLCK, 1)
+
+
+class PosixFileLock(FileLock):
+    def lock(self):
+        fcntl.lockf(self.lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
+
+    def unlock(self):
+        fcntl.lockf(self.lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+
+
+if os.name == 'nt':
+    import msvcrt
+    LockClass = WindowsFileLock
+else:
+    import fcntl
+    LockClass = PosixFileLock
+
+
+class FileDriver(coordination.CoordinationDriver):
+    """A file based driver."""
+
+    LOCKS = weakref.WeakValueDictionary()
+
+    def __init__(self, member_id, parsed_url, options):
+        """Initialize the file driver."""
+        super(FileDriver, self).__init__()
+        self._lockdir = parsed_url.path
+
+    def get_lock(self, name):
+        path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self._lockdir, name.decode()))
+        lock = LockClass(path)
+        return self.LOCKS.setdefault(path, lock)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def watch_join_group(group_id, callback):
+        raise tooz.NotImplemented
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def unwatch_join_group(group_id, callback):
+        raise tooz.NotImplemented
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def watch_leave_group(group_id, callback):
+        raise tooz.NotImplemented
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def unwatch_leave_group(group_id, callback):
+        raise tooz.NotImplemented
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def watch_elected_as_leader(group_id, callback):
+        raise tooz.NotImplemented
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def unwatch_elected_as_leader(group_id, callback):
+        raise tooz.NotImplemented
diff --git a/tooz/tests/test_coordination.py b/tooz/tests/test_coordination.py
index c1188211..381b5916 100644
--- a/tooz/tests/test_coordination.py
+++ b/tooz/tests/test_coordination.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-#    Copyright © 2013-2014 eNovance Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#    Copyright © 2013-2015 eNovance Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 #    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class TestAPI(testscenarios.TestWithScenarios,
                        'bad_url': 'memcached://localhost:1',
                        'timeout_capable': True}),
         ('ipc', {'url': 'ipc://'}),
+        ('file', {'url': 'file:///tmp'}),
         ('redis', {'url': os.getenv("TOOZ_TEST_REDIS_URL"),
                    'bad_url': 'redis://localhost:1',
                    'timeout_capable': True}),