diff --git a/scrapy/utils/test.py b/scrapy/utils/test.py
index 4b935c51b..59467f105 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/test.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/test.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ This module contains some assorted functions used in tests
 """
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+from posixpath import split
 import os
 
 from importlib import import_module
@@ -61,6 +62,23 @@ def get_gcs_content_and_delete(bucket, path):
     bucket.delete_blob(path)
     return content, acl, blob
 
+def get_ftp_content_and_delete(path, host ,port,
+        username, password, use_active_mode=False):
+    from ftplib import FTP
+    ftp = FTP()
+    ftp.connect(host, port)
+    ftp.login(username, password)
+    if use_active_mode:
+        ftp.set_pasv(False)
+    ftp_data = []
+    def buffer_data(data):
+        ftp_data.append(data)
+    ftp.retrbinary('RETR %s' % path, buffer_data)
+    dirname, filename = split(path)
+    ftp.cwd(dirname)
+    ftp.delete(filename)
+    return "".join(ftp_data)
+    
 def get_crawler(spidercls=None, settings_dict=None):
     """Return an unconfigured Crawler object. If settings_dict is given, it
     will be used to populate the crawler settings with a project level
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline_files.py b/tests/test_pipeline_files.py
index 0c5aaaa44..000c1e2e2 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline_files.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline_files.py
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ from six import BytesIO
 from twisted.trial import unittest
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
-from scrapy.pipelines.files import FilesPipeline, FSFilesStore, S3FilesStore, GCSFilesStore
+from scrapy.pipelines.files import FilesPipeline, FSFilesStore, S3FilesStore, GCSFilesStore, FTPFilesStore
 from scrapy.item import Item, Field
 from scrapy.http import Request, Response
 from scrapy.settings import Settings
 from scrapy.utils.python import to_bytes
 from scrapy.utils.test import assert_aws_environ, get_s3_content_and_delete
 from scrapy.utils.test import assert_gcs_environ, get_gcs_content_and_delete
+from scrapy.utils.test import get_ftp_content_and_delete
 from scrapy.utils.boto import is_botocore
 
 from tests import mock
@@ -365,6 +366,28 @@ class TestGCSFilesStore(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(blob.content_type, 'application/octet-stream')
         self.assertIn(expected_policy, acl)
 
+class TestFTPFileStore(unittest.TestCase):
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def test_persist(self):
+        uri = os.environ.get('FTP_TEST_FILE_URI')
+        if not uri:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("No FTP URI available for testing")
+        data = b"TestFTPFilesStore: \xe2\x98\x83"
+        buf = BytesIO(data)
+        meta = {'foo': 'bar'}
+        path = 'full/filename'
+        store = FTPFilesStore(uri)
+        empty_dict = yield store.stat_file(path, info=None)
+        self.assertEqual(empty_dict, {})
+        yield store.persist_file(path, buf, info=None, meta=meta, headers=None)
+        stat = yield store.stat_file(path, info=None)
+        self.assertIn('last_modified', stat)
+        self.assertIn('checksum', stat)
+        self.assertEqual(stat['checksum'], 'd113d66b2ec7258724a268bd88eef6b6')
+        path = '%s/%s' % (store.basedir, path)
+        content = get_ftp_content_and_delete(path, store.host, store.port,
+            store.username, store.password, store.USE_ACTIVE_MODE)
+        self.assertEqual(data.decode(), content)
 
 class ItemWithFiles(Item):
     file_urls = Field()