diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index c61f0d4e3ef660..ff887f8f0dbf30 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -4949,6 +4949,12 @@ The following constants are meant for use with `fs.open()`.
     <td><code>O_NONBLOCK</code></td>
     <td>Flag indicating to open the file in nonblocking mode when possible.</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>UV_FS_O_FILEMAP</code></td>
+    <td>When set, a memory file mapping is used to access the file. This flag
+    is available on Windows operating systems only. On other operating systems,
+    this flag is ignored.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 ### File Type Constants
diff --git a/src/node_constants.cc b/src/node_constants.cc
index 7c9e4ce276112b..68af221b60aa65 100644
--- a/src/node_constants.cc
+++ b/src/node_constants.cc
@@ -1127,6 +1127,8 @@ void DefineSystemConstants(Local<Object> target) {
   NODE_DEFINE_CONSTANT(target, O_EXCL);
 #endif
 
+NODE_DEFINE_CONSTANT(target, UV_FS_O_FILEMAP);
+
 #ifdef O_NOCTTY
   NODE_DEFINE_CONSTANT(target, O_NOCTTY);
 #endif
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-fmap.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-fmap.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4b21ce8d95a12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-fmap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const join = require('path').join;
+
+const {
+  O_CREAT = 0,
+  O_RDONLY = 0,
+  O_TRUNC = 0,
+  O_WRONLY = 0,
+  UV_FS_O_FILEMAP = 0
+} = fs.constants;
+
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+// Run this test on all platforms. While UV_FS_O_FILEMAP is only available on
+// Windows, it should be silently ignored on other platforms.
+
+const filename = join(tmpdir.path, 'fmap.txt');
+const text = 'Memory File Mapping Test';
+
+const mw = UV_FS_O_FILEMAP | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_WRONLY;
+const mr = UV_FS_O_FILEMAP | O_RDONLY;
+
+fs.writeFileSync(filename, text, { flag: mw });
+const r1 = fs.readFileSync(filename, { encoding: 'utf8', flag: mr });
+assert.strictEqual(r1, text);