diff --git a/djqscsv/__init__.py b/djqscsv/__init__.py
index f0b591c..10f9fba 100644
--- a/djqscsv/__init__.py
+++ b/djqscsv/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 from .djqscsv import (render_to_csv_response, write_csv,  # NOQA
-                      generate_filename, CSVException)  # NOQA
+                      generate_filename, CSVException, csv_file_for)  # NOQA
diff --git a/djqscsv/djqscsv.py b/djqscsv/djqscsv.py
index 034f689..2561e1e 100644
--- a/djqscsv/djqscsv.py
+++ b/djqscsv/djqscsv.py
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ def render_to_csv_response(queryset, filename=None, append_datestamp=False,
     return response
 
 
+def csv_file_for(queryset, filename=None, append_datestamp=False, **kwargs):
+    if filename:
+        filename = _validate_and_clean_filename(filename)
+        if append_datestamp:
+            filename = _append_datestamp(filename)
+    else:
+        filename = generate_filename(queryset,
+                                     append_datestamp=append_datestamp)
+
+    _file = open(filename, 'w')
+    write_csv(queryset, _file, **kwargs)
+
+    return _file
+
+
 def write_csv(queryset, file_obj, **kwargs):
     """
     The main worker function. Writes CSV data to a file object based on the