diff --git a/postgres_copy/copy_from.py b/postgres_copy/copy_from.py
index 7b9847f..3524bf3 100644
--- a/postgres_copy/copy_from.py
+++ b/postgres_copy/copy_from.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class CopyMapping(object):
     def __init__(
         self,
         model,
-        csv_path,
+        csv,
         mapping,
         using=None,
         delimiter=',',
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         # Set the required arguments
         self.model = model
-        self.csv_path = csv_path
-        if not os.path.exists(self.csv_path):
-            raise ValueError("csv_path does not exist")
+        self.csv_path = None
+        self.csv_file = None
+        if hasattr(csv, 'read'):
+            self.csv_file = csv
+        else:
+            self.csv_path = csv
+            if not os.path.exists(self.csv_path):
+                raise ValueError("csv_path does not exist")
 
         # Hook in the other optional settings
         self.quote_character = quote_character
@@ -129,10 +134,15 @@ def get_headers(self):
         """
         Returns the column headers from the csv as a list.
         """
-        logger.debug("Retrieving headers from {}".format(self.csv_path))
-        with open(self.csv_path, 'rU') as infile:
-            csv_reader = csv.reader(infile, delimiter=self.delimiter)
+        if self.csv_path:
+            logger.debug("Retrieving headers from {}".format(self.csv_path))
+            with open(self.csv_path, 'rU') as infile:
+                csv_reader = csv.reader(infile, delimiter=self.delimiter)
+                headers = next(csv_reader)
+        else:
+            csv_reader = csv.reader(self.csv_file, delimiter=self.delimiter)
             headers = next(csv_reader)
+            self.csv_file.seek(0)
         return headers
 
     def validate_mapping(self):
@@ -254,7 +264,7 @@ def copy(self, cursor):
         logger.debug("Running COPY command")
         copy_sql = self.prep_copy()
         logger.debug(copy_sql)
-        fp = open(self.csv_path, 'r')
+        fp = open(self.csv_path, 'r') if self.csv_path else self.csv_file
         cursor.copy_expert(copy_sql, fp)
 
         # Run post-copy hook
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 7c07850..b194faf 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -234,6 +234,20 @@ def test_limited_fields(self):
             dict(name='NAME', dt='DATE'),
         )
 
+    def test_simple_save_with_fileobject(self):
+        f = open(self.name_path, 'r')
+        MockObject.objects.from_csv(
+            f,
+            dict(name='NAME', number='NUMBER', dt='DATE')
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(MockObject.objects.count(), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(MockObject.objects.get(name='BEN').number, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            MockObject.objects.get(name='BEN').dt,
+            date(2012, 1, 1)
+        )
+        print(MockObject.objects.all())
+
     def test_simple_save(self):
         insert_count = MockObject.objects.from_csv(
             self.name_path,