diff --git a/fs_irods/opener.py b/fs_irods/opener.py
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+import irods.test.helpers as helpers
+
+import fs
+from fs.opener import Opener
+from fs.opener.registry import registry
+
+from . import iRODSFS
+
+@registry.install
+class iRODSOpener(Opener):
+
+    protocols = ['irods']
+
+    # TODO - Flesh this out.  This is a stub just to get an initial fs.open_fs('irods://...') working.
+
+    def open_fs(self, fs_url, parse_result, writeable, create, cwd):
+        
+        # TODO - We can use parse_result.resource to determine the root_path parameter value
+        #        in the iRODSFS constructor, once an issue 16 fix is merged.
+
+        return iRODSFS(helpers.make_session())
+