diff --git a/mutapath/decorator.py b/mutapath/decorator.py
index b07c82b..f418734 100644
--- a/mutapath/decorator.py
+++ b/mutapath/decorator.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 __EXCLUDE_FROM_WRAPPING = ["__dir__", "__eq__", "__format__", "__repr__", "__str__", "__sizeof__", "__init__",
                            "__post_init__", "__getattribute__", "__delattr__", "__setattr__", "__getattr__",
                            "__exit__", "__fspath__", "'_Path__wrap_attribute'", "__wrap_decorator", "_op_context",
-                           "__hash__", "_norm"]
+                           "__hash__", "__enter__", "_norm", "open"]
 
 __MUTABLE_FUNCTIONS = {"rename", "renames", "copy", "copy2", "copyfile", "copymode", "copystat", "copytree", "move",
                        "basename", "abspath", "join", "joinpath", "normpath", "relpath", "realpath", "relpathto"}
diff --git a/mutapath/immutapath.py b/mutapath/immutapath.py
index 004e5da..131edb0 100644
--- a/mutapath/immutapath.py
+++ b/mutapath/immutapath.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import io
 import os
 import pathlib
 from contextlib import contextmanager
@@ -111,10 +112,10 @@ def __rdiv__(self, other):
     __rtruediv__ = __rdiv__
 
     def __enter__(self):
-        return self._contained.__enter__()
+        return Path(self._contained.__enter__())
 
     def __exit__(self, *_):
-        return self._contained.__exit__()
+        self._contained.__exit__()
 
     def __fspath__(self):
         return self._contained.__fspath__()
@@ -357,6 +358,14 @@ def owner(self):
         """
         return self._contained.owner
 
+    def open(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Open a file and return a stream to its content.
+
+        seealso:: :func:`io.open`
+        """
+        return io.open(str(self), *args, **kwargs)
+
     @contextmanager
     def mutate(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_with_path.py b/tests/test_with_path.py
index baa37af..f079efb 100644
--- a/tests/test_with_path.py
+++ b/tests/test_with_path.py
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ def test_wrapped_generator(self):
         finally:
             self._clean()
 
+    def test_open(self):
+        try:
+            test_file = self._gen_start_path()
+            expected = "test"
+            with test_file.open("w") as w:
+                w.write(expected)
+            actual = test_file.text()
+            self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
+            self.assertIsInstance(test_file, Path)
+        finally:
+            self._clean()
+
     def test_size(self):
         try:
             test_file = self._gen_start_path()