diff --git a/fs/accounting/accounting.go b/fs/accounting/accounting.go
index 1693ed2e9..b6d512a5d 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/accounting.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/accounting.go
@@ -249,6 +249,44 @@ func (acc *Account) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return acc.read(acc.in, p)
 }
 
+// Thin wrapper for w
+type accountWriteTo struct {
+	w   io.Writer
+	acc *Account
+}
+
+// Write writes len(p) bytes from p to the underlying data stream. It
+// returns the number of bytes written from p (0 <= n <= len(p)) and
+// any error encountered that caused the write to stop early. Write
+// must return a non-nil error if it returns n < len(p). Write must
+// not modify the slice data, even temporarily.
+//
+// Implementations must not retain p.
+func (awt *accountWriteTo) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	_, err = awt.acc.checkRead()
+	if err == nil {
+		n, err = awt.w.Write(p)
+		awt.acc.accountRead(n)
+	}
+	return n, err
+}
+
+// WriteTo writes data to w until there's no more data to write or
+// when an error occurs. The return value n is the number of bytes
+// written. Any error encountered during the write is also returned.
+func (acc *Account) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (n int64, err error) {
+	acc.mu.Lock()
+	in := acc.in
+	acc.mu.Unlock()
+	wrappedWriter := accountWriteTo{w: w, acc: acc}
+	if do, ok := in.(io.WriterTo); ok {
+		n, err = do.WriteTo(&wrappedWriter)
+	} else {
+		n, err = io.Copy(&wrappedWriter, in)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // AccountRead account having read n bytes
 func (acc *Account) AccountRead(n int) (err error) {
 	acc.mu.Lock()
diff --git a/fs/accounting/accounting_test.go b/fs/accounting/accounting_test.go
index 4b876e1cd..7c11f22a3 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/accounting_test.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/accounting_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 // Check it satisfies the interfaces
 var (
 	_ io.ReadCloser = &Account{}
+	_ io.WriterTo   = &Account{}
 	_ io.Reader     = &accountStream{}
 	_ Accounter     = &Account{}
 	_ Accounter     = &accountStream{}
@@ -117,6 +118,46 @@ func TestAccountRead(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, acc.Close())
 }
 
+func testAccountWriteTo(t *testing.T, withBuffer bool) {
+	buf := make([]byte, 2*asyncreader.BufferSize+1)
+	for i := range buf {
+		buf[i] = byte(i % 251)
+	}
+	in := ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(buf))
+	stats := NewStats()
+	acc := newAccountSizeName(stats, in, int64(len(buf)), "test")
+	if withBuffer {
+		acc = acc.WithBuffer()
+	}
+
+	assert.True(t, acc.start.IsZero())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, acc.lpBytes)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(0), acc.bytes)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(0), stats.bytes)
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+
+	n, err := acc.WriteTo(&out)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(len(buf)), n)
+	assert.Equal(t, buf, out.Bytes())
+
+	assert.False(t, acc.start.IsZero())
+	assert.Equal(t, len(buf), acc.lpBytes)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(len(buf)), acc.bytes)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(len(buf)), stats.bytes)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, acc.Close())
+}
+
+func TestAccountWriteTo(t *testing.T) {
+	testAccountWriteTo(t, false)
+}
+
+func TestAccountWriteToWithBuffer(t *testing.T) {
+	testAccountWriteTo(t, true)
+}
+
 func TestAccountString(t *testing.T) {
 	in := ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{1, 2, 3}))
 	stats := NewStats()