diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7126b0a9..a2a3075a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,11 +7,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [2.4.12] - (Unreleased)
 
+### Added
+
+- Added `options` kwargs to several I/O operations, including: `readbytes`,
+  `writebytes`, `readtext`, `writetext` and `writefile`.
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Start testing on PyPy. Due to [#342](https://github.com/PyFilesystem/pyfilesystem2/issues/342)
   we have to treat PyPy builds specially and allow them to fail, but at least we'll
   be able to see if we break something aside from known issues with FTP tests.
+- Set `py36 = false` for black to prevent adding trailing comma in function
+  definition and cause `SyntaxError` in older python version.
 
 ## [2.4.11] - 2019-09-07
 
diff --git a/fs/base.py b/fs/base.py
index a4b7aefb..f73e73db 100644
--- a/fs/base.py
+++ b/fs/base.py
@@ -586,12 +586,14 @@ def exclude_file(patterns, info):
             iter_info = itertools.islice(iter_info, start, end)
         return iter_info
 
-    def readbytes(self, path):
-        # type: (Text) -> bytes
+    def readbytes(self, path, **options):
+        # type: (Text, Any) -> bytes
         """Get the contents of a file as bytes.
 
         Arguments:
             path (str): A path to a readable file on the filesystem.
+            **options: keyword arguments for any additional information
+                required by the filesystem (if any).
 
         Returns:
             bytes: the file contents.
@@ -600,7 +602,7 @@ def readbytes(self, path):
             fs.errors.ResourceNotFound: if ``path`` does not exist.
 
         """
-        with closing(self.open(path, mode="rb")) as read_file:
+        with closing(self.open(path, mode="rb", **options)) as read_file:
             contents = read_file.read()
         return contents
 
@@ -644,6 +646,7 @@ def readtext(
         encoding=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> Text
         """Get the contents of a file as a string.
@@ -654,6 +657,8 @@ def readtext(
                 in text mode (defaults to `None`, reading in binary mode).
             errors (str, optional): Unicode errors parameter.
             newline (str): Newlines parameter.
+            **options: keyword arguments for any additional information
+                required by the filesystem (if any).
 
         Returns:
             str: file contents.
@@ -664,7 +669,12 @@ def readtext(
         """
         with closing(
             self.open(
-                path, mode="rt", encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline
+                path,
+                mode="rt",
+                encoding=encoding,
+                errors=errors,
+                newline=newline,
+                **options
             )
         ) as read_file:
             contents = read_file.read()
@@ -1163,7 +1173,7 @@ def open(
         """
         validate_open_mode(mode)
         bin_mode = mode.replace("t", "")
-        bin_file = self.openbin(path, mode=bin_mode, buffering=buffering)
+        bin_file = self.openbin(path, mode=bin_mode, buffering=buffering, **options)
         io_stream = iotools.make_stream(
             path,
             bin_file,
@@ -1172,7 +1182,7 @@ def open(
             encoding=encoding or "utf-8",
             errors=errors,
             newline=newline,
-            **options
+            line_buffering=options.get("line_buffering", False),
         )
         return io_stream
 
@@ -1271,14 +1281,16 @@ def scandir(
             iter_info = itertools.islice(iter_info, start, end)
         return iter_info
 
-    def writebytes(self, path, contents):
-        # type: (Text, bytes) -> None
+    def writebytes(self, path, contents, **options):
+        # type: (Text, bytes, Any) -> None
         # FIXME(@althonos): accept bytearray and memoryview as well ?
         """Copy binary data to a file.
 
         Arguments:
             path (str): Destination path on the filesystem.
             contents (bytes): Data to be written.
+            **options: keyword arguments for any additional information
+                required by the filesystem (if any).
 
         Raises:
             TypeError: if contents is not bytes.
@@ -1286,7 +1298,7 @@ def writebytes(self, path, contents):
         """
         if not isinstance(contents, bytes):
             raise TypeError("contents must be bytes")
-        with closing(self.open(path, mode="wb")) as write_file:
+        with closing(self.open(path, mode="wb", **options)) as write_file:
             write_file.write(contents)
 
     setbytes = _new_name(writebytes, "setbytes")
@@ -1331,6 +1343,7 @@ def writefile(
         encoding=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> None
         """Set a file to the contents of a file object.
@@ -1343,6 +1356,8 @@ def writefile(
             errors (str, optional): How encoding errors should be treated
                 (same as `io.open`).
             newline (str): Newline parameter (same as `io.open`).
+            **options: Implementation specific options required to open
+                the source file.
 
         This method is similar to `~FS.upload`, in that it copies data from a
         file-like object to a resource on the filesystem, but unlike ``upload``,
@@ -1362,7 +1377,12 @@ def writefile(
 
         with self._lock:
             with self.open(
-                path, mode=mode, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline
+                path,
+                mode=mode,
+                encoding=encoding,
+                errors=errors,
+                newline=newline,
+                **options
             ) as dst_file:
                 tools.copy_file_data(file, dst_file)
 
@@ -1401,6 +1421,7 @@ def writetext(
         encoding="utf-8",  # type: Text
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> None
         """Create or replace a file with text.
@@ -1413,6 +1434,8 @@ def writetext(
             errors (str, optional): How encoding errors should be treated
                 (same as `io.open`).
             newline (str): Newline parameter (same as `io.open`).
+            **options: keyword arguments for any additional information
+                required by the filesystem (if any).
 
         Raises:
             TypeError: if ``contents`` is not a unicode string.
@@ -1422,7 +1445,12 @@ def writetext(
             raise TypeError("contents must be unicode")
         with closing(
             self.open(
-                path, mode="wt", encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline
+                path,
+                mode="wt",
+                encoding=encoding,
+                errors=errors,
+                newline=newline,
+                **options
             )
         ) as write_file:
             write_file.write(contents)
diff --git a/fs/ftpfs.py b/fs/ftpfs.py
index 11d2c4cc..5329c13c 100644
--- a/fs/ftpfs.py
+++ b/fs/ftpfs.py
@@ -761,19 +761,19 @@ def upload(self, path, file, chunk_size=None, **options):
                         str("STOR ") + _encode(_path, self.ftp.encoding), file
                     )
 
-    def writebytes(self, path, contents):
-        # type: (Text, ByteString) -> None
+    def writebytes(self, path, contents, **options):
+        # type: (Text, ByteString, Any) -> None
         if not isinstance(contents, bytes):
             raise TypeError("contents must be bytes")
-        self.upload(path, io.BytesIO(contents))
+        self.upload(path, io.BytesIO(contents), **options)
 
     def setinfo(self, path, info):
         # type: (Text, RawInfo) -> None
         if not self.exists(path):
             raise errors.ResourceNotFound(path)
 
-    def readbytes(self, path):
-        # type: (Text) -> bytes
+    def readbytes(self, path, **options):
+        # type: (Text, Any) -> bytes
         _path = self.validatepath(path)
         data = io.BytesIO()
         with ftp_errors(self, path):
diff --git a/fs/mountfs.py b/fs/mountfs.py
index d51d7d9d..2e45a858 100644
--- a/fs/mountfs.py
+++ b/fs/mountfs.py
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ def removedir(self, path):
         fs, _path = self._delegate(path)
         return fs.removedir(_path)
 
-    def readbytes(self, path):
-        # type: (Text) -> bytes
+    def readbytes(self, path, **options):
+        # type: (Text, Any) -> bytes
         self.check()
         fs, _path = self._delegate(path)
-        return fs.readbytes(_path)
+        return fs.readbytes(_path, **options)
 
     def download(self, path, file, chunk_size=None, **options):
         # type: (Text, BinaryIO, Optional[int], **Any) -> None
@@ -203,11 +203,14 @@ def readtext(
         encoding=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> Text
         self.check()
         fs, _path = self._delegate(path)
-        return fs.readtext(_path, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline)
+        return fs.readtext(
+            _path, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline, **options
+        )
 
     def getsize(self, path):
         # type: (Text) -> int
@@ -306,11 +309,11 @@ def upload(self, path, file, chunk_size=None, **options):
         fs, _path = self._delegate(path)
         return fs.upload(_path, file, chunk_size=chunk_size, **options)
 
-    def writebytes(self, path, contents):
-        # type: (Text, bytes) -> None
+    def writebytes(self, path, contents, **options):
+        # type: (Text, bytes, Any) -> None
         self.check()
         fs, _path = self._delegate(path)
-        return fs.writebytes(_path, contents)
+        return fs.writebytes(_path, contents, **options)
 
     def writetext(
         self,
@@ -319,9 +322,15 @@ def writetext(
         encoding="utf-8",  # type: Text
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> None
         fs, _path = self._delegate(path)
         return fs.writetext(
-            _path, contents, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline
+            _path,
+            contents,
+            encoding=encoding,
+            errors=errors,
+            newline=newline,
+            **options
         )
diff --git a/fs/multifs.py b/fs/multifs.py
index e68d2c00..f38cfd95 100644
--- a/fs/multifs.py
+++ b/fs/multifs.py
@@ -280,24 +280,26 @@ def scandir(
         if not exists:
             raise errors.ResourceNotFound(path)
 
-    def readbytes(self, path):
-        # type: (Text) -> bytes
+    def readbytes(self, path, **options):
+        # type: (Text, Any) -> bytes
         self.check()
         fs = self._delegate(path)
         if fs is None:
             raise errors.ResourceNotFound(path)
-        return fs.readbytes(path)
+        return fs.readbytes(path, **options)
 
     def download(self, path, file, chunk_size=None, **options):
         # type: (Text, BinaryIO, Optional[int], **Any) -> None
         fs = self._delegate_required(path)
         return fs.download(path, file, chunk_size=chunk_size, **options)
 
-    def readtext(self, path, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=""):
-        # type: (Text, Optional[Text], Optional[Text], Text) -> Text
+    def readtext(self, path, encoding=None, errors=None, newline="", **options):
+        # type: (Text, Optional[Text], Optional[Text], Text, Any) -> Text
         self.check()
         fs = self._delegate_required(path)
-        return fs.readtext(path, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline)
+        return fs.readtext(
+            path, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline, **options
+        )
 
     def getsize(self, path):
         # type: (Text) -> int
@@ -406,9 +408,9 @@ def upload(self, path, file, chunk_size=None, **options):
             path, file, chunk_size=chunk_size, **options
         )
 
-    def writebytes(self, path, contents):
-        # type: (Text, bytes) -> None
-        self._writable_required(path).writebytes(path, contents)
+    def writebytes(self, path, contents, **options):
+        # type: (Text, bytes, Any) -> None
+        self._writable_required(path).writebytes(path, contents, **options)
 
     def writetext(
         self,
@@ -417,9 +419,10 @@ def writetext(
         encoding="utf-8",  # type: Text
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> None
         write_fs = self._writable_required(path)
         return write_fs.writetext(
-            path, contents, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline
+            path, contents, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline, **options
         )
diff --git a/fs/wrap.py b/fs/wrap.py
index 7026bcbc..2e4b59ca 100644
--- a/fs/wrap.py
+++ b/fs/wrap.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ def writetext(
         encoding="utf-8",  # type: Text
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> None
         self.check()
@@ -271,8 +272,8 @@ def open(
             **options
         )
 
-    def writebytes(self, path, contents):
-        # type: (Text, bytes) -> None
+    def writebytes(self, path, contents, **options):
+        # type: (Text, bytes, Any) -> None
         self.check()
         raise ResourceReadOnly(path)
 
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ def writefile(
         encoding=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> None
         self.check()
diff --git a/fs/wrapfs.py b/fs/wrapfs.py
index c09e9cf3..0abb2a5e 100644
--- a/fs/wrapfs.py
+++ b/fs/wrapfs.py
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ def filterdir(
             for info in iter_files:
                 yield info
 
-    def readbytes(self, path):
-        # type: (Text) -> bytes
+    def readbytes(self, path, **options):
+        # type: (Text, Any) -> bytes
         self.check()
         _fs, _path = self.delegate_path(path)
         with unwrap_errors(path):
-            _bytes = _fs.readbytes(_path)
+            _bytes = _fs.readbytes(_path, **options)
         return _bytes
 
     def readtext(
@@ -348,13 +348,14 @@ def readtext(
         encoding=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> Text
         self.check()
         _fs, _path = self.delegate_path(path)
         with unwrap_errors(path):
             _text = _fs.readtext(
-                _path, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline
+                _path, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline, **options
             )
         return _text
 
@@ -488,12 +489,12 @@ def opendir(
         with unwrap_errors(path):
             return factory(self, path)
 
-    def writebytes(self, path, contents):
-        # type: (Text, bytes) -> None
+    def writebytes(self, path, contents, **options):
+        # type: (Text, bytes, Any) -> None
         self.check()
         _fs, _path = self.delegate_path(path)
         with unwrap_errors(path):
-            _fs.writebytes(_path, contents)
+            _fs.writebytes(_path, contents, **options)
 
     def upload(self, path, file, chunk_size=None, **options):
         # type: (Text, BinaryIO, Optional[int], **Any) -> None
@@ -509,13 +510,19 @@ def writefile(
         encoding=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         errors=None,  # type: Optional[Text]
         newline="",  # type: Text
+        **options  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> None
         self.check()
         _fs, _path = self.delegate_path(path)
         with unwrap_errors(path):
             _fs.writefile(
-                _path, file, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline
+                _path,
+                file,
+                encoding=encoding,
+                errors=errors,
+                newline=newline,
+                **options
             )
 
     def validatepath(self, path):
diff --git a/fs/zipfs.py b/fs/zipfs.py
index 8feb9e56..fbfd3245 100644
--- a/fs/zipfs.py
+++ b/fs/zipfs.py
@@ -439,13 +439,13 @@ def close(self):
         if hasattr(self, "_zip"):
             self._zip.close()
 
-    def readbytes(self, path):
-        # type: (Text) -> bytes
+    def readbytes(self, path, **options):
+        # type: (Text, Any) -> bytes
         self.check()
         if not self._directory.isfile(path):
             raise errors.ResourceNotFound(path)
         zip_name = self._path_to_zip_name(path)
-        zip_bytes = self._zip.read(zip_name)
+        zip_bytes = self._zip.read(zip_name, **options)
         return zip_bytes
 
     def geturl(self, path, purpose="download"):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c32aebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[tool.black]
+py36 = false