diff --git a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockDirectoryTests.cs b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockDirectoryTests.cs
index 72cf08c7e..7b3372b63 100644
--- a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockDirectoryTests.cs
+++ b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockDirectoryTests.cs
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ public void Move_DirectoryExistsWithDifferentCase_DirectorySuccessfullyMoved()
         }
 
         [TestCaseSource("GetPathsForMoving")]
-        public void MockDirectory_Move_ShouldMove(string sourceDirName, string destDirName, string filePathOne, string filePathTwo)
+        public void MockDirectory_Move_ShouldMoveDirectories(string sourceDirName, string destDirName, string filePathOne, string filePathTwo)
         {
             // Arrange
             var fileSystem = new MockFileSystem(new Dictionary<string, MockFileData>
@@ -1182,6 +1182,26 @@ public void MockDirectory_Move_ShouldMove(string sourceDirName, string destDirNa
             Assert.IsTrue(fileSystem.File.Exists(XFS.Path(destDirName + filePathTwo)));
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void MockDirectory_Move_ShouldMoveFiles()
+        {
+            string sourceFilePath = XFS.Path(@"c:\demo.txt");
+            string sourceFileContent = "this is some content";
+            
+            var fileSystem = new MockFileSystem(new Dictionary<string, MockFileData>
+            {
+                { sourceFilePath, new MockFileData(sourceFileContent) }
+            });
+
+            string destFilePath = XFS.Path(@"c:\demo1.txt");
+
+            fileSystem.Directory.Move(sourceFilePath, destFilePath);
+
+            Assert.That(fileSystem.FileExists(destFilePath), Is.True);
+            Assert.That(fileSystem.FileExists(sourceFilePath), Is.False);
+            Assert.That(fileSystem.GetFile(destFilePath).TextContents, Is.EqualTo(sourceFileContent));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void MockDirectory_Move_ShouldMoveDirectoryAtrributes()
         {
diff --git a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockDirectory.cs b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockDirectory.cs
index 280d88948..cd3b2519b 100644
--- a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockDirectory.cs
+++ b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockDirectory.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public override void Delete(string path, bool recursive)
 
             var stringOps = mockFileDataAccessor.StringOperations;
             var pathWithDirectorySeparatorChar = $"{path}{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}";
-            
+
             var affectedPaths = mockFileDataAccessor
                 .AllPaths
                 .Where(p => stringOps.Equals(p, path) || stringOps.StartsWith(p, pathWithDirectorySeparatorChar))
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ public override void Delete(string path, bool recursive)
             {
                 throw new DirectoryNotFoundException(path + " does not exist or could not be found.");
             }
-            
+
             if (!recursive && affectedPaths.Count > 1)
             {
                 throw new IOException("The directory specified by " + path + " is read-only, or recursive is false and " + path + " is not an empty directory.");
             }
-            
+
             foreach (var affectedPath in affectedPaths)
             {
                 mockFileDataAccessor.RemoveFile(affectedPath);
@@ -378,6 +378,14 @@ public override void Move(string sourceDirName, string destDirName)
                 throw new IOException("Source and destination path must be different.");
             }
 
+            //if we're moving a file, not a directory, call the appropriate file moving function.
+            var fileData = mockFileDataAccessor.GetFile(fullSourcePath);
+            if (fileData?.Attributes.HasFlag(FileAttributes.Directory) == false)
+            {
+                mockFileDataAccessor.File.Move(fullSourcePath, fullDestPath);
+                return;
+            }
+
             var sourceRoot = mockFileDataAccessor.Path.GetPathRoot(fullSourcePath);
             var destinationRoot = mockFileDataAccessor.Path.GetPathRoot(fullDestPath);