diff --git a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileStreamFactoryTests.cs b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileStreamFactoryTests.cs
index 6744c21b8..51760aa48 100644
--- a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileStreamFactoryTests.cs
+++ b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileStreamFactoryTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using NUnit.Framework; 
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests
 {
@@ -44,6 +45,30 @@ public void MockFileStreamFactory_CreateForNonExistingFile_ShouldReturnStream(Fi
             Assert.IsNotNull(result);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        [TestCase(FileMode.Create)]
+        [TestCase(FileMode.CreateNew)]
+        public void MockFileStreamFactory_CreateForAnExistingFile_ShouldTruncateExistingFile(FileMode fileMode)
+        {
+            var fileSystem = new MockFileSystem();
+            string FilePath = XFS.Path("C:\\File.txt");
+
+            using(var stream = fileSystem.FileStream.Create(FilePath, fileMode, System.IO.FileAccess.Write))
+            {
+                var data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("1234567890");
+                stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
+            }
+
+            using(var stream = fileSystem.FileStream.Create(FilePath, fileMode, System.IO.FileAccess.Write))
+            {
+                var data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("AAAAA");
+                stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
+            }
+
+            var text = fileSystem.File.ReadAllText(FilePath);
+            Assert.AreEqual("AAAAA", text); 
+        }
+
         [Test]
         [TestCase(FileMode.Create)]
         [TestCase(FileMode.Open)]
diff --git a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFileStreamFactory.cs b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFileStreamFactory.cs
index c673f4a80..b23607b81 100644
--- a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFileStreamFactory.cs
+++ b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFileStreamFactory.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ private static MockFileStream.StreamType GetStreamType(FileMode mode, FileAccess
             {
                 return MockFileStream.StreamType.TRUNCATE;
             }
+            else if (mode == FileMode.Create)
+            {
+                return MockFileStream.StreamType.TRUNCATE;
+            }
+            else if (mode == FileMode.CreateNew)
+            {
+                return MockFileStream.StreamType.TRUNCATE;
+            }
             else
             {
                 return MockFileStream.StreamType.WRITE;