diff --git a/fsspec/.DS_Store b/fsspec/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8771af717
Binary files /dev/null and b/fsspec/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/fsspec/spec.py b/fsspec/spec.py
index fe33c3616..82e62a790 100644
--- a/fsspec/spec.py
+++ b/fsspec/spec.py
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ def cat_file(self, path, start=None, end=None, **kwargs):
 
     def pipe_file(self, path, value, **kwargs):
         """Set the bytes of given file"""
-        with self.open(path, "wb") as f:
+        with self.open(path, "wb", **kwargs) as f:
             f.write(value)
 
     def pipe(self, path, value=None, **kwargs):