diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fe0318..56165b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,20 @@ the SFTP protocol using [asyncssh](https://github.com/ronf/asyncssh).
 
 ## Tutorial
 
-Install the `sshfs` from PyPI or the conda-forge, and import it;
+Install the `sshfs` from PyPI or the conda-forge. This will install `fsspec`
+and register `sshfs` for `ssh://` urls, so you can open files using:
+
+```py
+from fsspec import open
+
+with open('ssh://[user@]host[:port]/path/to/file', "w") as file:
+    file.write("Hello World!")
+
+with open('ssh://[user@]host[:port]/path/to/file', "r") as file:
+    print(file.read())
+```
+
+For more operations, you can use the `SSHFileSystem` class directly:
 
 ```py
 from sshfs import SSHFileSystem
@@ -43,6 +56,8 @@ fs = SSHFileSystem(
 )
 ```
 
+Note: you can also pass `client_keys` as an argument to `fsspec.open`.
+
 All operations and their descriptions are specified [here](https://filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem).
 Here are a few example calls you can make, starting with `info()` which allows you to retrieve the metadata about given path;
 
@@ -61,7 +76,7 @@ You can also create new files through either putting a local file with `put_file
 ```py
 >>> with fs.open('/tmp/message.dat', 'wb') as stream:
 ...     stream.write(b'super secret messsage!')
-... 
+...
 ```
 
 And either download it through `get_file` or simply read it on the fly with opening it;
@@ -69,7 +84,7 @@ And either download it through `get_file` or simply read it on the fly with open
 ```py
 >>> with fs.open('/tmp/message.dat') as stream:
 ...     print(stream.read())
-... 
+...
 b'super secret messsage!'
 ```
 
@@ -80,10 +95,10 @@ There are also a lot of other basic filesystem operations, such as `mkdir`, `tou
 >>> fs.mkdir('/tmp/dir/eggs')
 >>> fs.touch('/tmp/dir/spam')
 >>> fs.touch('/tmp/dir/eggs/quux')
->>> 
+>>>
 >>> for file in fs.find('/tmp/dir'):
 ...     print(file)
-... 
+...
 /tmp/dir/eggs/quux
 /tmp/dir/spam
 ```
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6999eff..8428235 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ libnacl = asyncssh[libnacl]
 pkcs11 = asyncssh[python-pkcs11]
 pyopenssl = asyncssh[pyOpenSSL]
 pywin32 = asyncssh[pywin32]
+
+[options.entry_points]
+fsspec.specs =
+    ssh = sshfs.spec:SSHFileSystem
diff --git a/sshfs/spec.py b/sshfs/spec.py
index fc35e4c..954c7bd 100644
--- a/sshfs/spec.py
+++ b/sshfs/spec.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import asyncssh
 from asyncssh.sftp import SFTPOpUnsupported
 from fsspec.asyn import AsyncFileSystem, async_methods, sync, sync_wrapper
+from fsspec.utils import infer_storage_options
 
 from sshfs.file import SSHFile
 from sshfs.pools import SFTPSoftChannelPool
@@ -73,6 +74,19 @@ def __init__(
             self, sync, self.loop, self._finalize, self._pool, self._stack
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _strip_protocol(cls, path):
+        # Remove components such as host and username from path.
+        inferred_path = infer_storage_options(path)["path"]
+        return super()._strip_protocol(inferred_path)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_kwargs_from_urls(urlpath):
+        out = infer_storage_options(urlpath)
+        out.pop("path", None)
+        out.pop("protocol", None)
+        return out
+
     @wrap_exceptions
     async def _connect(
         self, host, pool_type, max_sftp_channels, **client_args
diff --git a/tests/test_sshfs.py b/tests/test_sshfs.py
index 06d009b..051a619 100644
--- a/tests/test_sshfs.py
+++ b/tests/test_sshfs.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import fsspec
 import pytest
 from asyncssh.sftp import SFTPFailure
 
@@ -71,6 +72,31 @@ def strip_keys(info):
         info.pop(key, None)
 
 
+def test_fsspec_registration(ssh_server):
+    fs = fsspec.filesystem(
+        "ssh",
+        host=ssh_server.host,
+        port=ssh_server.port,
+        username="user",
+        client_keys=[USERS["user"]],
+    )
+    assert isinstance(fs, SSHFileSystem)
+
+
+def test_fsspec_url_parsing(ssh_server, remote_dir, user="user"):
+    url = f"ssh://{user}@{ssh_server.host}:{ssh_server.port}/{remote_dir}/file"
+    with fsspec.open(url, "w", client_keys=[USERS[user]]) as file:
+        # Check the underlying file system.
+        file_fs = file.buffer.fs
+        assert isinstance(file_fs, SSHFileSystem)
+        assert file_fs.storage_options == {
+            "host": ssh_server.host,
+            "port": ssh_server.port,
+            "username": user,
+            "client_keys": [USERS[user]],
+        }
+
+
 def test_info(fs, remote_dir):
     fs.touch(remote_dir + "/a.txt")
     details = fs.info(remote_dir + "/a.txt")