diff --git a/FS.common.js b/FS.common.js
index 8ba0b275..7d59bec9 100755
--- a/FS.common.js
+++ b/FS.common.js
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ var RNFS = {
   CachesDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.RNFSCachesDirectoryPath,
   ExternalCachesDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.RNFSExternalCachesDirectoryPath,
   DocumentDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.RNFSDocumentDirectoryPath,
+  DownloadDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.RNFSDownloadDirectoryPath,
   ExternalDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.RNFSExternalDirectoryPath,
   ExternalStorageDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.RNFSExternalStorageDirectoryPath,
   TemporaryDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.RNFSTemporaryDirectoryPath,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 132b9907..df102239 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ The following constants are available on the `RNFS` export:
 - `CachesDirectoryPath` (`String`) The absolute path to the caches directory
 - `ExternalCachesDirectoryPath` (`String`) The absolute path to the external caches directory (android only)
 - `DocumentDirectoryPath`  (`String`) The absolute path to the document directory
+- `DownloadDirectoryPath` (`String`) The absolute path to the download directory (on android only)
 - `TemporaryDirectoryPath` (`String`) The absolute path to the temporary directory (falls back to Caching-Directory on Android)
 - `LibraryDirectoryPath` (`String`) The absolute path to the NSLibraryDirectory (iOS only)
 - `ExternalDirectoryPath` (`String`) The absolute path to the external files, shared directory (android only)
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
index 1fd3fd20..7aab307a 100755
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class RNFSManager extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
   private static final String RNFSExternalDirectoryPath = "RNFSExternalDirectoryPath";
   private static final String RNFSExternalStorageDirectoryPath = "RNFSExternalStorageDirectoryPath";
   private static final String RNFSPicturesDirectoryPath = "RNFSPicturesDirectoryPath";
+  private static final String RNFSDownloadDirectoryPath = "RNFSDownloadDirectoryPath";
   private static final String RNFSTemporaryDirectoryPath = "RNFSTemporaryDirectoryPath";
   private static final String RNFSCachesDirectoryPath = "RNFSCachesDirectoryPath";
   private static final String RNFSExternalCachesDirectoryPath = "RNFSExternalCachesDirectoryPath";
@@ -979,6 +980,7 @@ public Map<String, Object> getConstants() {
     constants.put(RNFSTemporaryDirectoryPath, this.getReactApplicationContext().getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath());
     constants.put(RNFSPicturesDirectoryPath, Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES).getAbsolutePath());
     constants.put(RNFSCachesDirectoryPath, this.getReactApplicationContext().getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath());
+    constants.put(RNFSDownloadDirectoryPath, Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).getAbsolutePath());
     constants.put(RNFSFileTypeRegular, 0);
     constants.put(RNFSFileTypeDirectory, 1);
 
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 508b1502..1e8d99b4 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ export function touch(
 export const MainBundlePath: string
 export const CachesDirectoryPath: string
 export const ExternalCachesDirectoryPath: string
+export const DownloadDirectoryPath: string
 export const DocumentDirectoryPath: string
 export const ExternalDirectoryPath: string
 export const ExternalStorageDirectoryPath: string