diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 811ce3c22922..5214f6e73cdf 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
         "league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3": "Required to use the Flysystem S3 driver (~1.0).",
         "league/flysystem-rackspace": "Required to use the Flysystem Rackspace driver (~1.0).",
         "league/flysystem-cached-adapter": "Required to use Flysystem caching (~1.0).",
+        "league/flysystem-sftp": "Required to use the Flysystem SFTP driver (~1.0).",
         "nexmo/client": "Required to use the Nexmo transport (~1.0).",
         "pda/pheanstalk": "Required to use the beanstalk queue driver (~3.0).",
         "predis/predis": "Required to use the redis cache and queue drivers (~1.0).",
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemManager.php b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemManager.php
index 04c1bac53a30..9505a3a3884e 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemManager.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemManager.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use League\Flysystem\AdapterInterface;
+use League\Flysystem\Sftp\SftpAdapter;
 use League\Flysystem\FilesystemInterface;
 use League\Flysystem\Cached\CachedAdapter;
 use League\Flysystem\Filesystem as Flysystem;
@@ -176,6 +177,19 @@ public function createFtpDriver(array $config)
         ));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of the sftp driver.
+     *
+     * @param  array  $config
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\Filesystem
+     */
+    public function createSftpDriver(array $config)
+    {
+        return $this->adapt($this->createFlysystem(
+            new SftpAdapter($config), $config
+        ));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create an instance of the Amazon S3 driver.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/composer.json b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/composer.json
index f9e205f4ab73..fa1ad3ea52f0 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/composer.json
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/composer.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
     "suggest": {
         "league/flysystem": "Required to use the Flysystem local and FTP drivers (~1.0).",
         "league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3": "Required to use the Flysystem S3 driver (~1.0).",
-        "league/flysystem-rackspace": "Required to use the Flysystem Rackspace driver (~1.0)."
+        "league/flysystem-rackspace": "Required to use the Flysystem Rackspace driver (~1.0).",
+        "league/flysystem-sftp": "Required to use the Flysystem SFTP driver (~1.0)."
     },
     "config": {
         "sort-packages": true