diff --git a/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py b/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py
index 48242e8a4a1..c2f19b5ce7a 100644
--- a/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py
+++ b/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from typing import List, Optional, Type, TypeVar, Union
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
+import fsspec
 import huggingface_hub
 import requests
 from huggingface_hub import HfFolder
@@ -327,6 +328,28 @@ def _request_with_retry(
     return response
 
 
+def fsspec_head(url, timeout=10.0):
+    _raise_if_offline_mode_is_enabled(f"Tried to reach {url}")
+    fs, _, paths = fsspec.get_fs_token_paths(url, storage_options={"requests_timeout": timeout})
+    if len(paths) > 1:
+        raise ValueError(f"HEAD can be called with at most one path but was called with {paths}")
+    return fs.info(paths[0])
+
+
+def fsspec_get(url, temp_file, timeout=10.0, desc=None):
+    _raise_if_offline_mode_is_enabled(f"Tried to reach {url}")
+    fs, _, paths = fsspec.get_fs_token_paths(url, storage_options={"requests_timeout": timeout})
+    if len(paths) > 1:
+        raise ValueError(f"GET can be called with at most one path but was called with {paths}")
+    callback = fsspec.callbacks.TqdmCallback(
+        tqdm_kwargs={
+            "desc": desc or "Downloading",
+            "disable": not logging.is_progress_bar_enabled(),
+        }
+    )
+    fs.get_file(paths[0], temp_file.name, callback=callback)
+
+
 def ftp_head(url, timeout=10.0):
     _raise_if_offline_mode_is_enabled(f"Tried to reach {url}")
     try:
@@ -400,6 +423,8 @@ def http_head(
 
 
 def request_etag(url: str, use_auth_token: Optional[Union[str, bool]] = None) -> Optional[str]:
+    if urlparse(url).scheme not in ("http", "https"):
+        return None
     headers = get_authentication_headers_for_url(url, use_auth_token=use_auth_token)
     response = http_head(url, headers=headers, max_retries=3)
     response.raise_for_status()
@@ -453,6 +478,7 @@ def get_from_cache(
     cookies = None
     etag = None
     head_error = None
+    scheme = None
 
     # Try a first time to file the file on the local file system without eTag (None)
     # if we don't ask for 'force_download' then we spare a request
@@ -469,8 +495,14 @@ def get_from_cache(
 
     # We don't have the file locally or we need an eTag
     if not local_files_only:
-        if url.startswith("ftp://"):
+        scheme = urlparse(url).scheme
+        if scheme == "ftp":
             connected = ftp_head(url)
+        elif scheme not in ("http", "https"):
+            response = fsspec_head(url)
+            # s3fs uses "ETag", gcsfs uses "etag"
+            etag = (response.get("ETag", None) or response.get("etag", None)) if use_etag else None
+            connected = True
         try:
             response = http_head(
                 url,
@@ -569,8 +601,10 @@ def _resumable_file_manager():
             logger.info(f"{url} not found in cache or force_download set to True, downloading to {temp_file.name}")
 
             # GET file object
-            if url.startswith("ftp://"):
+            if scheme == "ftp":
                 ftp_get(url, temp_file)
+            elif scheme not in ("http", "https"):
+                fsspec_get(url, temp_file, desc=download_desc)
             else:
                 http_get(
                     url,
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/fsspec.py b/tests/fixtures/fsspec.py
index be49dd0bdeb..8aaa181a77e 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/fsspec.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/fsspec.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import posixpath
 from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import fsspec
 import pytest
@@ -73,10 +74,27 @@ def _strip_protocol(cls, path):
         return path
 
 
+class TmpDirFileSystem(MockFileSystem):
+    protocol = "tmp"
+    tmp_dir = None
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        assert self.tmp_dir is not None, "TmpDirFileSystem.tmp_dir is not set"
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs, local_root_dir=self.tmp_dir, auto_mkdir=True)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _strip_protocol(cls, path):
+        path = stringify_path(path)
+        if path.startswith("tmp://"):
+            path = path[6:]
+        return path
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_fsspec():
     original_registry = fsspec.registry.copy()
     fsspec.register_implementation("mock", MockFileSystem)
+    fsspec.register_implementation("tmp", TmpDirFileSystem)
     yield
     fsspec.registry = original_registry
 
@@ -85,3 +103,10 @@ def mock_fsspec():
 def mockfs(tmp_path_factory, mock_fsspec):
     local_fs_dir = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("mockfs")
     return MockFileSystem(local_root_dir=local_fs_dir, auto_mkdir=True)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tmpfs(tmp_path_factory, mock_fsspec):
+    tmp_fs_dir = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("tmpfs")
+    with patch.object(TmpDirFileSystem, "tmp_dir", tmp_fs_dir):
+        yield TmpDirFileSystem()
diff --git a/tests/test_file_utils.py b/tests/test_file_utils.py
index 04b37e5eb40..a6175c3dd17 100644
--- a/tests/test_file_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_file_utils.py
@@ -6,23 +6,42 @@
 import zstandard as zstd
 
 from datasets.download.download_config import DownloadConfig
-from datasets.utils.file_utils import OfflineModeIsEnabled, cached_path, ftp_get, ftp_head, http_get, http_head
+from datasets.utils.file_utils import (
+    OfflineModeIsEnabled,
+    cached_path,
+    fsspec_get,
+    fsspec_head,
+    ftp_get,
+    ftp_head,
+    get_from_cache,
+    http_get,
+    http_head,
+)
 
 
 FILE_CONTENT = """\
     Text data.
     Second line of data."""
 
+FILE_PATH = "file"
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def zstd_path(tmp_path_factory):
-    path = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("data") / "file.zstd"
+    path = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("data") / (FILE_PATH + ".zstd")
     data = bytes(FILE_CONTENT, "utf-8")
     with zstd.open(path, "wb") as f:
         f.write(data)
     return path
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def tmpfs_file(tmpfs):
+    with open(os.path.join(tmpfs.local_root_dir, FILE_PATH), "w") as f:
+        f.write(FILE_CONTENT)
+    return FILE_PATH
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("compression_format", ["gzip", "xz", "zstd"])
 def test_cached_path_extract(compression_format, gz_file, xz_file, zstd_path, tmp_path, text_file):
     input_paths = {"gzip": gz_file, "xz": xz_file, "zstd": zstd_path}
@@ -80,6 +99,13 @@ def test_cached_path_missing_local(tmp_path):
         cached_path(missing_file)
 
 
+def test_get_from_cache_fsspec(tmpfs_file):
+    output_path = get_from_cache(f"tmp://{tmpfs_file}")
+    with open(output_path) as f:
+        output_file_content = f.read()
+    assert output_file_content == FILE_CONTENT
+
+
 @patch("datasets.config.HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE", True)
 def test_cached_path_offline():
     with pytest.raises(OfflineModeIsEnabled):
@@ -102,3 +128,12 @@ def test_ftp_offline(tmp_path_factory):
         ftp_get("ftp://huggingface.co", temp_file=filename)
     with pytest.raises(OfflineModeIsEnabled):
         ftp_head("ftp://huggingface.co")
+
+
+@patch("datasets.config.HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE", True)
+def test_fsspec_offline(tmp_path_factory):
+    filename = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("data") / "file.html"
+    with pytest.raises(OfflineModeIsEnabled):
+        fsspec_get("s3://huggingface.co", temp_file=filename)
+    with pytest.raises(OfflineModeIsEnabled):
+        fsspec_head("s3://huggingface.co")