diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1687f3b66..739c71db6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1169,6 +1169,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "instant",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "file-store"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "nelson",
+ "tempfile",
+ "thiserror",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "filetime"
 version = "0.2.17"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e4325adce..49122460d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ members = [
     "meilisearch-lib",
     "meilisearch-auth",
     "index-scheduler",
+    "file-store",
     "permissive-json-pointer",
 ]
 
diff --git a/file-store/Cargo.toml b/file-store/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bba339cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file-store/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "file-store"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+uuid = { version = "1.1.2", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+tempfile = "3.3.0"
+thiserror = "1.0.30"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+nelson = { git = "https://github.com/meilisearch/nelson.git", rev = "675f13885548fb415ead8fbb447e9e6d9314000a"}
diff --git a/file-store/src/lib.rs b/file-store/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d27914f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file-store/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+#[cfg(not(test))]
+pub use store::UpdateFileStore;
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub use test::MockUpdateFileStore as UpdateFileStore;
+
+const UPDATE_FILES_PATH: &str = "updates/updates_files";
+
+pub struct UpdateFile {
+    path: PathBuf,
+    file: NamedTempFile,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum UpdateFileStoreError {
+    #[error("Error while persisting update to disk")]
+    Error,
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    PersistError(#[from] tempfile::PersistError),
+}
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, UpdateFileStoreError>;
+
+impl UpdateFile {
+    pub fn persist(self) -> Result<()> {
+        self.file.persist(&self.path)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deref for UpdateFile {
+    type Target = NamedTempFile;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.file
+    }
+}
+
+impl DerefMut for UpdateFile {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+        &mut self.file
+    }
+}
+
+mod store {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+    pub struct UpdateFileStore {
+        path: PathBuf,
+    }
+
+    impl UpdateFileStore {
+        pub fn new(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self> {
+            let path = path.as_ref().join(UPDATE_FILES_PATH);
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&path)?;
+            Ok(Self { path })
+        }
+
+        /// Creates a new temporary update file.
+        /// A call to `persist` is needed to persist the file in the database.
+        pub fn new_update(&self) -> Result<(Uuid, UpdateFile)> {
+            let file = NamedTempFile::new_in(&self.path)?;
+            let uuid = Uuid::new_v4();
+            let path = self.path.join(uuid.to_string());
+            let update_file = UpdateFile { file, path };
+
+            Ok((uuid, update_file))
+        }
+
+        /// Returns the file corresponding to the requested uuid.
+        pub fn get_update(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<File> {
+            let path = self.path.join(uuid.to_string());
+            let file = File::open(path)?;
+            Ok(file)
+        }
+
+        /// Copies the content of the update file pointed to by `uuid` to the `dst` directory.
+        pub fn snapshot(&self, uuid: Uuid, dst: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
+            let src = self.path.join(uuid.to_string());
+            let mut dst = dst.as_ref().join(UPDATE_FILES_PATH);
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&dst)?;
+            dst.push(uuid.to_string());
+            std::fs::copy(src, dst)?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        pub fn get_size(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<u64> {
+            Ok(self.get_update(uuid)?.metadata()?.len())
+        }
+
+        pub fn delete(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<()> {
+            let path = self.path.join(uuid.to_string());
+            std::fs::remove_file(path)?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    use nelson::Mocker;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    pub enum MockUpdateFileStore {
+        Real(store::UpdateFileStore),
+        Mock(Arc<Mocker>),
+    }
+
+    impl MockUpdateFileStore {
+        pub fn mock(mocker: Mocker) -> Self {
+            Self::Mock(Arc::new(mocker))
+        }
+
+        pub fn new(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self> {
+            store::UpdateFileStore::new(path).map(Self::Real)
+        }
+
+        pub fn new_update(&self) -> Result<(Uuid, UpdateFile)> {
+            match self {
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Real(s) => s.new_update(),
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Mock(_) => todo!(),
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn get_update(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<File> {
+            match self {
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Real(s) => s.get_update(uuid),
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Mock(_) => todo!(),
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn snapshot(&self, uuid: Uuid, dst: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
+            match self {
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Real(s) => s.snapshot(uuid, dst),
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Mock(_) => todo!(),
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn get_size(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<u64> {
+            match self {
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Real(s) => s.get_size(uuid),
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Mock(_) => todo!(),
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn delete(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<()> {
+            match self {
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Real(s) => s.delete(uuid),
+                MockUpdateFileStore::Mock(mocker) => unsafe { mocker.get("delete").call(uuid) },
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}