diff --git a/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml b/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
index de56653..cda7e84 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ services:
     class: Drupal\hal\Normalizer\FileFieldItemNormalizer
     tags:
       - { name: normalizer, priority: 10 }
+    calls:
+      - [setLinkManager, ['@rest.link_manager']]
   serializer.normalizer.entity_reference_item.hal:
     class: Drupal\hal\Normalizer\EntityReferenceItemNormalizer
     tags:
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FileFieldItemNormalizer.php b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FileFieldItemNormalizer.php
index 6a0453a..21becd1 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FileFieldItemNormalizer.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FileFieldItemNormalizer.php
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ class FileFieldItemNormalizer extends NormalizerBase {
    * Implements \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface::normalize()
    */
   public function normalize($field_item, $format = NULL, array $context = array()) {
+    $uri = $field_item->get('entity')->getValue()->getFileUri();
+    $uri = file_create_url($uri);
+
     $values = $field_item->getPropertyValues();
+    $values['uri'] = $uri;
     return $values;
   }