diff --git a/core/modules/file/file.link_relation_types.yml b/core/modules/file/file.link_relation_types.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3c9c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/file/file.link_relation_types.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+download:
+  uri: https://drupal.org/link-relations/download
+  description: A URL where the file can be downloaded direclty.
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php b/core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php
index cd7a658..644b035 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition;
+use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\file\FileInterface;
 use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
 
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@
  *     "label" = "filename",
  *     "langcode" = "langcode",
  *     "uuid" = "uuid"
+ *   },
+ *   links = {
+ *     "download" = "/fake-pattern"
  *   }
  * )
  */
@@ -47,6 +51,19 @@ public function getFilename() {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
+  public function toUrl($rel = 'canonical', array $options = []) {
+    if ($rel === 'download') {
+      $file_url = file_create_url($this->getFileUri());
+      $relative = file_url_transform_relative($file_url);
+      $base = 'base:' . str_replace(base_path(), '', $relative);
+      return Url::fromUri($base);
+    }
+    return parent::toUrl($rel, $options);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function setFilename($filename) {
     $this->get('filename')->value = $filename;
   }