diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php b/core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php
index b8c130728c..ab66e2ad09 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Entity/File.php
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ public static function baseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
       ->setSetting('case_sensitive', TRUE)
       ->addConstraint('FileUriUnique');
 
+    $fields['url'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('file_url')
+      ->setLabel(t('File URL'))
+      ->setDescription(t('The URL to access the file.'))
+      ->setComputed(TRUE);
+
     $fields['filemime'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('string')
       ->setLabel(t('File MIME type'))
       ->setSetting('is_ascii', TRUE)
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/FileUrl.php b/core/modules/file/src/FileUrl.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c79ab4bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/FileUrl.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\file\FileUrl.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\file;
+
+use Drupal\Core\TypedData\TypedData;
+
+/**
+ * FIle Url computed property class.
+ */
+class FileUrl extends TypedData {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getValue() {
+    $entity = $this->getParent()->getEntity();
+    $uri = $entity->uri->value;
+    return file_create_url($uri);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileUrlItem.php b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileUrlItem.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32f79455dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileUrlItem.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\file\Plugin\Field\FieldType\FileUrlItem.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\file\Plugin\Field\FieldType;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\TypedData\DataDefinition;
+use Drupal\file\FileUrl;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a 'file_url' field for file entities.
+ *
+ * @FieldType(
+ *   id = "file_url",
+ *   label = @Translation("File URL"),
+ *   description = @Translation("An entity field containing the file URL."),
+ *   no_ui = TRUE,
+ *   default_formatter = "uri_link",
+ *   default_widget = "uri",
+ * )
+ */
+class FileUrlItem extends FieldItemBase  {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function propertyDefinitions(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+    $properties['value'] = DataDefinition::create('string')
+      ->setLabel(t('File URL value'))
+      ->setComputed(TRUE)
+      ->setClass(FileUrl::class);
+
+    return $properties;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function schema(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+}