diff --git a/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml b/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
index 7f3e405..cda7e84 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 services:
+  serializer.normalizer.file_field_item.hal:
+    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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e663a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FileFieldItemNormalizer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\hal\Normalizer\FileFieldItemNormalizer.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\hal\Normalizer;
+
+use Drupal\file\Plugin\Field\FieldType\FileItem;
+
+/**
+ * Adds the file URI to embedded file entities.
+ */
+class FileFieldItemNormalizer extends NormalizerBase {
+
+  /**
+   * The formats that the Normalizer can handle.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $formats = array('json', 'xml');
+
+  /**
+   * The interface or class that this Normalizer supports.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $supportedInterfaceOrClass = 'Drupal\file\Plugin\Field\FieldType\FileItem';
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface::normalize()
+   *
+   * Adds the URL of the entity and its content.
+   */
+  public function normalize($field_item, $format = NULL, array $context = array()) {
+    $entity = $field_item->get('entity')->getValue();
+    $content = file_create_url($entity->getFileUri());
+    $uri_info = $entity->uri();
+    $uri = url($uri_info['path'], array('absolute' => TRUE));
+
+    $values = $field_item->getPropertyValues();
+    if (isset($context['langcode'])) {
+      $values['lang'] = $context['langcode'];
+    }
+    $values['uri'] = $uri;
+    $values['content'] = $content;
+    return $values;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface::denormalize()
+   */
+  public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = NULL, array $context = array()) {
+  }
+
+}