diff --git a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/FileAccessController.php b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/FileAccessController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..178b8bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/FileAccessController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\rest\FileAccessController
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\rest;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityAccessController;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Access controller for the file entity.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\file\Entity\File.
+ */
+class FileAccessController extends EntityAccessController {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function checkAccess(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, $langcode, AccountInterface $account) {
+    if ($operation == 'view') {
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+    else {
+      return parent::checkAccess($entity, $operation, $langcode, $account);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/rest.module b/core/modules/rest/rest.module
index 086961a..5e2cf86 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/rest.module
+++ b/core/modules/rest/rest.module
@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@ function rest_help($path, $arg) {
       return $output;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_entity_info_alter().
+ */
+function rest_entity_info_alter(&$entity_info) {
+  $entity_info['file']['controllers']['access'] = 'Drupal\rest\FileAccessController';
+}