diff --git a/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml b/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
index 4e89841..21225dc 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 services:
+  serializer.normalizer.entity_reference_item_file.hal:
+    class: Drupal\hal\Normalizer\EntityReferenceItemFileNormalizer
+    arguments: ['@rest.link_manager', '@serializer.entity_resolver']
+    tags:
+      - { name: normalizer, priority: 20 }
   serializer.normalizer.entity_reference_item.hal:
     class: Drupal\hal\Normalizer\EntityReferenceItemNormalizer
     arguments: ['@rest.link_manager', '@serializer.entity_resolver']
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/EntityReferenceItemFileNormalizer.php b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/EntityReferenceItemFileNormalizer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89c37c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/EntityReferenceItemFileNormalizer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\hal\Normalizer\EntityReferenceItemFileNormalizer.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\hal\Normalizer;
+
+use Drupal\hal\Normalizer\EntityReferenceItemNormalizer;
+use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Converts the Drupal entity reference file item object to HAL array structure.
+ */
+class EntityReferenceItemFileNormalizer extends EntityReferenceItemNormalizer {
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\hal\Normalizer\EntityReferenceItemNormalizer::constructValue().
+   */
+  protected function constructValue($data, $context) {
+    if (!empty($data['filename']) && !empty($data['value'])) {
+      // Create the file entity and add it as a reference to the parent entity.
+      $file = base64_decode($data['value']);
+      // Transliterate the filename.
+      $filename = $data['filename'];
+      $transliteration_service = \Drupal::transliteration();
+      $filename = $transliteration_service->transliterate($filename, LanguageInterface::LANGCODE_DEFAULT, '_');
+
+      // Build the file scheme to save the file.
+      $settings = $context['target_instance']->getFieldDefinition()->getSettings();
+      $file_scheme = $settings['uri_scheme'] . '://' . $settings['file_directory'];
+
+      // Save the file.
+      if (file_prepare_directory($file_scheme, FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY)) {
+        $file = file_save_data($file, $file_scheme . '/' . $filename);
+        if (!empty($file)) {
+          return array('target_id' => $file->id(), 'display' => (int) $settings['display_field']);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+}