diff --git a/modules/events.inc b/modules/events.inc
index 4ac9760..a702588 100644
--- a/modules/events.inc
+++ b/modules/events.inc
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ function rules_entity_view($entity, $type, $view_mode, $langcode) {
  */
 function rules_entity_presave($entity, $type) {
   switch ($type) {
+    case 'file':
+      rules_invoke_event('file_presave--' . $entity->type, $entity);
+      rules_invoke_event('file_presave', $entity);
+      break;
     case 'comment':
       rules_invoke_event('comment_presave--' . $entity->node_type, $entity);
       rules_invoke_event('comment_presave', $entity);
@@ -80,6 +84,10 @@ function rules_entity_presave($entity, $type) {
  */
 function rules_entity_update($entity, $type) {
   switch ($type) {
+    case 'file':
+      rules_invoke_event('file_update--' . $entity->type, $entity);
+      rules_invoke_event('file_update', $entity);
+      break;
     case 'comment':
       rules_invoke_event('comment_update--' . $entity->node_type, $entity);
       rules_invoke_event('comment_update', $entity);
@@ -104,6 +112,10 @@ function rules_entity_update($entity, $type) {
  */
 function rules_entity_insert($entity, $type) {
   switch ($type) {
+    case 'file':
+      rules_invoke_event('file_insert--' . $entity->type, $entity);
+      rules_invoke_event('file_insert', $entity);
+      break;
     case 'comment':
       rules_invoke_event('comment_insert--' . $entity->node_type, $entity);
       rules_invoke_event('comment_insert', $entity);
diff --git a/modules/file.rules.inc b/modules/file.rules.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08ea292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/file.rules.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file rules integration for the file module
+ *
+ * @addtogroup rules
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_rules_event_info() on behalf of the file module.
+ */
+function rules_file_event_info() {
+  $items = array(
+    'file_insert' => array(
+      'label' => t('After saving new file'),
+      'group' => t('File'),
+      'variables' => rules_events_file_variables(t('created file')),
+      'access callback' => 'rules_file_integration_access',
+    ),
+    'file_update' => array(
+      'label' => t('After updating existing file'),
+      'group' => t('File'),
+      'variables' => rules_events_file_variables(t('updated file'), TRUE),
+      'access callback' => 'rules_file_integration_access',
+    ),
+    'file_presave' => array(
+      'label' => t('Before saving file'),
+      'group' => t('File'),
+      'variables' => rules_events_file_variables(t('saved file'), TRUE),
+      'access callback' => 'rules_file_integration_access',
+    ),
+
+    /**
+     * @todo, add support for more file module hooks.
+     * Eligible hooks include:
+     * hook_file_copy
+     * hook_file_delete
+     * hook_file_download
+     * hook_file_download_access
+     * hook_file_download_access_alter
+     * hook_file_load
+     * hook_file_mimetype_mapping_alter
+     * hook_file_move
+     * hook_file_url_alter
+     * hook_file_validate
+     *
+     * Some of these might not work as Rules events.
+     */
+  );
+
+  return $items;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns some parameter suitable for using it with a file
+ */
+function rules_events_file_variables($file_label, $update = FALSE) {
+  $args = array(
+    'file' => array('type' => 'file', 'label' => $file_label),
+  );
+
+  if ($update) {
+    $args += array(
+      'file_unchanged' => array(
+        'type' => 'file',
+        'label' => t('unchanged file'),
+        'handler' => 'rules_events_entity_unchanged',
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+  return $args;
+}
+
+/**
+ * File integration access callback.
+ *
+ * @todo, this is modeled on rules_node_integration_access(). Not sure what it does.
+ * It does not seem to get called.
+ */
+function rules_file_integration_access($type, $name) {
+  if ($type == 'event' || $type == 'condition') {
+    return entity_access('view', 'file');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rules.rules.inc b/rules.rules.inc
index 3beb76e..936c7da 100644
--- a/rules.rules.inc
+++ b/rules.rules.inc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ foreach (rules_core_modules() as $module) {
  */
 function rules_core_modules() {
   $return = array('data', 'entity', 'node', 'system', 'user', 'rules_core');
-  foreach (array('comment', 'taxonomy', 'php', 'path') as $module) {
+  foreach (array('comment', 'taxonomy', 'php', 'path', 'file') as $module) {
     if (module_exists($module)) {
       $return[] = $module;
     }