diff --git a/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml b/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
index 63a3d7ab4d..39d3dd8104 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/hal/hal.services.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ services:
     class: Drupal\hal\Normalizer\FieldNormalizer
     tags:
       - { name: normalizer, priority: 10 }
+  serializer.normalizer.file_entity.hal:
+    class: Drupal\hal\Normalizer\FileEntityNormalizer
+    tags:
+      - { name: normalizer, priority: 20 }
+    arguments: ['@entity.manager', '@hal.link_manager', '@module_handler']
   serializer.normalizer.entity.hal:
     class: Drupal\hal\Normalizer\ContentEntityNormalizer
     arguments: ['@hal.link_manager', '@entity.manager', '@module_handler']
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e45d59711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\hal\Normalizer;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
+use Drupal\file\FileInterface;
+use Drupal\hal\LinkManager\LinkManagerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Converts the Drupal entity object structure to a HAL array structure.
+ */
+class FileEntityNormalizer extends ContentEntityNormalizer {
+
+  /**
+   * The interface or class that this Normalizer supports.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $supportedInterfaceOrClass = FileInterface::class;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a FileEntityNormalizer object.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager
+   *   The entity manager.
+   * @param \Drupal\hal\LinkManager\LinkManagerInterface $link_manager
+   *   The hypermedia link manager.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler
+   *   The module handler.
+   */
+  public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager, LinkManagerInterface $link_manager, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler) {
+    parent::__construct($link_manager, $entity_manager, $module_handler);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function normalize($entity, $format = NULL, array $context = []) {
+    $data = parent::normalize($entity, $format, $context);
+    // Replace the file url with a full url for the file.
+    $data['uri'][0]['value'] = $this->getEntityUri($entity);
+
+    return $data;
+  }
+
+}