diff --git a/pocketbase/client.py b/pocketbase/client.py
index 3cf3347..c0c24f1 100644
--- a/pocketbase/client.py
+++ b/pocketbase/client.py
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
+from pocketbase.services.admins import Admins
+from pocketbase.stores.base_auth_store import BaseAuthStore
+from pocketbase.services.settings import Settings
+from pocketbase.services.users import Users
+from pocketbase.services.records import Records
+from pocketbase.services.realtime import Realtime
+from pocketbase.services.logs import Logs
+from pocketbase.services.collections import Collections
+from pocketbase.models import FileUpload
 
 from typing import Any
 
 import httpx
 
-from pocketbase.services.admins import Admins
-from pocketbase.services.collections import Collections
-from pocketbase.services.logs import Logs
-from pocketbase.services.realtime import Realtime
-from pocketbase.services.records import Records
-from pocketbase.services.users import Users
-from pocketbase.services.settings import Settings
-from pocketbase.stores.base_auth_store import BaseAuthStore
-
 
 class ClientResponseError(Exception):
     url: str = ""
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ class Client:
         params = config.get("params", None)
         headers = config.get("headers", None)
         body = config.get("body", None)
+        # handle requests including files as multipart:
+        data = {}
+        files = ()
+        for k, v in (body if isinstance(body, dict) else {}).items():
+            if isinstance(v, FileUpload):
+                files += v.get(k)
+            else:
+                data[k] = v
+        if len(files) > 0:
+            # discard body, switch to multipart encoding
+            body = None
+        else:
+            # discard files+data (do not use multipart encoding)
+            files = None
+            data = None
         try:
             response = httpx.request(
                 method=method,
@@ -89,6 +104,8 @@ class Client:
                 params=params,
                 headers=headers,
                 json=body,
+                data=data,
+                files=files,
                 timeout=120,
             )
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/pocketbase/models/__init__.py b/pocketbase/models/__init__.py
index f3795e9..e647289 100644
--- a/pocketbase/models/__init__.py
+++ b/pocketbase/models/__init__.py
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ from .external_auth import ExternalAuth
 from .log_request import LogRequest
 from .record import Record
 from .user import User
+from .file_upload import FileUpload
diff --git a/pocketbase/models/file_upload.py b/pocketbase/models/file_upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e5eda7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pocketbase/models/file_upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from httpx._types import FileTypes
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+FileUploadTypes = Union[FileTypes, Sequence[FileTypes]]
+
+
+class FileUpload:
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        self.files: FileUploadTypes = args
+
+    def get(self, key: str):
+        if isinstance(self.files[0], Sequence):
+            return tuple((key, i) for i in self.files)
+        return ((key, self.files),)