diff --git a/lib/lita/adapters/slack/api.rb b/lib/lita/adapters/slack/api.rb
index 3e90fa0..f1148b4 100644
--- a/lib/lita/adapters/slack/api.rb
+++ b/lib/lita/adapters/slack/api.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ def send_messages(channel_id, messages)
           )
         end
 
+        def send_file_content(content, filename, filetype = "text", title = nil,
+          initial_comment = nil, channels = nil)
+
+          call_api(
+            "files.upload",
+            content: content,
+            filetype: filetype,
+            filename: filename,
+            title: title,
+            initial_comment: initial_comment,
+            channels: channels
+          )
+        end
+
         def set_topic(channel, topic)
           call_api("channels.setTopic", channel: channel, topic: topic)
         end
diff --git a/lib/lita/adapters/slack/chat_service.rb b/lib/lita/adapters/slack/chat_service.rb
index 317997b..8358f1d 100644
--- a/lib/lita/adapters/slack/chat_service.rb
+++ b/lib/lita/adapters/slack/chat_service.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ def send_attachments(target, attachments)
           api.send_attachments(target, Array(attachments))
         end
         alias_method :send_attachment, :send_attachments
+
+        # @param content [String] File contents.
+        # @param filename [String] File name.
+        # @param filetype [String] Slack file type. Default "text".
+        # @param title [String] File title. Default nil.
+        # @param initial_comment [String] Initial comment for file. Default nil.
+        # @param channels [String] Comma-separated list of channel ids. Default nil.
+        # @return [void]
+        def send_file_content(content, filename, filetype = "text", title = nil,
+          initial_comment = nil, channels = nil)
+          api.send_file_content(content, filename, filetype, title,
+            initial_comment, channels)
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/lita/adapters/slack/api_spec.rb b/spec/lita/adapters/slack/api_spec.rb
index cfac3f0..3e4b93c 100644
--- a/spec/lita/adapters/slack/api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lita/adapters/slack/api_spec.rb
@@ -283,6 +283,83 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#send_file_content" do
+    let(:channels) { 'C1234567890' }
+    let(:comment) { 'First post!' }
+    let(:content) { 'lorem ipsum' }
+    let(:filename) { 'xyz.txt' }
+    let(:filetype) { 'text' }
+    let(:title) { 'XYZ Text File' }
+    let(:stubs) do
+      Faraday::Adapter::Test::Stubs.new do |stub|
+        stub.post(
+          'https://slack.com/api/files.upload',
+          token: token,
+          content: content,
+          filetype: filetype,
+          filename: filename,
+          title: title,
+          initial_comment: comment,
+          channels: channels
+        ) do
+          [http_status, {}, http_response]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with a successful response" do
+      let(:http_response) do
+        MultiJson.dump({
+          ok: true,
+          file: {
+            id: "F12345678",
+            created: 1456523515,
+            timestamp: 1456523515,
+            name: "xyz.txt",
+            title: "XYZ Text File",
+            mimetype: "text/plain",
+            filetype: "text"
+          }
+        })
+      end
+
+      it "returns a response with the file id" do
+        response = subject.send_file_content(content, filename, filetype, title,
+          comment, channels)
+
+        expect(response['file']['id']).to eq("F12345678")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with a Slack error" do
+      let(:http_response) do
+        MultiJson.dump({
+          ok: false,
+          error: 'invalid_auth'
+        })
+      end
+
+      it "raises a RuntimeError" do
+        expect { subject.send_file_content(content, filename, filetype, title,
+          comment, channels) }.to raise_error(
+          "Slack API call to files.upload returned an error: invalid_auth."
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with an HTTP error" do
+      let(:http_status) { 422 }
+      let(:http_response) { '' }
+
+      it "raises a RuntimeError" do
+        expect { subject.send_file_content(content, filename, filetype, title,
+          comment, channels) }.to raise_error(
+          "Slack API call to files.upload failed with status code 422."
+        )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#set_topic" do
     let(:channel) { 'C1234567890' }
     let(:topic) { 'Topic' }
diff --git a/spec/lita/adapters/slack/chat_service_spec.rb b/spec/lita/adapters/slack/chat_service_spec.rb
index 3161745..8621bb5 100644
--- a/spec/lita/adapters/slack/chat_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lita/adapters/slack/chat_service_spec.rb
@@ -26,4 +26,21 @@
       subject.send_attachment(room, attachment)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#send_file_content" do
+    let(:channels) { 'C1234567890' }
+    let(:comment) { 'First post!' }
+    let(:content) { 'lorem ipsum' }
+    let(:filename) { 'xyz.txt' }
+    let(:filetype) { 'text' }
+    let(:title) { 'XYZ Text File' }
+
+    it "can send file content" do
+      expect(subject.api).to receive(:send_file_content).with(content, filename,
+        filetype, title, comment, channels)
+
+      subject.send_file_content(content, filename, filetype, title, comment,
+        channels)
+    end
+  end
 end