diff --git a/docs/requests.md b/docs/requests.md
index a72cb75dc..f4d867ab1 100644
--- a/docs/requests.md
+++ b/docs/requests.md
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ multidict, containing both file uploads and text input. File upload items are re
 * `filename`: A `str` with the original file name that was uploaded (e.g. `myimage.jpg`).
 * `content_type`: A `str` with the content type (MIME type / media type) (e.g. `image/jpeg`).
 * `file`: A <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/tempfile.html#tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile" target="_blank">`SpooledTemporaryFile`</a> (a <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-file-like-object" target="_blank">file-like</a> object). This is the actual Python file that you can pass directly to other functions or libraries that expect a "file-like" object.
-
+* `headers`: A `Headers` object. Often this will only be the `Content-Type` header, but if additional headers were included in the multipart field they will be included here. Note that these headers have no relationship with the headers in `Request.headers`.
 
 `UploadFile` has the following `async` methods. They all call the corresponding file methods underneath (using the internal `SpooledTemporaryFile`).
 
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ filename = form["upload_file"].filename
 contents = await form["upload_file"].read()
 ```
 
+
 #### Application
 
 The originating Starlette application can be accessed via `request.app`.
diff --git a/starlette/datastructures.py b/starlette/datastructures.py
index 17dc46eb6..64f964a91 100644
--- a/starlette/datastructures.py
+++ b/starlette/datastructures.py
@@ -415,15 +415,22 @@ class UploadFile:
     """
 
     spool_max_size = 1024 * 1024
+    headers: "Headers"
 
     def __init__(
-        self, filename: str, file: typing.IO = None, content_type: str = ""
+        self,
+        filename: str,
+        file: typing.IO = None,
+        content_type: str = "",
+        *,
+        headers: "typing.Optional[Headers]" = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.filename = filename
         self.content_type = content_type
         if file is None:
             file = tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=self.spool_max_size)
         self.file = file
+        self.headers = headers or Headers()
 
     @property
     def _in_memory(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/starlette/formparsers.py b/starlette/formparsers.py
index 1614a9d69..decaf0bfd 100644
--- a/starlette/formparsers.py
+++ b/starlette/formparsers.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
         file: typing.Optional[UploadFile] = None
 
         items: typing.List[typing.Tuple[str, typing.Union[str, UploadFile]]] = []
+        item_headers: typing.List[typing.Tuple[bytes, bytes]] = []
 
         # Feed the parser with data from the request.
         async for chunk in self.stream:
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
                     content_disposition = None
                     content_type = b""
                     data = b""
+                    item_headers = []
                 elif message_type == MultiPartMessage.HEADER_FIELD:
                     header_field += message_bytes
                 elif message_type == MultiPartMessage.HEADER_VALUE:
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
                         content_disposition = header_value
                     elif field == b"content-type":
                         content_type = header_value
+                    item_headers.append((field, header_value))
                     header_field = b""
                     header_value = b""
                 elif message_type == MultiPartMessage.HEADERS_FINISHED:
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
                         file = UploadFile(
                             filename=filename,
                             content_type=content_type.decode("latin-1"),
+                            headers=Headers(raw=item_headers),
                         )
                     else:
                         file = None
diff --git a/tests/test_formparsers.py b/tests/test_formparsers.py
index 8a1174e1d..384a885dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_formparsers.py
+++ b/tests/test_formparsers.py
@@ -56,6 +56,26 @@ async def multi_items_app(scope, receive, send):
     await response(scope, receive, send)
 
 
+async def app_with_headers(scope, receive, send):
+    request = Request(scope, receive)
+    data = await request.form()
+    output = {}
+    for key, value in data.items():
+        if isinstance(value, UploadFile):
+            content = await value.read()
+            output[key] = {
+                "filename": value.filename,
+                "content": content.decode(),
+                "content_type": value.content_type,
+                "headers": list(value.headers.items()),
+            }
+        else:
+            output[key] = value
+    await request.close()
+    response = JSONResponse(output)
+    await response(scope, receive, send)
+
+
 async def app_read_body(scope, receive, send):
     request = Request(scope, receive)
     # Read bytes, to force request.stream() to return the already parsed body
@@ -137,6 +157,42 @@ def test_multipart_request_multiple_files(tmpdir, test_client_factory):
         }
 
 
+def test_multipart_request_multiple_files_with_headers(tmpdir, test_client_factory):
+    path1 = os.path.join(tmpdir, "test1.txt")
+    with open(path1, "wb") as file:
+        file.write(b"<file1 content>")
+
+    path2 = os.path.join(tmpdir, "test2.txt")
+    with open(path2, "wb") as file:
+        file.write(b"<file2 content>")
+
+    client = test_client_factory(app_with_headers)
+    with open(path1, "rb") as f1, open(path2, "rb") as f2:
+        response = client.post(
+            "/",
+            files=[
+                ("test1", (None, f1)),
+                ("test2", ("test2.txt", f2, "text/plain", {"x-custom": "f2"})),
+            ],
+        )
+        assert response.json() == {
+            "test1": "<file1 content>",
+            "test2": {
+                "filename": "test2.txt",
+                "content": "<file2 content>",
+                "content_type": "text/plain",
+                "headers": [
+                    [
+                        "content-disposition",
+                        'form-data; name="test2"; filename="test2.txt"',
+                    ],
+                    ["content-type", "text/plain"],
+                    ["x-custom", "f2"],
+                ],
+            },
+        }
+
+
 def test_multi_items(tmpdir, test_client_factory):
     path1 = os.path.join(tmpdir, "test1.txt")
     with open(path1, "wb") as file: