diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 902210ffbc..ddf5c566f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2748,6 +2748,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "multipart-rs"
+version = "0.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22ea34e5c0fa65ba84707cfaf5bf43d500f1c5a4c6c36327bf5541c5bcd17e98"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversion"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -2877,6 +2891,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "miette",
  "mimalloc",
+ "multipart-rs",
  "nix",
  "nu-cli",
  "nu-cmd-base",
@@ -3064,6 +3079,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "mime_guess",
  "mockito",
+ "multipart-rs",
  "native-tls",
  "nix",
  "notify-debouncer-full",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ce62fa745e..225834de70 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ miette = "7.2"
 mime = "0.3"
 mime_guess = "2.0"
 mockito = { version = "1.4", default-features = false }
+multipart-rs = "0.1.11"
 native-tls = "0.2"
 nix = { version = "0.28", default-features = false }
 notify-debouncer-full = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ dirs = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 miette = { workspace = true, features = ["fancy-no-backtrace", "fancy"] }
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1.42", default-features = false, optional = true }
+multipart-rs = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 simplelog = "0.12"
 time = "0.3"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index d1defd4327..2459d74ad9 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ lscolors = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["nu-ansi-te
 md5 = { workspace = true }
 mime = { workspace = true }
 mime_guess = { workspace = true }
+multipart-rs = { workspace = true }
 native-tls = { workspace = true }
 notify-debouncer-full = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 num-format = { workspace = true }
@@ -146,4 +147,4 @@ quickcheck = { workspace = true }
 quickcheck_macros = { workspace = true }
 rstest = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 pretty_assertions = { workspace = true }
-tempfile = { workspace = true }
\ No newline at end of file
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs
index e348bedc25..7bb63a8fbd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ use base64::{
     engine::{general_purpose::PAD, GeneralPurpose},
     Engine,
 };
+use multipart_rs::MultipartWriter;
 use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
 use nu_protocol::{ByteStream, Signals};
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
+    io::Cursor,
     path::PathBuf,
     str::FromStr,
     sync::mpsc::{self, RecvTimeoutError},
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ use url::Url;
 pub enum BodyType {
     Json,
     Form,
+    Multipart,
     Unknown,
 }
 
@@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ pub fn send_request(
             let (body_type, req) = match content_type {
                 Some(it) if it == "application/json" => (BodyType::Json, request),
                 Some(it) if it == "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" => (BodyType::Form, request),
+                Some(it) if it == "multipart/form-data" => (BodyType::Multipart, request),
                 Some(it) => {
                     let r = request.clone().set("Content-Type", &it);
                     (BodyType::Unknown, r)
@@ -265,6 +269,48 @@ pub fn send_request(
                     };
                     send_cancellable_request(&request_url, Box::new(request_fn), span, signals)
                 }
+                // multipart form upload
+                Value::Record { val, .. } if body_type == BodyType::Multipart => {
+                    let mut builder = MultipartWriter::new();
+
+                    let err = |e| {
+                        ShellErrorOrRequestError::ShellError(ShellError::IOError {
+                            msg: format!("failed to build multipart data: {}", e),
+                        })
+                    };
+
+                    for (col, val) in val.into_owned() {
+                        if let Value::Binary { val, .. } = val {
+                            let headers = [
+                                "Content-Type: application/octet-stream".to_string(),
+                                "Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary".to_string(),
+                                format!(
+                                    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"{}\"; filename=\"{}\"",
+                                    col, col
+                                ),
+                                format!("Content-Length: {}", val.len()),
+                            ];
+                            builder
+                                .add(&mut Cursor::new(val), &headers.join("\n"))
+                                .map_err(err)?;
+                        } else {
+                            let headers =
+                                format!(r#"Content-Disposition: form-data; name="{}""#, col);
+                            builder
+                                .add(val.coerce_into_string()?.as_bytes(), &headers)
+                                .map_err(err)?;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    builder.finish();
+
+                    let (boundary, data) = (builder.boundary, builder.data);
+                    let content_type = format!("multipart/form-data; boundary={}", boundary);
+
+                    let request_fn =
+                        move || req.set("Content-Type", &content_type).send_bytes(&data);
+
+                    send_cancellable_request(&request_url, Box::new(request_fn), span, signals)
+                }
                 Value::List { vals, .. } if body_type == BodyType::Form => {
                     if vals.len() % 2 != 0 {
                         return Err(ShellErrorOrRequestError::ShellError(ShellError::IOError {
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
index ea4ec093f3..a593c5489c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 example: "open foo.json | http post https://www.example.com",
                 result: None,
             },
+            Example {
+                description: "Upload a file to example.com",
+                example: "http post --content-type multipart/form-data https://www.example.com { audio: (open -r file.mp3) }",
+                result: None,
+            },
         ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/network/http/post.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/network/http/post.rs
index 02aa8df23f..11db87168e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/network/http/post.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/network/http/post.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use mockito::Server;
+use mockito::{Matcher, Server, ServerOpts};
 use nu_test_support::{nu, pipeline};
 
 #[test]
@@ -197,3 +197,34 @@ fn http_post_redirect_mode_error() {
         "Redirect encountered when redirect handling mode was 'error' (301 Moved Permanently)"
     ));
 }
+#[test]
+fn http_post_multipart_is_success() {
+    let mut server = Server::new_with_opts(ServerOpts {
+        assert_on_drop: true,
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
+    let _mock = server
+        .mock("POST", "/")
+        .match_header(
+            "content-type",
+            Matcher::Regex("multipart/form-data; boundary=.*".to_string()),
+        )
+        .match_body(Matcher::AllOf(vec![
+            Matcher::Regex(r#"(?m)^Content-Disposition: form-data; name="foo""#.to_string()),
+            Matcher::Regex(r#"(?m)^Content-Type: application/octet-stream"#.to_string()),
+            Matcher::Regex(r#"(?m)^Content-Length: 3"#.to_string()),
+            Matcher::Regex(r#"(?m)^bar"#.to_string()),
+        ]))
+        .with_status(200)
+        .create();
+
+    let actual = nu!(pipeline(
+        format!(
+            "http post --content-type multipart/form-data {url} {{foo: ('bar' | into binary) }}",
+            url = server.url()
+        )
+        .as_str()
+    ));
+
+    assert!(actual.out.is_empty())
+}