diff --git a/project/tests/test_multipart_forms.py b/project/tests/test_multipart_forms.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..760ae3cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/tests/test_multipart_forms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+from silk.model_factory import RequestModelFactory, multipart_form
+
+
+class TestMultipartForms(TestCase):
+
+    def test_no_max_request(self):
+        mock_request = Mock()
+        mock_request.META = {'CONTENT_TYPE': multipart_form}
+        mock_request.GET = {}
+        mock_request.path = reverse('silk:requests')
+        mock_request.method = 'post'
+        mock_request.body = Mock()
+        request_model = RequestModelFactory(mock_request).construct_request_model()
+        self.assertFalse(request_model.body)
+        self.assertEqual(b"Raw body not available for multipart_form data, Silk is not showing file uploads.", request_model.raw_body)
+        mock_request.body.assert_not_called()
diff --git a/silk/model_factory.py b/silk/model_factory.py
index e80b9e63..ba21fed1 100644
--- a/silk/model_factory.py
+++ b/silk/model_factory.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
                       'text/javascript',
                       'text/x-javascript',
                       'text/x-json']
-content_type_form = ['multipart/form-data',
+multipart_form = 'multipart/form-data'
+content_type_form = [multipart_form,
                      'application/x-www-form-urlencoded']
 content_type_html = ['text/html']
 content_type_css = ['text/css']
@@ -162,6 +163,10 @@ def _body(self, raw_body, content_type):
 
     def body(self):
         content_type, char_set = self.content_type()
+        if content_type == multipart_form:
+            raw_body = b"Raw body not available for multipart_form data, Silk is not showing file uploads."
+            body = ''
+            return body, raw_body
         try:
             raw_body = self.request.body
         except RequestDataTooBig: