diff --git a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Django.qll b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Django.qll
index 990eaffddfd..bec0301f86f 100644
--- a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Django.qll
+++ b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Django.qll
@@ -781,6 +781,9 @@ module PrivateDjango {
                     .getMember(className)
                     .getASubclass*()
             )
+            or
+            result =
+              ModelOutput::getATypeNode("django.db.models.FileField~Subclass").getASubclass*()
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql b/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
index 0f860452a08..25fc808f582 100644
--- a/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
+++ b/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
@@ -437,6 +437,14 @@ class AiohttpView extends FindSubclassesSpec {
   override API::Node getAlreadyModeledClass() { result = AiohttpWebModel::View::subclassRef() }
 }
 
+class DjangoFileField extends FindSubclassesSpec {
+  DjangoFileField() { this = "django.db.models.FileField~Subclass" }
+
+  override API::Node getAlreadyModeledClass() {
+    result = PrivateDjango::DjangoImpl::DB::Models::FileField::subclassRef()
+  }
+}
+
 bindingset[fullyQualified]
 predicate fullyQualifiedToYamlFormat(string fullyQualified, string type2, string path) {
   exists(int firstDot | firstDot = fullyQualified.indexOf(".", 0, 0) |