diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da67a41..59bba3a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ wandb
 # Data
 data
 outputs
+data/
 
 # Apple
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/examples/gradio_upload.py b/examples/gradio_upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e5b464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gradio_upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from smolagents import (
+    CodeAgent,
+    HfApiModel,
+    GradioUI
+)
+
+agent = CodeAgent(
+    tools=[], model=HfApiModel(), max_steps=4, verbose=True
+)
+
+GradioUI(agent, file_upload_folder='./data').launch()
diff --git a/src/smolagents/gradio_ui.py b/src/smolagents/gradio_ui.py
index a326d7c..514bd1f 100644
--- a/src/smolagents/gradio_ui.py
+++ b/src/smolagents/gradio_ui.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # coding=utf-8
-
 # Copyright 2024 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -15,6 +14,10 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import gradio as gr
+import shutil
+import os
+import mimetypes
+import re
 
 from .agents import ActionStep, AgentStep, MultiStepAgent
 from .types import AgentAudio, AgentImage, AgentText, handle_agent_output_types
@@ -82,8 +85,12 @@ def stream_to_gradio(
 class GradioUI:
     """A one-line interface to launch your agent in Gradio"""
 
-    def __init__(self, agent: MultiStepAgent):
+    def __init__(self, agent: MultiStepAgent, file_upload_folder: str | None=None):
         self.agent = agent
+        self.file_upload_folder = file_upload_folder
+        if self.file_upload_folder is not None:
+            if not os.path.exists(file_upload_folder):
+                os.mkdir(file_upload_folder)
 
     def interact_with_agent(self, prompt, messages):
         messages.append(gr.ChatMessage(role="user", content=prompt))
@@ -93,6 +100,45 @@ class GradioUI:
             yield messages
         yield messages
 
+    def upload_file(self, file, allowed_file_types=["application/pdf", "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document", "text/plain"]):
+        """
+        Handle file uploads, default allowed types are pdf, docx, and .txt
+        """
+
+        # Check if file is uploaded
+        if file is None:
+            return "No file uploaded"
+
+        # Check if file is in allowed filetypes
+        name = os.path.basename(file.name)
+        try:
+            mime_type, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(file.name)
+        except Exception as e:
+            return f"Error: {e}"
+        
+        if mime_type not in allowed_file_types:
+            return "File type disallowed"
+        
+        # Sanitize file name
+        original_name = os.path.basename(file.name)
+        sanitized_name = re.sub(r'[^\w\-.]', '_', original_name)  # Replace any non-alphanumeric, non-dash, or non-dot characters with underscores
+
+        type_to_ext = {}
+        for ext, t in mimetypes.types_map.items():
+            if t not in type_to_ext:
+                type_to_ext[t] = ext
+
+        # Ensure the extension correlates to the mime type
+        sanitized_name = sanitized_name.split(".")[:-1]
+        sanitized_name.append("" + type_to_ext[mime_type])
+        sanitized_name = "".join(sanitized_name)
+
+        # Save the uploaded file to the specified folder
+        file_path = os.path.join(self.file_upload_folder, os.path.basename(sanitized_name))
+        shutil.copy(file.name, file_path)
+
+        return f"File uploaded successfully to {self.file_upload_folder}"
+
     def launch(self):
         with gr.Blocks() as demo:
             stored_message = gr.State([])
@@ -104,6 +150,14 @@ class GradioUI:
                     "https://em-content.zobj.net/source/twitter/53/robot-face_1f916.png",
                 ),
             )
+            # If an upload folder is provided, enable the upload feature
+            if self.file_upload_folder is not None:
+                upload_file = gr.File(label="Upload a file")
+                upload_status = gr.Textbox(label="Upload Status", interactive=False)
+
+                upload_file.change(
+                    self.upload_file, [upload_file], [upload_status]
+                )
             text_input = gr.Textbox(lines=1, label="Chat Message")
             text_input.submit(
                 lambda s: (s, ""), [text_input], [stored_message, text_input]