diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html
index db8b1a65e..e44514168 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         </div>
     </header>
 
-    <form id="page-edit-form" action="{% url 'wagtailadmin_pages:add' content_type.app_label content_type.model parent_page.id %}" method="POST">
+    <form id="page-edit-form" action="{% url 'wagtailadmin_pages:add' content_type.app_label content_type.model parent_page.id %}" method="POST"{% if form.is_multipart %} enctype="multipart/form-data"{% endif %}>
         {% csrf_token %}
         {{ edit_handler.render_form_content }}
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html
index b927bcf71..3d607bffd 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         </div>
     </header>
 
-    <form id="page-edit-form" action="{% url 'wagtailadmin_pages:edit' page.id %}" method="POST">
+    <form id="page-edit-form" action="{% url 'wagtailadmin_pages:edit' page.id %}" method="POST"{% if form.is_multipart %} enctype="multipart/form-data"{% endif %}>
         {% csrf_token %}
         {{ edit_handler.render_form_content }}