diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MFileBody.js b/src/components/views/messages/MFileBody.js
index 86aee28269..029a8a9fe4 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MFileBody.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MFileBody.js
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 return (
                     <span className="mx_MFileBody">
                         <div className="mx_MImageBody_download">
-                            <a className="mx_ImageBody_downloadLink" href={contentUrl} target="_blank">
+                            <a className="mx_ImageBody_downloadLink" href={contentUrl} download={fileName} target="_blank">
                                 { fileName }
                             </a>
                             <div className="mx_MImageBody_size">
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 return (
                     <span className="mx_MFileBody">
                         <div className="mx_MImageBody_download">
-                            <a href={contentUrl} target="_blank" rel="noopener">
+                            <a href={contentUrl} download={fileName} target="_blank" rel="noopener">
                                 <img src={tintedDownloadImageURL} width="12" height="14" ref="downloadImage"/>
                                 Download {text}
                             </a>