diff --git a/telethon/tl/custom/inlinebuilder.py b/telethon/tl/custom/inlinebuilder.py
index 32f0bff7..fc8ef223 100644
--- a/telethon/tl/custom/inlinebuilder.py
+++ b/telethon/tl/custom/inlinebuilder.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class InlineBuilder:
                 file,
                 mime_type=mime_type,
                 attributes=attributes,
-                force_document=True,
+                force_document=force_document,
                 voice_note=voice_note,
                 video_note=video_note,
                 allow_cache=use_cache