diff --git a/docs/api-guide/fields.md b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
index 8d25d6c78..d18347803 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/fields.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ Corresponds to `django.forms.fields.FileField`.
  - `max_length` - Designates the maximum length for the file name.
  - `allow_empty_file` - Designates if empty files are allowed.
 - `use_url` - If set to `True` then URL string values will be used for the output representation. If set to `False` then filename string values will be used for the output representation. Defaults to the value of the `UPLOADED_FILES_USE_URL` settings key, which is `True` unless set otherwise.
+- `use_prefix` - It will replace the original schema and host and be effective only when `use_url` is `True`. If set to a non-empty string and should include url schema and location, such as `http://192.168.1.1`. Defaults to the value of the `UPLOADED_FILES_USE_PREFIX` settings key, which is an empty string and means doing nothing.
 
 ## ImageField
 
@@ -429,6 +430,7 @@ Corresponds to `django.forms.fields.ImageField`.
  - `max_length` - Designates the maximum length for the file name.
  - `allow_empty_file` - Designates if empty files are allowed.
 - `use_url` - If set to `True` then URL string values will be used for the output representation. If set to `False` then filename string values will be used for the output representation. Defaults to the value of the `UPLOADED_FILES_USE_URL` settings key, which is `True` unless set otherwise.
+- `use_prefix` - It will replace the original schema and host and be effective only when `use_url` is `True`. If set to a non-empty string and should include url schema and location, such as `http://192.168.1.1`. Defaults to the value of the `UPLOADED_FILES_USE_PREFIX` settings key, which is an empty string and means doing nothing.
 
 Requires either the `Pillow` package or `PIL` package.  The `Pillow` package is recommended, as `PIL` is no longer actively maintained.
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 3378de368..6820e6b03 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -1531,6 +1531,8 @@ class FileField(Field):
         self.allow_empty_file = kwargs.pop('allow_empty_file', False)
         if 'use_url' in kwargs:
             self.use_url = kwargs.pop('use_url')
+        if 'use_prefix' in kwargs:
+            self.use_prefix = kwargs.pop('use_prefix')
         super(FileField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def to_internal_value(self, data):
@@ -1555,6 +1557,7 @@ class FileField(Field):
             return None
 
         use_url = getattr(self, 'use_url', api_settings.UPLOADED_FILES_USE_URL)
+        prefix = getattr(self, 'use_prefix', api_settings.UPLOADED_FILES_USE_PREFIX)
 
         if use_url:
             if not getattr(value, 'url', None):
@@ -1563,6 +1566,8 @@ class FileField(Field):
             url = value.url
             request = self.context.get('request', None)
             if request is not None:
+                if prefix:
+                    url = prefix + url
                 return request.build_absolute_uri(url)
             return url
         return value.name
diff --git a/rest_framework/settings.py b/rest_framework/settings.py
index 6c581f8e8..90f629292 100644
--- a/rest_framework/settings.py
+++ b/rest_framework/settings.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     'STRICT_JSON': True,
     'COERCE_DECIMAL_TO_STRING': True,
     'UPLOADED_FILES_USE_URL': True,
+    'UPLOADED_FILES_USE_PREFIX': '',
 
     # Browseable API
     'HTML_SELECT_CUTOFF': 1000,