diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Ui/i18n/en_US.csv b/app/code/Magento/Ui/i18n/en_US.csv
index 981d444b31d53..040ec32cf0b74 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Ui/i18n/en_US.csv
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Ui/i18n/en_US.csv
@@ -202,3 +202,4 @@ CSV,CSV
 "Please enter at least {0} characters.","Please enter at least {0} characters."
 "Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long.","Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."
 "Please enter a value between {0} and {1}.","Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."
+"The file upload field is disabled.","The file upload field is disabled."
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/file-uploader.js b/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/file-uploader.js
index b81119f2bd5f3..4b178622c28cf 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/file-uploader.js
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/file-uploader.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ define([
     'Magento_Ui/js/modal/alert',
     'Magento_Ui/js/lib/validation/validator',
     'Magento_Ui/js/form/element/abstract',
+    'mage/translate',
     'jquery/file-uploader'
-], function ($, _, utils, uiAlert, validator, Element) {
+], function ($, _, utils, uiAlert, validator, Element, $t) {
     'use strict';
 
     return Element.extend({
@@ -328,6 +329,12 @@ define([
                 allowed  = this.isFileAllowed(file),
                 target   = $(e.target);
 
+            if (this.disabled()) {
+                this.notifyError($t('The file upload field is disabled.'));
+
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (allowed.passed) {
                 target.on('fileuploadsend', function (event, postData) {
                     postData.data.append('param_name', this.paramName);