diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
index 343452667a..cd13ad6420 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     "uint8arrays": "^2.1.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@web-std/file": "^1.1.2",
     "aegir": "^34.0.2",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2"
   }
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils.js b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils.js
index 990546971b..afd9642b7c 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { Blob } = globalThis
-
 /**
  * @param {any} obj
  * @returns {obj is ArrayBufferView|ArrayBuffer}
@@ -12,10 +10,12 @@ function isBytes (obj) {
 
 /**
  * @param {any} obj
- * @returns {obj is Blob}
+ * @returns {obj is globalThis.Blob}
  */
 function isBlob (obj) {
-  return typeof Blob !== 'undefined' && obj instanceof Blob
+  return obj.constructor &&
+    (obj.constructor.name === 'Blob' || obj.constructor.name === 'File') &&
+    typeof obj.stream === 'function'
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js
index e052368f85..ef8f1ae774 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const { expect } = require('aegir/utils/chai')
 const blobToIt = require('blob-to-it')
 const uint8ArrayFromString = require('uint8arrays/from-string')
 const all = require('it-all')
+const { File } = require('@web-std/file')
 const { Blob, ReadableStream } = globalThis
 const { isBrowser, isWebWorker, isElectronRenderer } = require('ipfs-utils/src/env')
 
@@ -173,6 +174,14 @@ describe('normalise-input', function () {
     testInputType(BLOB, 'Blob', false)
   })
 
+  describe('@web-std/file', () => {
+    it('normalizes File input', async () => {
+      const FILE = new File([BUFFER()], 'test-file.txt')
+
+      await testContent(FILE)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('Iterable<Number>', () => {
     testInputType(ARRAY, 'Iterable<Number>', false)
   })