diff --git a/doc/CHANGES.rst b/doc/CHANGES.rst
index 65361a3f40..da1d5d0d4d 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/doc/CHANGES.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Features
 - Add wildcard rewrite to sub host name in virtualHostMonster.
   (`#317 <https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/issues/317>`_)
 
+- Enable ZMI History tab for ``OFS.Image.File``.
+  (`#396 <https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/pull/396>`_)
+
 
 2.13.28 (2018-04-23)
 --------------------
diff --git a/src/OFS/Image.py b/src/OFS/Image.py
index c6353b6bb2..e493f8583c 100644
--- a/src/OFS/Image.py
+++ b/src/OFS/Image.py
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 from OFS.role import RoleManager
 from OFS.SimpleItem import Item_w__name__
 
+from OFS.History import Historical
+from OFS.History import html_diff
+
 from zope.event import notify
 from zope.lifecycleevent import ObjectModifiedEvent
 from zope.lifecycleevent import ObjectCreatedEvent
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ def manage_addFile(self, id, file='', title='', precondition='',
 
 
 class File(Persistent, Implicit, PropertyManager,
-           RoleManager, Item_w__name__, Cacheable):
+           RoleManager, Item_w__name__, Historical, Cacheable):
     """A File object is a content object for arbitrary files."""
 
     implements(implementedBy(Persistent),
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ class File(Persistent, Implicit, PropertyManager,
         + RoleManager.manage_options
         + Item_w__name__.manage_options
         + Cacheable.manage_options
+        + Historical.manage_options
         )
 
     _properties=({'id':'title', 'type': 'string'},
@@ -500,6 +504,21 @@ def manage_upload(self,file='',REQUEST=None):
             message="Saved changes."
             return self.manage_main(self,REQUEST,manage_tabs_message=message)
 
+    def manage_historyCompare(self, rev1, rev2, REQUEST,
+                              historyComparisonResults=''):
+        if self.content_type and ((
+                self.content_type.startswith('text') or
+                self.content_type.endswith('javascript'))
+                and self.get_size() < 65536):
+            return File.inheritedAttribute('manage_historyCompare')(
+                self, rev1, rev2, REQUEST,
+                historyComparisonResults=html_diff(
+                    str(rev1.data),
+                    str(rev2.data)))
+        return File.inheritedAttribute('manage_historyCompare')(
+            self, rev1, rev2, REQUEST,
+            historyComparisonResults=historyComparisonResults)
+
     def _get_content_type(self, file, body, id, content_type=None):
         headers=getattr(file, 'headers', None)
         if headers and 'content-type' in headers:
diff --git a/src/OFS/tests/testFileAndImage.py b/src/OFS/tests/testFileAndImage.py
index e86ee79f8f..0c11764521 100644
--- a/src/OFS/tests/testFileAndImage.py
+++ b/src/OFS/tests/testFileAndImage.py
@@ -302,6 +302,18 @@ def testFindFile(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(results), 1)
         self.assertEqual(results[0][1], self.file)
 
+    def testHistoryCompare(self):
+        self.file.manage_edit('a', 'text/plain',
+                              filedata='content_of_a')
+        getattr(self.app, self.factory)('b',
+                file='content_of_b', content_type='text/plain')
+        page = self.file.manage_historyCompare(
+            self.file,
+            self.app.b,
+            self.app.REQUEST)
+        self.assertTrue('content_of_a' in page)
+        self.assertTrue('content_of_b' in page)
+
     def test_interfaces(self):
         from zope.interface.verify import verifyClass
         from OFS.Image import File