diff --git a/src/services/api/api.service.js b/src/services/api/api.service.js
index df7b4190be..c9fcc4f6e4 100644
--- a/src/services/api/api.service.js
+++ b/src/services/api/api.service.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ const PUBLIC_AND_EXTERNAL_TIMELINE_URL = '/api/statuses/public_and_external_time
 const FAVORITE_URL = '/api/favorites/create'
 const UNFAVORITE_URL = '/api/favorites/destroy'
 const STATUS_UPDATE_URL = '/api/statuses/update.json'
+const MEDIA_UPLOAD_URL = '/api/statusnet/media/upload'
 // const CONVERSATION_URL = '/api/statusnet/conversation/';
-// const MEDIA_UPLOAD_URL = '/api/statusnet/media/upload';
 
 // const FORM_CONTENT_TYPE = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'};
 
@@ -75,12 +75,23 @@ const postStatus = ({credentials, status, mediaIds, inReplyToStatusId}) => {
   })
 }
 
+const uploadMedia = ({formData, credentials}) => {
+  return fetch(MEDIA_UPLOAD_URL, {
+    body: formData,
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: authHeaders(credentials)
+  })
+    .then((response) => response.text())
+    .then((text) => (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(text, 'application/xml'))
+}
+
 const apiService = {
   verifyCredentials,
   fetchTimeline,
   favorite,
   unfavorite,
-  postStatus
+  postStatus,
+  uploadMedia
 }
 
 export default apiService