diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-file-uploader.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-file-uploader.js
index 058095c7a2..f813e40652 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-file-uploader.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-file-uploader.js
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ export default Component.extend({
             let validationResult = this._validate(file);
 
             this.set('file', file);
+            invokeAction(this, 'fileSelected', file);
 
             if (validationResult === true) {
                 run.schedule('actions', this, function () {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-image-uploader.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-image-uploader.js
index ac52ae089e..b1bf5abb1c 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-image-uploader.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-image-uploader.js
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ export default Component.extend({
             let validationResult = this._validate(file);
 
             this.set('file', file);
+            invokeAction(this, 'fileSelected', file);
 
             if (validationResult === true) {
                 run.schedule('actions', this, function () {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/integration/components/gh-file-uploader-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/integration/components/gh-file-uploader-test.js
index d9e79a507d..51d78f9eb1 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/tests/integration/components/gh-file-uploader-test.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/tests/integration/components/gh-file-uploader-test.js
@@ -131,6 +131,22 @@ describeComponent(
             });
         });
 
+        it('fires fileSelected action on file selection', function (done) {
+            let fileSelected = sinon.spy();
+            this.set('fileSelected', fileSelected);
+
+            stubSuccessfulUpload(server);
+
+            this.render(hbs`{{gh-file-uploader url=uploadUrl fileSelected=(action fileSelected)}}`);
+            fileUpload(this.$('input[type="file"]'), ['test'], {type: 'text/csv'});
+
+            wait().then(() => {
+                expect(fileSelected.calledOnce).to.be.true;
+                expect(fileSelected.args[0]).to.not.be.blank;
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
         it('fires uploadStarted action on upload start', function (done) {
             let uploadStarted = sinon.spy();
             this.set('uploadStarted', uploadStarted);
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/integration/components/gh-image-uploader-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/integration/components/gh-image-uploader-test.js
index 3c52c0c991..d5f0db8a33 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/tests/integration/components/gh-image-uploader-test.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/tests/integration/components/gh-image-uploader-test.js
@@ -201,6 +201,22 @@ describeComponent(
                 });
             });
 
+            it('fires fileSelected action on file selection', function (done) {
+                let fileSelected = sinon.spy();
+                this.set('fileSelected', fileSelected);
+
+                stubSuccessfulUpload(server);
+
+                this.render(hbs`{{gh-image-uploader url=image fileSelected=(action fileSelected) update=(action update)}}`);
+                fileUpload(this.$('input[type="file"]'), ['test'], {type: 'image/png'});
+
+                wait().then(() => {
+                    expect(fileSelected.calledOnce).to.be.true;
+                    expect(fileSelected.args[0]).to.not.be.blank;
+                    done();
+                });
+            });
+
             it('fires uploadStarted action on upload start', function (done) {
                 let uploadStarted = sinon.spy();
                 this.set('uploadStarted', uploadStarted);