diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index 784ccda159..0a5059a9c2 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -840,6 +840,11 @@ class MultiWidget(Widget):
         obj.widgets = copy.deepcopy(self.widgets)
         return obj
 
+    @property
+    def needs_multipart_form(self):
+        return any(w.needs_multipart_form for w in self.widgets)
+
+
 class SplitDateTimeWidget(MultiWidget):
     """
     A Widget that splits datetime input into two <input type="text"> boxes.
diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_widgets.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_widgets.py
index 4c566dc8e4..06ee2d6c53 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_widgets.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_widgets.py
@@ -849,6 +849,14 @@ beatle J R Ringo False""")
         w = MyMultiWidget(widgets=(TextInput(attrs={'class': 'big'}), TextInput(attrs={'class': 'small'})), attrs={'id': 'bar'})
         self.assertHTMLEqual(w.render('name', ['john', 'lennon']), '<input id="bar_0" type="text" class="big" value="john" name="name_0" /><br /><input id="bar_1" type="text" class="small" value="lennon" name="name_1" />')
 
+        # Test needs_multipart_form=True if any widget needs it
+        w = MyMultiWidget(widgets=(TextInput(), FileInput()))
+        self.assertTrue(w.needs_multipart_form)
+
+        # Test needs_multipart_form=False if no widget needs it
+        w = MyMultiWidget(widgets=(TextInput(), TextInput()))
+        self.assertFalse(w.needs_multipart_form)
+
     def test_splitdatetime(self):
         w = SplitDateTimeWidget()
         self.assertHTMLEqual(w.render('date', ''), '<input type="text" name="date_0" /><input type="text" name="date_1" />')