diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 820b874..5ebfd19 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Changelog
 1.0.12 (unreleased)
 -------------------
 
+- Add Base64 data converter for NamedImage and NamedFile widgets on ASCII
+  fields with base64 encoded data and filename. Now the NamedImage and
+  NamedFile widgets can be used with ``zope.schema.ASCII`` fields.
+  [thet]
+
 - PEP 8.
   [thet]
 
diff --git a/plone/formwidget/namedfile/configure.zcml b/plone/formwidget/namedfile/configure.zcml
index de01907..bce3532 100644
--- a/plone/formwidget/namedfile/configure.zcml
+++ b/plone/formwidget/namedfile/configure.zcml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   <i18n:registerTranslations directory="locales" />
 
   <adapter factory=".converter.NamedDataConverter" />
+  <adapter factory=".converter.Base64Converter" />
   <adapter factory=".validator.NamedFileWidgetValidator" />
 
   <class class=".widget.NamedFileWidget">
diff --git a/plone/formwidget/namedfile/converter.py b/plone/formwidget/namedfile/converter.py
index 25a77ca..71395ca 100644
--- a/plone/formwidget/namedfile/converter.py
+++ b/plone/formwidget/namedfile/converter.py
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 from ZPublisher.HTTPRequest import FileUpload
 from plone.formwidget.namedfile.interfaces import INamedFileWidget
-from plone.namedfile.interfaces import INamedField, INamed
+from plone.formwidget.namedfile.interfaces import INamedImageWidget
+from plone.namedfile.file import NamedFile
+from plone.namedfile.file import NamedImage
+from plone.namedfile.interfaces import INamed
+from plone.namedfile.interfaces import INamedField
 from plone.namedfile.utils import safe_basename
 from z3c.form.converter import BaseDataConverter
 from zope.component import adapts
+from zope.schema.interfaces import IASCII
+import base64
 
 
 class NamedDataConverter(BaseDataConverter):
@@ -39,3 +45,67 @@ def toFieldValue(self, value):
 
         else:
             return self.field._type(data=str(value))
+
+
+def b64encode_file(filename, data):
+    # encode filename and data using the standard alphabet, so that ";" can be
+    # used as delimiter.
+    if isinstance(filename, unicode):
+        filename = filename.encode('utf-8')
+    filenameb64 = base64.standard_b64encode(filename or '')
+    datab64 = base64.standard_b64encode(data)
+    return "filenameb64:{};datab64:{}".format(
+        filenameb64, datab64
+    ).encode('ascii')
+
+
+def b64decode_file(value):
+    filename, data = value.split(';')
+
+    filename = filename.split(':')[1]
+    filename = base64.standard_b64decode(filename)
+    filename = filename.decode('utf-8')
+
+    data = data.split(':')[1]
+    data = base64.standard_b64decode(data)
+
+    return filename, data
+
+
+class Base64Converter(BaseDataConverter):
+    """Converts between ASCII fields with base64 encoded data and a filename
+    and INamedImage/INamedFile values.
+    """
+    adapts(IASCII, INamedFileWidget)
+
+    def toWidgetValue(self, value):
+
+        if not isinstance(value, basestring):
+            return None
+
+        filename, data = b64decode_file(value)
+
+        if INamedImageWidget.providedBy(self.widget):
+            value = NamedImage(data=data, filename=filename)
+        else:
+            value = NamedFile(data=data, filename=filename)
+        return value
+
+    def toFieldValue(self, value):
+
+        filename = None
+        data = None
+
+        if INamed.providedBy(value):
+            filename = value.filename
+            data = value.data
+
+        elif isinstance(value, FileUpload):
+            filename = safe_basename(value.filename)
+            value.seek(0)
+            data = value.read()
+
+        if not data:
+            return self.field.missing_value
+
+        return b64encode_file(filename, data)
diff --git a/plone/formwidget/namedfile/widget.py b/plone/formwidget/namedfile/widget.py
index 204bf07..05854bb 100644
--- a/plone/formwidget/namedfile/widget.py
+++ b/plone/formwidget/namedfile/widget.py
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 from Products.Five.browser import BrowserView
 from Products.MimetypesRegistry.common import MimeTypeException
 from ZPublisher.HTTPRequest import FileUpload
+from plone.formwidget.namedfile.converter import b64decode_file
 from plone.formwidget.namedfile.interfaces import INamedFileWidget
 from plone.formwidget.namedfile.interfaces import INamedImageWidget
+from plone.namedfile.file import NamedFile
+from plone.namedfile.file import NamedImage
 from plone.namedfile.interfaces import INamed
 from plone.namedfile.interfaces import INamedFileField
 from plone.namedfile.interfaces import INamedImage
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@
 from zope.interface import implementsOnly
 from zope.publisher.interfaces import IPublishTraverse
 from zope.publisher.interfaces import NotFound
+from zope.schema.interfaces import IASCII
 from zope.size import byteDisplay
 import urllib
 
@@ -231,7 +235,6 @@ def publishTraverse(self, request, name):
         return self
 
     def __call__(self):
-
         # TODO: Security check on form view/widget
 
         if self.context.ignoreContext:
@@ -246,6 +249,16 @@ def __call__(self):
 
         dm = getMultiAdapter((content, field,), IDataManager)
         file_ = dm.get()
+
+        if isinstance(file_, basestring) and IASCII.providedBy(field):
+            """Encoded data.
+            """
+            filename, data = b64decode_file(file_)
+            if INamedImageWidget.providedBy(self.context):
+                file_ = NamedImage(data=data, filename=filename)
+            else:
+                file_ = NamedFile(data=data, filename=filename)
+
         if file_ is None:
             raise NotFound(self, self.filename, self.request)
 
diff --git a/plone/formwidget/namedfile/widget.rst b/plone/formwidget/namedfile/widget.rst
index c38a84a..24c806b 100644
--- a/plone/formwidget/namedfile/widget.rst
+++ b/plone/formwidget/namedfile/widget.rst
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ stored in the field::
   >>> image_widget.extract() is content.image_field
   True
 
+
 Download view
 -------------
 
@@ -469,6 +470,7 @@ Any additional traversal will result in an error::
   ...
   NotFound: ... 'daisy.txt'
 
+
 The converter
 -------------
 
@@ -553,8 +555,150 @@ being returned::
   >>> field_value is IContent['file_field'].missing_value
   True
   >>> field_value = image_converter.toFieldValue(FileUpload(aFieldStorage))
-  >>> field_value is IContent['file_field'].missing_value
+  >>> field_value is IContent['image_field'].missing_value
+  True
+
+
+The Base64Converter for ASCII fields
+------------------------------------
+
+There is another converter, which converts between a NamedFile or file upload
+instance and base64 encoded data, which can be stored in a ASCII field::
+
+  >>> from zope import schema
+  >>> from zope.interface import implements, Interface
+  >>> class IASCIIContent(Interface):
+  ...     file_field = schema.ASCII(title=u"File")
+  ...     image_field = schema.ASCII(title=u"Image")
+
+  >>> from plone.formwidget.namedfile.converter import Base64Converter
+  >>> provideAdapter(Base64Converter)
+
+  >>> from zope.component import getMultiAdapter
+  >>> from z3c.form.interfaces import IDataConverter
+
+  >>> ascii_file_converter = getMultiAdapter(
+  ...     (IASCIIContent['file_field'], file_widget),
+  ...     IDataConverter
+  ... )
+  >>> ascii_image_converter = getMultiAdapter(
+  ...     (IASCIIContent['image_field'], image_widget),
+  ...     IDataConverter
+  ... )
+
+A value of None or '' results in the field's missing_value being returned::
+
+  >>> ascii_file_converter.toFieldValue(u'') is IASCIIContent['file_field'].missing_value
   True
+  >>> ascii_file_converter.toFieldValue(None) is IASCIIContent['file_field'].missing_value
+  True
+
+  >>> ascii_image_converter.toFieldValue(u'') is IASCIIContent['image_field'].missing_value
+  True
+  >>> ascii_image_converter.toFieldValue(None) is IASCIIContent['image_field'].missing_value
+  True
+
+A named file/image instance is returned as Base 64 encoded string in the
+following form::
+
+  filenameb64:BASE64_ENCODED_FILENAME;data64:BASE64_ENCODED_DATA
+
+Like so::
+
+  >>> ascii_file_converter.toFieldValue(
+  ...     NamedFile(data='testfile', filename=u'test.txt'))
+  'filenameb64:dGVzdC50eHQ=;datab64:dGVzdGZpbGU='
+  >>> ascii_image_converter.toFieldValue(
+  ...     NamedImage(data='testimage', filename=u'test.png'))
+  'filenameb64:dGVzdC5wbmc=;datab64:dGVzdGltYWdl'
+
+A Base 64 encoded structure like descibed above is converted to the appropriate
+type::
+
+  >>> afile = ascii_file_converter.toWidgetValue(
+  ...     'filenameb64:dGVzdC50eHQ=;datab64:dGVzdGZpbGU=')
+  >>> afile
+  <plone.namedfile.file.NamedFile object at ...>
+  >>> afile.data
+  'testfile'
+  >>> afile.filename
+  u'test.txt'
+
+  >>> aimage = ascii_image_converter.toWidgetValue(
+  ...     'filenameb64:dGVzdC5wbmc=;datab64:dGVzdGltYWdl')
+  >>> aimage
+  <plone.namedfile.file.NamedImage object at ...>
+  >>> aimage.data
+  'testimage'
+  >>> aimage.filename
+  u'test.png'
+
+Finally, some tests with image uploads converted to the field value.
+
+Convert a file upload to the Base 64 encoded field value and handle the
+filename too::
+
+
+  >>> myfile = cStringIO.StringIO('File upload contents.')
+  >>> # \xc3\xb8 is UTF-8 for a small letter o with slash
+  >>> aFieldStorage = FieldStorageStub(myfile, filename='rand\xc3\xb8m.txt',
+  ...     headers={'Content-Type': 'text/x-dummy'})
+  >>> ascii_file_converter.toFieldValue(FileUpload(aFieldStorage))
+  'filenameb64:cmFuZMO4bS50eHQ=;datab64:RmlsZSB1cGxvYWQgY29udGVudHMu'
+
+A zero-length, unnamed FileUpload results in the field's missing_value
+being returned::
+
+  >>> myfile = cStringIO.StringIO('')
+  >>> aFieldStorage = FieldStorageStub(myfile, filename='', headers={'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'})
+  >>> field_value = ascii_file_converter.toFieldValue(FileUpload(aFieldStorage))
+  >>> field_value is IASCIIContent['file_field'].missing_value
+  True
+  >>> field_value = ascii_image_converter.toFieldValue(FileUpload(aFieldStorage))
+  >>> field_value is IASCIIContent['image_field'].missing_value
+  True
+
+
+The Download view on ASCII fields
+---------------------------------
+::
+
+  >>> class ASCIIContent(object):
+  ...     implements(IASCIIContent)
+  ...     def __init__(self, file, image):
+  ...         self.file_field = file
+  ...         self.image_field = image
+  ...
+  ...     def absolute_url(self):
+  ...         return 'http://example.com/content2'
+
+  >>> content = ASCIIContent(
+  ...     NamedFile(data="testfile", filename=u"test.txt"),
+  ...     NamedImage(data="testimage", filename=u"test.png"))
+
+  >>> from z3c.form.widget import FieldWidget
+
+  >>> ascii_file_widget = FieldWidget(IASCIIContent['file_field'], NamedFileWidget(TestRequest()))
+  >>> ascii_file_widget.context = content
+
+  >>> ascii_image_widget = FieldWidget(IASCIIContent['image_field'], NamedImageWidget(TestRequest()))
+  >>> ascii_image_widget.context = content
+
+  >>> request = TestRequest()
+  >>> view = Download(ascii_file_widget, request)
+  >>> view()
+  'testfile'
+
+  >>> request.response.getHeader('Content-Disposition')
+  "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''test.txt"
+  
+  >>> view = Download(ascii_image_widget, request)
+  >>> view()
+  'testimage'
+
+  >>> request.response.getHeader('Content-Disposition')
+  "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''test.png"
+
 
 The validator
 -------------