diff --git a/starlette/datastructures.py b/starlette/datastructures.py
index 8dd5d8489..37457b52a 100644
--- a/starlette/datastructures.py
+++ b/starlette/datastructures.py
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ async def seek(self, offset: int, whence: int = 0) -> None:
         else:
             await run_in_threadpool(self.file.seek, offset, whence)
 
+    def tell(self) -> int:
+        return self.file.tell()
+
     async def close(self) -> None:
         if self._in_memory:
             self.file.close()
diff --git a/tests/test_datastructures.py b/tests/test_datastructures.py
index bd356c236..23ce4edef 100644
--- a/tests/test_datastructures.py
+++ b/tests/test_datastructures.py
@@ -220,9 +220,15 @@ class BigUploadFile(UploadFile):
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_upload_file():
     big_file = BigUploadFile("big-file")
+    await big_file.seek(0)
     await big_file.write(b"big-data" * 512)
     await big_file.write(b"big-data")
-    await big_file.seek(0, 0)
+    pos = big_file.tell()
+    assert pos > 512 * len(b"big-data")
+    await big_file.seek(-10, 1)
+    assert big_file.tell() == pos - 10
+    await big_file.seek(0)
+    assert big_file.tell() == 0
     assert await big_file.read(1024) == b"big-data" * 128
     await big_file.close()