diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapter.php b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapter.php
index 249cefe6f7a5..8057b219c8ae 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapter.php
@@ -228,12 +228,14 @@ public function put($path, $contents, $options = [])
      * Store the uploaded file on the disk.
      *
      * @param  string  $path
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\File|\Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile  $file
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\File|\Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile|string  $file
      * @param  array  $options
      * @return string|false
      */
     public function putFile($path, $file, $options = [])
     {
+        $file = is_string($file) ? new File($file) : $file;
+
         return $this->putFileAs($path, $file, $file->hashName(), $options);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapterTest.php b/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapterTest.php
index 5638aa4f0624..3ba9928bac14 100644
--- a/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapterTest.php
@@ -271,4 +271,34 @@ public function testPutFileAsWithAbsoluteFilePath()
 
         $this->assertSame('normal file content', $filesystemAdapter->read($storagePath));
     }
+
+    public function testPutFile()
+    {
+        file_put_contents($filePath = $this->tempDir.'/foo.txt', 'uploaded file content');
+
+        $filesystemAdapter = new FilesystemAdapter($this->filesystem);
+
+        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile($filePath, 'org.txt', null, null, true);
+
+        $storagePath = $filesystemAdapter->putFile('/', $uploadedFile);
+
+        $this->assertSame(44, strlen($storagePath)); // random 40 characters + ".txt"
+
+        $this->assertFileExists($filePath);
+
+        $filesystemAdapter->assertExists($storagePath);
+    }
+
+    public function testPutFileWithAbsoluteFilePath()
+    {
+        file_put_contents($filePath = $this->tempDir.'/foo.txt', 'uploaded file content');
+
+        $filesystemAdapter = new FilesystemAdapter($this->filesystem);
+
+        $storagePath = $filesystemAdapter->putFile('/', $filePath);
+
+        $this->assertSame(44, strlen($storagePath)); // random 40 characters + ".txt"
+
+        $filesystemAdapter->assertExists($storagePath);
+    }
 }