diff --git a/system/Helpers/form_helper.php b/system/Helpers/form_helper.php
index 4f21effbc568..66eec099917e 100644
--- a/system/Helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ function form_open(string $action = '', $attributes = [], array $hidden = []): s
 			$csrfId = $attributes['csrf_id'];
 			unset($attributes['csrf_id']);
 		}
-
+		
+		if(is_array($attributes) && array_key_exists('enctype', $attributes))
+		{
+			$enctype = trim($attributes['enctype']);
+			unset($attributes['enctype']);
+		}
+		
 		$attributes = stringify_attributes($attributes);
 
 		if (stripos($attributes, 'method=') === false)
@@ -83,7 +89,7 @@ function form_open(string $action = '', $attributes = [], array $hidden = []): s
 			$attributes .= ' accept-charset="' . strtolower($config->charset) . '"';
 		}
 
-		$form = '<form action="' . $action . '"' . $attributes . ">\n";
+		$form = '<form action="' . $action . '"' . (isset($enctype) ? ' enctype="' . $enctype . '"' : '') . $attributes . ">\n";
 
 		// Add CSRF field if enabled, but leave it out for GET requests and requests to external websites
 		$before = Services::filters()->getFilters()['before'];
diff --git a/tests/system/Helpers/FormHelperTest.php b/tests/system/Helpers/FormHelperTest.php
index 4c97b0706233..8c6e246be175 100644
--- a/tests/system/Helpers/FormHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Helpers/FormHelperTest.php
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public function testFormOpenMultipart()
 			$Value    = csrf_hash();
 			$Name     = csrf_token();
 			$expected = <<<EOH
-<form action="http://example.com/index.php/foo/bar" name="form" id="form" method="POST" enctype="multipart&#x2F;form-data" accept-charset="utf-8">
+<form action="http://example.com/index.php/foo/bar" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form" id="form" method="POST" accept-charset="utf-8">
 <input type="hidden" name="$Name" value="$Value" style="display:none;" />
 
 EOH;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public function testFormOpenMultipart()
 		else
 		{
 			$expected = <<<EOH
-<form action="http://example.com/index.php/foo/bar" name="form" id="form" method="POST" enctype="multipart&#x2F;form-data" accept-charset="utf-8">
+<form action="http://example.com/index.php/foo/bar" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form" id="form" method="POST" accept-charset="utf-8">
 
 EOH;
 		}