diff --git a/examples/forms/app.py b/examples/forms/app.py
index d77cadfe8..ec2e29bb1 100644
--- a/examples/forms/app.py
+++ b/examples/forms/app.py
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ class FileView(sqla.ModelView):
     form_args = {
         'path': {
             'label': 'File',
-            'base_path': file_path
+            'base_path': file_path,
+            'allow_overwrite': False
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/flask_admin/form/upload.py b/flask_admin/form/upload.py
index 03a3819fd..c54e10693 100644
--- a/flask_admin/form/upload.py
+++ b/flask_admin/form/upload.py
@@ -51,12 +51,21 @@ def __call__(self, field, **kwargs):
 
         template = self.data_template if field.data else self.empty_template
 
+        if field.errors:
+            template = self.empty_template
+
+        if field.data and isinstance(field.data, FileStorage):
+            value = field.data.filename
+        else:
+            value = field.data or ''
+
         return HTMLString(template % {
             'text': html_params(type='text',
                                 readonly='readonly',
-                                value=field.data,
+                                value=value,
                                 name=field.name),
             'file': html_params(type='file',
+                                value=value,
                                 **kwargs),
             'marker': '_%s-delete' % field.name
         })
@@ -122,7 +131,7 @@ class FileUploadField(fields.StringField):
     def __init__(self, label=None, validators=None,
                  base_path=None, relative_path=None,
                  namegen=None, allowed_extensions=None,
-                 permission=0o666,
+                 permission=0o666, allow_overwrite=True,
                  **kwargs):
         """
             Constructor.
@@ -154,6 +163,11 @@ class MyForm(BaseForm):
 
             :param allowed_extensions:
                 List of allowed extensions. If not provided, will allow any file.
+            :param allow_overwrite:
+                Whether to overwrite existing files in upload directory. Defaults to `True`.
+
+            .. versionadded:: 1.1.1
+                The `allow_overwrite` parameter was added.
         """
         self.base_path = base_path
         self.relative_path = relative_path
@@ -161,6 +175,7 @@ class MyForm(BaseForm):
         self.namegen = namegen or namegen_filename
         self.allowed_extensions = allowed_extensions
         self.permission = permission
+        self._allow_overwrite = allow_overwrite
 
         self._should_delete = False
 
@@ -188,6 +203,11 @@ def _is_uploaded_file(self, data):
     def pre_validate(self, form):
         if self._is_uploaded_file(self.data) and not self.is_file_allowed(self.data.filename):
             raise ValidationError(gettext('Invalid file extension'))
+        # Handle overwriting existing content
+        if not self._is_uploaded_file(self.data):
+            return
+        if self._allow_overwrite == False and os.path.exists(self._get_path(self.data.filename)):
+            raise ValidationError(gettext('File "%s" already exists.' % self.data.filename))
 
     def process(self, formdata, data=unset_value):
         if formdata:
@@ -253,6 +273,9 @@ def _save_file(self, data, filename):
         if not op.exists(op.dirname(path)):
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), self.permission | 0o111)
 
+        if self._allow_overwrite == False and os.path.exists(path):
+            raise ValueError(gettext('File "%s" already exists.' % path))
+
         data.save(path)
 
         return filename
diff --git a/flask_admin/tests/test_form_upload.py b/flask_admin/tests/test_form_upload.py
index d25901cb2..44c5c9f7f 100644
--- a/flask_admin/tests/test_form_upload.py
+++ b/flask_admin/tests/test_form_upload.py
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ def _remove_testfiles():
     class TestForm(form.BaseForm):
         upload = form.FileUploadField('Upload', base_path=path)
 
+    class TestNoOverWriteForm(form.BaseForm):
+        upload = form.FileUploadField('Upload', base_path=path, allow_overwrite=False)
+
     class Dummy(object):
         pass
 
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ class Dummy(object):
 
     # Check delete
     with app.test_request_context(method='POST', data={'_upload-delete': 'checked'}):
+
         my_form = TestForm(helpers.get_form_data())
 
         ok_(my_form.validate())
@@ -83,6 +87,24 @@ class Dummy(object):
 
         ok_(not op.exists(op.join(path, 'test2.txt')))
 
+    # Check overwrite
+    _remove_testfiles()
+    my_form_ow = TestNoOverWriteForm()
+    with app.test_request_context(method='POST', data={'upload': (BytesIO(b'Hullo'), 'test1.txt')}):
+        my_form_ow = TestNoOverWriteForm(helpers.get_form_data())
+
+        ok_(my_form_ow.validate())
+        my_form_ow.populate_obj(dummy)
+        eq_(dummy.upload, 'test1.txt')
+        ok_(op.exists(op.join(path, 'test1.txt')))
+
+    with app.test_request_context(method='POST', data={'upload': (BytesIO(b'Hullo'), 'test1.txt')}):
+        my_form_ow = TestNoOverWriteForm(helpers.get_form_data())
+
+        ok_(not my_form_ow.validate())
+
+    _remove_testfiles()
+
 
 def test_image_upload_field():
     app = Flask(__name__)