diff --git a/telebot/apihelper.py b/telebot/apihelper.py
index 7f04901..f5fe0ee 100644
--- a/telebot/apihelper.py
+++ b/telebot/apihelper.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import requests
+try:
+    from requests.packages.urllib3 import fields
+except ImportError:
+    fields = None
 import telebot
 from telebot import types
 from telebot import util
@@ -29,6 +33,8 @@ def _make_request(token, method_name, method='get', params=None, files=None, bas
     logger.debug("Request: method={0} url={1} params={2} files={3}".format(method, request_url, params, files))
     read_timeout = READ_TIMEOUT
     connect_timeout = CONNECT_TIMEOUT
+    if files and fields:
+        fields.format_header_param = _no_encode(fields.format_header_param)
     if params:
         if 'timeout' in params: read_timeout = params['timeout'] + 10
         if 'connect-timeout' in params: connect_timeout = params['connect-timeout'] + 10
@@ -568,6 +574,15 @@ def _convert_markup(markup):
     return markup
 
 
+def _no_encode(func):
+    def wrapper(key, val):
+        if key == 'filename':
+            return '{0}={1}'.format(key, val)
+        else:
+            return func(key, val)
+    return wrapper
+
+
 class ApiException(Exception):
     """
     This class represents an Exception thrown when a call to the Telegram API fails.