diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/ContentExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/ContentExtensions.cs
index f802c2d0d9..a7d40b0b7d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/ContentExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/ContentExtensions.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Web;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using NPoco.Expressions;
 using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
@@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
             return ContentStatus.Unpublished;
         }
 
-        
-        
+
+
         #endregion
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -134,9 +135,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
         /// <summary>
         /// Sets the posted file value of a property.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>This really is for FileUpload fields only, and should be obsoleted. For anything else,
-        /// you need to store the file by yourself using Store and then figure out
-        /// how to deal with auto-fill properties (if any) and thumbnails (if any) by yourself.</remarks>
+        public static void SetValue(this IContentBase content, IContentTypeBaseServiceProvider contentTypeBaseServiceProvider, string propertyTypeAlias, string filename, HttpPostedFileBase postedFile, string culture = null, string segment = null)
+        {
+            content.SetValue(contentTypeBaseServiceProvider, propertyTypeAlias, postedFile.FileName, postedFile.InputStream, culture, segment);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the posted file value of a property.
+        /// </summary>
         public static void SetValue(this IContentBase content, IContentTypeBaseServiceProvider contentTypeBaseServiceProvider, string propertyTypeAlias, string filename, Stream filestream, string culture = null, string segment = null)
         {
             if (filename == null || filestream == null) return;