diff --git a/sapl/settings.py b/sapl/settings.py
index 0ad1389cd..59298311a 100644
--- a/sapl/settings.py
+++ b/sapl/settings.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     "UNICODE_JSON": False,
     "DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES": (
         "rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser",
+        "rest_framework.parsers.MultiPartParser"
     ),
     'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',