diff --git a/lib/formdata.c b/lib/formdata.c
index 5419371de..aa5a79ac1 100644
--- a/lib/formdata.c
+++ b/lib/formdata.c
@@ -1134,15 +1134,17 @@ CURLcode Curl_getformdata(struct SessionHandle *data,
         /* it should be noted that for the HTTPPOST_FILENAME and
            HTTPPOST_CALLBACK cases the ->showfilename struct member is always
            assigned at this point */
-        char *filebasename=
-          (!post->showfilename)?strippath(post->contents):NULL;
+        if(post->showfilename || (post->flags & HTTPPOST_FILENAME)) {
+          char *filebasename=
+            (!post->showfilename)?strippath(post->contents):NULL;
 
-        result = AddFormDataf(&form, &size,
-                              "; filename=\"%s\"",
-                              (post->showfilename?post->showfilename:
-                               filebasename));
-        if(filebasename)
-          free(filebasename);
+          result = AddFormDataf(&form, &size,
+                                "; filename=\"%s\"",
+                                (post->showfilename?post->showfilename:
+                                 filebasename));
+          if(filebasename)
+            free(filebasename);
+        }
 
         if(result)
           break;
diff --git a/tests/data/test554 b/tests/data/test554
index 134f7ef97..7fdc353fc 100644
--- a/tests/data/test554
+++ b/tests/data/test554
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ s/^------------------------------[a-z0-9]*/------------------------------/
 s/boundary=----------------------------[a-z0-9]*/boundary=----------------------------/
 </strippart>
 # Note that the stripping above removes 12 bytes from every occurance of the
-# boundary string and since 4 of them are in the body contents, we see
-# 415 - (4*12) here == 367 bytes.
+# boundary string and since 5 of them are in the body contents, we see
+# (5*12) == 60 bytes less
 <protocol>
 POST /554 HTTP/1.1
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
-Content-Length: 415
+Content-Length: 561
 Expect: 100-continue
 Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----------------------------
 
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="sendfile"; filename="postit2.c"
 
 this is what we post to the silly web server
 
+------------------------------
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name="callbackdata"
+
+this is what we post to the silly web server
+
 ------------------------------
 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="filename"
 
diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib554.c b/tests/libtest/lib554.c
index d510268e7..ed8d13f05 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib554.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib554.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int test(char *URL)
   struct curl_httppost *formpost=NULL;
   struct curl_httppost *lastptr=NULL;
   struct WriteThis pooh;
+  struct WriteThis pooh2;
 
   if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) != CURLE_OK) {
     fprintf(stderr, "curl_global_init() failed\n");
@@ -85,6 +86,23 @@ int test(char *URL)
   if(formrc)
     printf("curl_formadd(1) = %d\n", (int)formrc);
 
+  /* Now add the same data with another name and make it not look like
+     a file upload but still using the callback */
+
+  pooh2.readptr = data;
+  pooh2.sizeleft = strlen(data);
+
+  /* Fill in the file upload field */
+  formrc = curl_formadd(&formpost,
+                        &lastptr,
+                        CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "callbackdata",
+                        CURLFORM_STREAM, &pooh2,
+                        CURLFORM_CONTENTSLENGTH, pooh2.sizeleft,
+                        CURLFORM_END);
+
+  if(formrc)
+    printf("curl_formadd(1) = %d\n", (int)formrc);
+
   /* Fill in the filename field */
   formrc = curl_formadd(&formpost,
                         &lastptr,