diff --git a/src/Http/ServerRequestFactory.php b/src/Http/ServerRequestFactory.php
index 7393090dc8b..b7c7d942006 100644
--- a/src/Http/ServerRequestFactory.php
+++ b/src/Http/ServerRequestFactory.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public static function fromGlobals(
         $request = new ServerRequest([
             'environment' => $server,
             'uri' => $uri,
-            'files' => $files,
+            'files' => $files ?: $_FILES,
             'cookies' => $cookies ?: $_COOKIE,
             'query' => $query ?: $_GET,
             'post' => $body ?: $_POST,
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Http/ServerRequestFactoryTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Http/ServerRequestFactoryTest.php
index 5c20159d52a..d765088cef6 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Http/ServerRequestFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Http/ServerRequestFactoryTest.php
@@ -23,6 +23,31 @@
  */
 class ServerRequestFactoryTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var array|null
+     */
+    protected $server = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array|null
+     */
+    protected $post = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array|null
+     */
+    protected $files = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array|null
+     */
+    protected $cookies = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array|null
+     */
+    protected $get = null;
+
     /**
      * setup
      *
@@ -32,6 +57,10 @@ public function setUp()
     {
         parent::setUp();
         $this->server = $_SERVER;
+        $this->post = $_POST;
+        $this->files = $_FILES;
+        $this->cookies = $_COOKIE;
+        $this->get = $_GET;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -43,6 +72,40 @@ public function tearDown()
     {
         parent::tearDown();
         $_SERVER = $this->server;
+        $_POST = $this->post;
+        $_FILES = $this->files;
+        $_COOKIE = $this->cookies;
+        $_GET = $this->get;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test fromGlobals reads super globals
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testFromGlobalsSuperGlobals()
+    {
+        $_POST = [
+            'title' => 'custom'
+        ];
+        $_FILES = [
+            'image' => [
+                'tmp_name' => __FILE__,
+                'error' => 0,
+                'name' => 'cats.png',
+                'type' => 'image/png',
+                'size' => 2112
+            ]
+        ];
+        $_COOKIE = ['key' => 'value'];
+        $_GET = ['query' => 'string'];
+        $res = ServerRequestFactory::fromGlobals();
+        $this->assertSame($_COOKIE['key'], $res->getCookie('key'));
+        $this->assertSame($_GET['query'], $res->getQuery('query'));
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('title', $res->getData());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('image', $res->getData());
+        $this->assertSame($_FILES['image'], $res->getData('image'));
+        $this->assertCount(1, $res->getUploadedFiles());
     }
 
     /**