diff --git a/lib/paperclip/attachment.rb b/lib/paperclip/attachment.rb
index 697d49eee..ca9f896a7 100644
--- a/lib/paperclip/attachment.rb
+++ b/lib/paperclip/attachment.rb
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ def reprocess!(*style_args)
     def file?
       !original_filename.blank?
     end
+    
+    alias :present? :file?
 
     # Writes the attachment-specific attribute on the instance. For example,
     # instance_write(:file_name, "me.jpg") will write "me.jpg" to the instance's