diff --git a/apps/self-service/src/app/registration/registration-page.html b/apps/self-service/src/app/registration/registration-page.html
index 6910880..255dba4 100644
--- a/apps/self-service/src/app/registration/registration-page.html
+++ b/apps/self-service/src/app/registration/registration-page.html
@@ -19,11 +19,20 @@
               Het aanleveren van uw documenten is niet gelukt. Probeer het opnieuw.
             </p>
           }
+          <p utrecht-paragraph>Lever uw diploma aan (PDF).</p>
+          <label utrecht-form-label for="diploma">Diploma</label>
+          <input
+            id="diploma"
+            type="file"
+            accept="application/pdf"
+            [disabled]="providingDocuments()"
+            (change)="onFileSelected($event)"
+          />
           <button
             utrecht-button
             appearance="primary-action-button"
             type="button"
-            [disabled]="providingDocuments()"
+            [disabled]="providingDocuments() || !selectedFile()"
             (click)="provideDocuments()"
           >
             Documenten aanleveren
diff --git a/apps/self-service/src/app/registration/registration-page.ts b/apps/self-service/src/app/registration/registration-page.ts
index 8c93c48..7d6a916 100644
--- a/apps/self-service/src/app/registration/registration-page.ts
+++ b/apps/self-service/src/app/registration/registration-page.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export class RegistrationPage {
   protected readonly providingDocuments = signal(false);
   protected readonly documentsProvided = signal(false);
   protected readonly provideDocumentsFailed = signal(false);
+  protected readonly selectedFile = signal<File | undefined>(undefined);
 
   submit(): void {
     this.submitting.set(true);
@@ -47,24 +48,44 @@ export class RegistrationPage {
     });
   }
 
-  provideDocuments(): void {
+  onFileSelected(event: Event): void {
+    const input = event.target as HTMLInputElement;
+    this.selectedFile.set(input.files?.[0] ?? undefined);
+  }
+
+  async provideDocuments(): Promise<void> {
     const reference = this.reference();
-    if (!reference) {
+    const file = this.selectedFile();
+    if (!reference || !file) {
       return;
     }
     this.providingDocuments.set(true);
     this.provideDocumentsFailed.set(false);
-    this.bff.postSelfServiceRegistrationsIdDocuments(reference).subscribe({
-      next: () => {
-        this.documentsProvided.set(true);
-        this.providingDocuments.set(false);
-      },
-      // Surface the failure instead of swallowing it: keep the action so the user can retry.
-      error: () => {
-        this.provideDocumentsFailed.set(true);
-        this.providingDocuments.set(false);
-      },
-    });
+    let contentBase64: string;
+    try {
+      contentBase64 = await readAsBase64(file);
+    } catch {
+      this.provideDocumentsFailed.set(true);
+      this.providingDocuments.set(false);
+      return;
+    }
+    this.bff
+      .postSelfServiceRegistrationsIdDocuments(reference, {
+        contentBase64,
+        fileName: file.name,
+        contentType: file.type || 'application/pdf',
+      })
+      .subscribe({
+        next: () => {
+          this.documentsProvided.set(true);
+          this.providingDocuments.set(false);
+        },
+        // Surface the failure instead of swallowing it: keep the action so the user can retry.
+        error: () => {
+          this.provideDocumentsFailed.set(true);
+          this.providingDocuments.set(false);
+        },
+      });
   }
 
   withdraw(): void {
@@ -87,3 +108,13 @@ export class RegistrationPage {
     });
   }
 }
+
+/** Read a file's bytes as a base64 string (without the `data:...;base64,` prefix). */
+function readAsBase64(file: File): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const reader = new FileReader();
+    reader.onload = () => resolve(((reader.result as string) ?? '').split(',', 2)[1] ?? '');
+    reader.onerror = () => reject(reader.error ?? new Error('Could not read the file.'));
+    reader.readAsDataURL(file);
+  });
+}