diff -r 4e85e4743757 Lib/httplib.py
--- a/Lib/httplib.py	Fri Jul 27 14:05:46 2012 +0100
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py	Mon Jul 30 17:26:59 2012 +0900
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@
         thelen = None
         try:
             thelen = str(len(body))
-        except TypeError, te:
+        except (TypeError, AttributeError):
             # If this is a file-like object, try to
             # fstat its file descriptor
             try:
diff -r 4e85e4743757 Lib/test/test_httplib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py	Fri Jul 27 14:05:46 2012 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py	Mon Jul 30 17:26:59 2012 +0900
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import StringIO
 import socket
 import errno
+import tempfile
 
 import unittest
 TestCase = unittest.TestCase
@@ -240,6 +241,20 @@
         conn.request('GET', '/foo', body)
         self.assertTrue(sock.data.startswith(expected))
 
+    def test_send_tempfile(self):
+        expected = 'GET /foo HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: example.com\r\n' \
+                   'Accept-Encoding: identity\r\nContent-Length:'
+
+        body = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
+        body.write("fake data")
+        body.seek(0)
+
+        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('example.com')
+        sock = FakeSocket(body)
+        conn.sock = sock
+        conn.request('GET', '/foo', body)
+        self.assertTrue(sock.data.startswith(expected))
+
     def test_send(self):
         expected = 'this is a test this is only a test'
         conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('example.com')