diff --git a/plugins/actions/ftp/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/workflow/actions/ftp/ActionFtp.java b/plugins/actions/ftp/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/workflow/actions/ftp/ActionFtp.java
index 06acf28f6d..df016e8c6c 100644
--- a/plugins/actions/ftp/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/workflow/actions/ftp/ActionFtp.java
+++ b/plugins/actions/ftp/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/workflow/actions/ftp/ActionFtp.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTP;
 import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient;
 import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPFile;
 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileObject;
@@ -436,6 +437,10 @@ public Result execute(Result previousResult, int nr) {
           limitFiles = Const.toInt(resolve(getNrLimit()), 10);
         }
 
+        if (binaryMode) {
+          ftpClient.setFileType(FTP.BINARY_FILE_TYPE);
+        }
+
         // Get the files in the list...
         for (FTPFile ftpFile : ftpFiles) {