utils.guess_filename fails if the given parameter looks like a file object but has a non-string name attribute
diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 71171d0821..3f2a4d308a 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -158,3 +158,4 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - Joe Alcorn (`@buttscicles <https://github.com/buttscicles>`_)
 - Syed Suhail Ahmed <ssuhail.ahmed93@gmail.com> (`@syedsuhail <https://github.com/syedsuhail>`_)
 - Scott Sadler (`@ssadler <https://github.com/ssadler>`_)
+- Arthur Darcet (`@arthurdarcet <https://github.com/arthurdarcet>`_)
diff --git a/requests/utils.py b/requests/utils.py
index aa5c140e58..7467941447 100644
--- a/requests/utils.py
+++ b/requests/utils.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def get_netrc_auth(url):
 def guess_filename(obj):
     """Tries to guess the filename of the given object."""
     name = getattr(obj, 'name', None)
-    if name and name[0] != '<' and name[-1] != '>':
+    if name and isinstance(name, builtin_str) and name[0] != '<' and name[-1] != '>':
         return os.path.basename(name)
 
 
diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index 2d3ee628c5..68ee08c56f 100755
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -928,6 +928,14 @@ def test_can_send_nonstring_objects_with_files(self):
 
         assert 'multipart/form-data' in p.headers['Content-Type']
 
+    def test_can_send_file_object_with_non_string_filename(self):
+        f = io.BytesIO()
+        f.name = 2
+        r = requests.Request('POST', httpbin('post'), files={'f': f})
+        p = r.prepare()
+
+        assert 'multipart/form-data' in p.headers['Content-Type']
+
     def test_autoset_header_values_are_native(self):
         data = 'this is a string'
         length = '16'

A cherrypy uploaded file behave like a regular file, except that its name attribute is an int and passing it directly to requests fails because of that

(not sure if i should add myself to AUTHORS for this?)
