diff --git a/canvasapi/submission.py b/canvasapi/submission.py
index f2d738c0..f54c1c96 100644
--- a/canvasapi/submission.py
+++ b/canvasapi/submission.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def mark_unread(self, **kwargs):
         )
         return response.status_code == 204
 
-    def upload_comment(self, file: FileOrPathLike, **kwargs):
+    def upload_comment(self, file: FileOrPathLike, text_comment=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Upload a file to attach to this submission as a comment.
 
@@ -177,7 +177,10 @@ def upload_comment(self, file: FileOrPathLike, **kwargs):
         ).start()
 
         if response[0]:
-            self.edit(comment={"file_ids": [response[1]["id"]]})
+            comment = {"file_ids": [response[1]["id"]]}
+            if text_comment:
+                comment["text_comment"] = text_comment
+            self.edit(comment=comment)
         return response
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_submission.py b/tests/test_submission.py
index 84b7a2dd..ae36ea05 100644
--- a/tests/test_submission.py
+++ b/tests/test_submission.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from canvasapi.submission import GroupedSubmission, Submission
 from tests import settings
 from tests.util import cleanup_file, register_uris
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 
 @requests_mock.Mocker()
@@ -111,14 +112,24 @@ def test_upload_comment(self, m):
         )
 
         filename = "testfile_submission_{}".format(uuid.uuid4().hex)
+        text_comment = "Here is my file comment"
 
         try:
             with open(filename, "w+") as file:
-                response = self.submission.upload_comment(file)
+                with patch.object(self.submission, 'edit') as mock_edit:
+                    response = self.submission.upload_comment(file, text_comment=text_comment)
+
+                    self.assertTrue(response[0])
+                    self.assertIsInstance(response[1], dict)
+                    self.assertIn("url", response[1])
+
+                    # Verify if the edit method was called with the correct arguments
+                    mock_edit.assert_called_once()
+                    _, kwargs = mock_edit.call_args
+                    self.assertIn("comment", kwargs)
+                    self.assertIn("text_comment", kwargs["comment"])
+                    self.assertEqual(kwargs["comment"]["text_comment"], text_comment)
 
-            self.assertTrue(response[0])
-            self.assertIsInstance(response[1], dict)
-            self.assertIn("url", response[1])
         finally:
             cleanup_file(filename)