diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/message/send/send-message.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/message/send/send-message.go
index 2e9b60f..b0cd39d 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/message/send/send-message.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/message/send/send-message.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/table"
@@ -28,11 +29,13 @@ import (
 
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/common"
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/config"
+	v0 "gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v0"
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v1"
 )
 
 var (
-	account string
+	account     string
+	attachments []string
 
 	SendMessageCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "send <group id | phone number> <message>",
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ var (
 			req := v1.SendRequest{
 				Username:    account,
 				MessageBody: strings.Join(args[1:], " "),
+				Attachments: []*v0.JsonAttachment{},
 			}
 
 			if strings.HasPrefix(args[0], "+") {
@@ -64,6 +68,15 @@ var (
 				req.RecipientGroupID = args[0]
 			}
 
+			for _, attachment := range attachments {
+				path, err := filepath.Abs(attachment)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal("error resolving attachment", err)
+				}
+				log.Println(path)
+				req.Attachments = append(req.Attachments, &v0.JsonAttachment{Filename: path})
+			}
+
 			resp, err := req.Submit(common.Signald)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal("error sending request to signald: ", err)
@@ -121,4 +134,5 @@ var (
 
 func init() {
 	SendMessageCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&account, "account", "a", "", "local account to use")
+	SendMessageCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&attachments, "attachment", "A", []string{}, "attach a file to your outbound message. may be specified multiple times.")
 }