diff --git a/src/DoctrineORMModule/Form/Annotation/ElementAnnotationsListener.php b/src/DoctrineORMModule/Form/Annotation/ElementAnnotationsListener.php
index 999a874e..5f7b02be 100644
--- a/src/DoctrineORMModule/Form/Annotation/ElementAnnotationsListener.php
+++ b/src/DoctrineORMModule/Form/Annotation/ElementAnnotationsListener.php
@@ -340,6 +340,13 @@ public function handleValidatorField(EventInterface $event)
                 $inputSpec['validators'][] = array('name' => 'Int');
                 break;
             case 'string':
+                $elementSpec = $event->getParam('elementSpec');
+                if (isset($elementSpec['spec']['type']) &&
+                    in_array($elementSpec['spec']['type'], array('File', 'Zend\Form\Element\File'))
+                ) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 if (isset($mapping['length'])) {
                     $inputSpec['validators'][] = array(
                         'name'    => 'StringLength',
diff --git a/tests/DoctrineORMModuleTest/Assets/Entity/FormEntity.php b/tests/DoctrineORMModuleTest/Assets/Entity/FormEntity.php
index 198e416e..b2d86e27 100644
--- a/tests/DoctrineORMModuleTest/Assets/Entity/FormEntity.php
+++ b/tests/DoctrineORMModuleTest/Assets/Entity/FormEntity.php
@@ -144,4 +144,12 @@ class FormEntity
      * @Form\Attributes({"type":"textarea"})
      */
     protected $specificAttributeType;
+
+    /**
+     * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=256)
+     * @Form\Type("File")
+     * @ORM\JoinColumn(nullable=true)
+     * @Form\Options({"label":"Image"})
+     */
+    protected $image;
 }
diff --git a/tests/DoctrineORMModuleTest/Form/AnnotationBuilderTest.php b/tests/DoctrineORMModuleTest/Form/AnnotationBuilderTest.php
index 5ffa3a4d..61a32ba7 100644
--- a/tests/DoctrineORMModuleTest/Form/AnnotationBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/DoctrineORMModuleTest/Form/AnnotationBuilderTest.php
@@ -100,6 +100,22 @@ public function testEnsureCustomTypeOrAttributeTypeIsUsedInAnnotations()
         $this->assertTrue($userDefinedTypeOverridesListenerType);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @link https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/issues/7096
+     */
+    public function testFileTypeDoesntGrabStringLengthValidator()
+    {
+        $validators = $this
+            ->builder
+            ->createForm(new FormEntity())
+            ->getInputFilter()
+            ->get('image')
+            ->getValidatorChain()
+            ->getValidators();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(0, count($validators));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Ensure prefer_form_input_filter is set to true for the generated form
      */