diff --git a/src/httpserver/CMakeLists.txt b/src/httpserver/CMakeLists.txt
index cc166a1d..e993ceda 100644
--- a/src/httpserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/httpserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 noa_library(NAMESPACE sourcemeta PROJECT hydra NAME httpserver
   FOLDER "Hydra/HTTP Server"
   PRIVATE_HEADERS request.h response.h logger.h
-  SOURCES uwebsockets.h httpserver.cc request.cc response.cc logger.cc)
+  SOURCES uwebsockets.h httpserver.cc request.cc response.cc logger.cc static.cc)
 
 if(HYDRA_INSTALL)
   noa_library_install(NAMESPACE sourcemeta PROJECT hydra NAME httpserver)
diff --git a/src/httpserver/include/sourcemeta/hydra/httpserver.h b/src/httpserver/include/sourcemeta/hydra/httpserver.h
index a5a99765..15e5d4e2 100644
--- a/src/httpserver/include/sourcemeta/hydra/httpserver.h
+++ b/src/httpserver/include/sourcemeta/hydra/httpserver.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>    // std::uint32_t
 #include <exception>  // std::exception_ptr
+#include <filesystem> // std::filesystem::path
 #include <functional> // std::function
 #include <string>     // std::string
 #include <tuple>      // std::tuple
@@ -198,6 +199,37 @@ class SOURCEMETA_HYDRA_HTTPSERVER_EXPORT Server {
   ServerLogger logger{"global"};
 };
 
+/// @ingroup httpserver
+/// Serve a static file. This function assumes that the file exists and that is
+/// not a directory. For example:
+///
+/// ```cpp
+/// #include <sourcemeta/hydra/httpserver.h>
+///
+/// static auto
+/// on_static(const sourcemeta::hydra::http::ServerLogger &,
+///         const sourcemeta::hydra::http::ServerRequest &request,
+///         sourcemeta::hydra::http::ServerResponse &response) -> void {
+///   const std::filesystem::path file_path{"path/to/static" + request.path()};
+///   if (!std::filesystem::exists(file_path)) {
+///     response.status(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::NOT_FOUND);
+///     response.end();
+///     return;
+///   }
+///
+///   sourcemeta::hydra::http::serve_file(file_path, request, response);
+/// }
+///
+/// int main() {
+///   sourcemeta::hydra::http::Server server;
+///   server.route(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET, "/*", on_static);
+///   return server.run(3000);
+/// }
+/// ```
+auto SOURCEMETA_HYDRA_HTTPSERVER_EXPORT
+serve_file(const std::filesystem::path &file_path, const ServerRequest &request,
+           ServerResponse &response) -> void;
+
 } // namespace sourcemeta::hydra::http
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/httpserver/static.cc b/src/httpserver/static.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21f57f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/httpserver/static.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include <sourcemeta/hydra/crypto.h>
+#include <sourcemeta/hydra/httpserver.h>
+
+#include <cassert>    // assert
+#include <filesystem> // std::filesystem
+#include <fstream>    // std::ifstream
+#include <sstream>    // std::ostringstream
+
+namespace sourcemeta::hydra::http {
+
+auto serve_file(const std::filesystem::path &file_path,
+                const ServerRequest &request,
+                ServerResponse &response) -> void {
+  assert(request.method() == sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET ||
+         request.method() == sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::HEAD);
+
+  // Its the responsibility of the caller to ensure the file path
+  // exists, otherwise we cannot know how the application prefers
+  // to react to such case.
+  assert(std::filesystem::exists(file_path));
+  assert(std::filesystem::is_regular_file(file_path));
+
+  const auto last_write_time{std::filesystem::last_write_time(file_path)};
+  const auto last_modified{
+      std::chrono::time_point_cast<std::chrono::system_clock::duration>(
+          last_write_time - std::filesystem::file_time_type::clock::now() +
+          std::chrono::system_clock::now())};
+
+  if (!request.header_if_modified_since(last_modified)) {
+    response.status(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::NOT_MODIFIED);
+    response.end();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  std::ifstream stream{std::filesystem::canonical(file_path)};
+  stream.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
+  assert(!stream.fail());
+  assert(stream.is_open());
+
+  std::ostringstream contents;
+  contents << stream.rdbuf();
+  std::ostringstream etag;
+  sourcemeta::hydra::md5(contents.str(), etag);
+
+  if (!request.header_if_none_match(etag.str())) {
+    response.status(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::NOT_MODIFIED);
+    response.end();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  response.status(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  response.header("Content-Type", sourcemeta::hydra::mime_type(file_path));
+  response.header_etag(etag.str());
+  response.header_last_modified(last_modified);
+
+  if (request.method() == sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::HEAD) {
+    response.head(contents.str());
+  } else {
+    response.end(contents.str());
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace sourcemeta::hydra::http
diff --git a/test/e2e/httpserver/CMakeLists.txt b/test/e2e/httpserver/CMakeLists.txt
index 49011714..25a0bf84 100644
--- a/test/e2e/httpserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/e2e/httpserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ target_link_libraries(sourcemeta_hydra_httpserver_e2e_stub PRIVATE
   sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::json)
 target_link_libraries(sourcemeta_hydra_httpserver_e2e_stub PRIVATE
   sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::jsonschema)
+target_compile_definitions(sourcemeta_hydra_httpserver_e2e_stub PRIVATE
+  STATIC_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/static")
 noa_add_default_options(PRIVATE sourcemeta_hydra_httpserver_e2e_stub)
 
 add_executable(sourcemeta_hydra_httpserver_e2e
diff --git a/test/e2e/httpserver/httpserver_test.cc b/test/e2e/httpserver/httpserver_test.cc
index 1ea030a1..ad7a1059 100644
--- a/test/e2e/httpserver/httpserver_test.cc
+++ b/test/e2e/httpserver/httpserver_test.cc
@@ -917,3 +917,198 @@ TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, text_head) {
   EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-length").value(), "27");
   EXPECT_TRUE(response.empty());
 }
+
+TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, static_document_get) {
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/document.json"};
+  request.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  request.capture();
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response{request.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-length").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-length").value(), "37");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-type").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-type").value(), "application/json");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("etag").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("etag").value(),
+            "\"cef8a5c5d7fcfb9cf601bf3a146a47e7\"");
+
+  std::ostringstream result;
+  std::copy(
+      std::istreambuf_iterator<std::ostringstream::char_type>(response.body()),
+      std::istreambuf_iterator<std::ostringstream::char_type>(),
+      std::ostreambuf_iterator<std::ostringstream::char_type>(result));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(result.str(), "{ \"foo\": \"bar\" }\n");
+}
+
+TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, static_document_head) {
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/document.json"};
+  request.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::HEAD);
+  request.capture();
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response{request.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-length").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-length").value(), "37");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-type").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-type").value(), "application/json");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("etag").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("etag").value(),
+            "\"cef8a5c5d7fcfb9cf601bf3a146a47e7\"");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, static_document_get_if_none_match_true) {
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request_1{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/document.json"};
+  request_1.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  request_1.capture();
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response_1{request_1.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response_1.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response_1.header("etag").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response_1.header("etag").value(),
+            "\"cef8a5c5d7fcfb9cf601bf3a146a47e7\"");
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response_1.empty());
+
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request_2{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/document.json"};
+  request_2.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  request_2.header("If-None-Match", response_1.header("etag").value());
+  request_2.capture();
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response_2{request_2.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response_2.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::NOT_MODIFIED);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response_2.header("etag").has_value());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response_2.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, static_document_get_if_none_match_false) {
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/document.json"};
+  request.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  request.header("If-None-Match", "\"foo\"");
+  request.capture();
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response{request.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-length").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-length").value(), "37");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-type").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-type").value(), "application/json");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("etag").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("etag").value(),
+            "\"cef8a5c5d7fcfb9cf601bf3a146a47e7\"");
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, static_image_get) {
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/image.png"};
+  request.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  request.capture();
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response{request.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-length").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-length").value(), "104593");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-type").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-type").value(), "image/png");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("etag").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("etag").value(),
+            "\"81bd1728552ef6a378c090bd61427474\"");
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, static_image_head) {
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/image.png"};
+  request.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::HEAD);
+  request.capture();
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response{request.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-length").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-length").value(), "104593");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("content-type").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("content-type").value(), "image/png");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.header("etag").has_value());
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.header("etag").value(),
+            "\"81bd1728552ef6a378c090bd61427474\"");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, static_image_if_modified_since_equal) {
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request_1{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/image.png"};
+  request_1.capture();
+  request_1.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response_1{request_1.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response_1.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response_1.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response_1.empty());
+
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request_2{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/image.png"};
+  request_2.capture();
+  request_2.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  request_2.header("If-Modified-Since",
+                   response_1.header("last-modified").value());
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response_2{request_2.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response_2.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::NOT_MODIFIED);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response_2.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response_2.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, static_image_if_modified_since_greater) {
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request_1{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/image.png"};
+  request_1.capture();
+  request_1.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response_1{request_1.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response_1.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response_1.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response_1.empty());
+
+  auto timestamp{sourcemeta::hydra::http::from_gmt(
+      response_1.header("last-modified").value())};
+  timestamp += std::chrono::hours{1};
+
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request_2{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/image.png"};
+  request_2.capture();
+  request_2.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  request_2.header("If-Modified-Since",
+                   sourcemeta::hydra::http::to_gmt(timestamp));
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response_2{request_2.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response_2.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::NOT_MODIFIED);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response_2.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response_2.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(e2e_HTTP_Server, static_image_if_modified_since_less) {
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request_1{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/image.png"};
+  request_1.capture();
+  request_1.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response_1{request_1.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response_1.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response_1.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response_1.empty());
+
+  auto timestamp{sourcemeta::hydra::http::from_gmt(
+      response_1.header("last-modified").value())};
+  timestamp -= std::chrono::hours{1};
+
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientRequest request_2{
+      std::string{HTTPSERVER_BASE_URL()} + "/static/image.png"};
+  request_2.capture();
+  request_2.method(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET);
+  request_2.header("If-Modified-Since",
+                   sourcemeta::hydra::http::to_gmt(timestamp));
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::ClientResponse response_2{request_2.send().get()};
+  EXPECT_EQ(response_2.status(), sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::OK);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(response_2.header("last-modified").has_value());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(response_2.empty());
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/httpserver/static/document.json b/test/e2e/httpserver/static/document.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c850a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/httpserver/static/document.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "foo": "bar" }
diff --git a/test/e2e/httpserver/static/image.png b/test/e2e/httpserver/static/image.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b74e70e
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/e2e/httpserver/static/image.png differ
diff --git a/test/e2e/httpserver/stub.cc b/test/e2e/httpserver/stub.cc
index 8414beac..03325cc8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/httpserver/stub.cc
+++ b/test/e2e/httpserver/stub.cc
@@ -184,6 +184,20 @@ static auto on_text(const sourcemeta::hydra::http::ServerLogger &,
   }
 }
 
+static auto
+on_static(const sourcemeta::hydra::http::ServerLogger &,
+          const sourcemeta::hydra::http::ServerRequest &request,
+          sourcemeta::hydra::http::ServerResponse &response) -> void {
+  const std::filesystem::path file_path{STATIC_PATH + request.path().substr(7)};
+  if (!std::filesystem::exists(file_path)) {
+    response.status(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Status::NOT_FOUND);
+    response.end();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  sourcemeta::hydra::http::serve_file(file_path, request, response);
+}
+
 static auto
 on_error(std::exception_ptr error,
          const sourcemeta::hydra::http::ServerLogger &,
@@ -232,6 +246,8 @@ auto main(int argc, char *argv[]) -> int {
   server.route(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::POST, "/cache-me", on_cache_me);
   server.route(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET, "/etag-quoted",
                on_etag_quoted);
+  server.route(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::GET, "/static/*", on_static);
+  server.route(sourcemeta::hydra::http::Method::HEAD, "/static/*", on_static);
 
   server.otherwise(on_otherwise);
   server.error(on_error);