diff --git a/src/handlers/unixfs-file.js b/src/handlers/unixfs-file.js
index a64fe58..c7b3d24 100644
--- a/src/handlers/unixfs-file.js
+++ b/src/handlers/unixfs-file.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { toReadableStream } from '../util/streams.js'
 import { detectContentType } from '../util/mime.js'
 import { HttpError } from '../util/errors.js'
+import { decodeRangeHeader, resolveRange } from '../util/range.js'
 
 /**
  * @typedef {import('../bindings.js').UnixfsEntryContext} UnixfsFileHandlerContext
@@ -34,8 +35,29 @@ export async function handleUnixfsFile (request, env, ctx) {
     throw new HttpError('method not allowed', { status: 405 })
   }
 
+  /** @type {import('dagula').AbsoluteRange|undefined} */
+  let range
+  if (request.headers.has('range')) {
+    /** @type {import('dagula').Range[]} */
+    let ranges = []
+    try {
+      ranges = decodeRangeHeader(request.headers.get('range') ?? '')
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new HttpError('invalid range', { cause: err, status: 400 })
+    }
+
+    if (ranges.length > 1) {
+      throw new HttpError('multipart byte range unsupported', { status: 400 })
+    }
+
+    range = resolveRange(ranges[0], Number(entry.size))
+  }
+
   console.log('unixfs root', entry.cid.toString())
-  const contentIterator = entry.content()[Symbol.asyncIterator]()
+  const status = range ? 206 : 200
+  const contentLength = range ? range[1] - range[0] + 1 : Number(entry.size)
+  const exportOpts = range ? { offset: range[0], length: range[1] - range[0] + 1 } : {}
+  const contentIterator = entry.content(exportOpts)[Symbol.asyncIterator]()
   const { done, value: firstChunk } = await contentIterator.next()
   if (done || !firstChunk.length) {
     return new Response(null, { status: 204, headers })
@@ -47,6 +69,11 @@ export async function handleUnixfsFile (request, env, ctx) {
     headers['Content-Type'] = contentType
   }
 
+  if (range && Number(entry.size) !== contentLength) {
+    const contentRange = `bytes ${range[0]}-${range[1]}/${entry.size}`
+    headers['Content-Range'] = contentRange
+  }
+
   // stream the remainder
   const stream = toReadableStream((async function * () {
     let bytesWritten = firstChunk.length
@@ -58,10 +85,9 @@ export async function handleUnixfsFile (request, env, ctx) {
         yield chunk
       }
       // FixedLengthStream does not like when you send less than what you said
-      const entrySize = Number(entry.size)
-      if (bytesWritten < entry.size) {
-        console.warn(`padding with ${entrySize - bytesWritten} zeroed bytes`)
-        yield new Uint8Array(entrySize - bytesWritten)
+      if (bytesWritten < contentLength) {
+        console.warn(`padding with ${contentLength - bytesWritten} zeroed bytes`)
+        yield new Uint8Array(contentLength - bytesWritten)
       }
     } catch (/** @type {any} */ err) {
       console.error(err.stack)
@@ -69,5 +95,5 @@ export async function handleUnixfsFile (request, env, ctx) {
     }
   })())
 
-  return new Response(stream, { headers })
+  return new Response(stream, { status, headers })
 }
diff --git a/test/handlers/unixfs-dir.spec.js b/test/handlers/unixfs-dir.spec.js
index e375301..d2f0f38 100644
--- a/test/handlers/unixfs-dir.spec.js
+++ b/test/handlers/unixfs-dir.spec.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { UnixFS } from 'ipfs-unixfs'
 import { handleUnixfs } from '../../src/handlers/unixfs.js'
 import { mockWaitUntil, mockBlockstore } from '../helpers.js'
 
-describe('UnixFS handler', () => {
+describe('UnixFS directory handler', () => {
   it('directory correctly links to files whose name includes a #', async () => {
     const waitUntil = mockWaitUntil()
     const path = ''
diff --git a/test/handlers/unixfs-file.spec.js b/test/handlers/unixfs-file.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dafc6f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/handlers/unixfs-file.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* eslint-env browser */
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test'
+import assert from 'node:assert'
+import { Dagula } from 'dagula'
+import { fromString } from 'uint8arrays'
+import { encode } from 'multiformats/block'
+import * as raw from 'multiformats/codecs/raw'
+import * as pb from '@ipld/dag-pb'
+import { sha256 as hasher } from 'multiformats/hashes/sha2'
+import { UnixFS } from 'ipfs-unixfs'
+import { handleUnixfs } from '../../src/handlers/unixfs.js'
+import { mockWaitUntil, mockBlockstore } from '../helpers.js'
+
+describe('UnixFS file handler', async () => {
+  const waitUntil = mockWaitUntil()
+  const filename = 'Puzzle People #1.png'
+  const path = `/${filename}`
+  const searchParams = new URLSearchParams()
+  const fileData = fromString('test')
+  const fileBlock = await encode({ value: fileData, codec: raw, hasher })
+  const pbData = pb.createNode(new UnixFS({ type: 'directory' }).marshal(), [{
+    Name: filename,
+    Hash: fileBlock.cid
+  }])
+  const dirBlock = await encode({ value: pbData, codec: pb, hasher })
+  const blockstore = mockBlockstore([dirBlock, fileBlock])
+  const dagula = new Dagula(blockstore)
+  const ctx = { waitUntil, unixfs: dagula, dataCid: dirBlock.cid, path, searchParams }
+  const env = { DEBUG: 'true' }
+
+  it('absolute byte range request', async () => {
+    const [first, last] = [1, 3]
+    const req = new Request('http://localhost/ipfs/bafy', { headers: { range: `bytes=${first}-${last}` } })
+    const res = await handleUnixfs(req, env, ctx)
+
+    assert.equal(res.status, 206)
+    assert.equal(res.headers.get('Content-Range'), `bytes ${first}-${last}/${fileData.length}`)
+    const data = await res.text()
+    assert.equal(data, 'est')
+  })
+
+  it('offset byte range request', async () => {
+    const [first] = [1]
+    const req = new Request('http://localhost/ipfs/bafy', { headers: { range: `bytes=${first}-` } })
+    const res = await handleUnixfs(req, env, ctx)
+
+    assert.equal(res.status, 206)
+    assert.equal(res.headers.get('Content-Range'), `bytes ${first}-${fileData.length - 1}/${fileData.length}`)
+    const data = await res.text()
+    assert.equal(data, 'est')
+  })
+
+  it('suffix byte range request', async () => {
+    const suffix = -3
+    const req = new Request('http://localhost/ipfs/bafy', { headers: { range: `bytes=${suffix}` } })
+    const res = await handleUnixfs(req, env, ctx)
+
+    assert.equal(res.status, 206)
+    assert.equal(res.headers.get('Content-Range'), `bytes ${fileData.length + suffix}-${fileData.length - 1}/${fileData.length}`)
+    const data = await res.text()
+    assert.equal(data, 'est')
+  })
+})