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diff --git a/test/sample_files/index.html b/test/sample_files/index.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+
+<html>
+  <head>
+  	<meta charset="utf-8">
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/sample_test.dart b/test/sample_test.dart
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+library shelf_static.basic_file_test;
+
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
+import 'package:scheduled_test/scheduled_test.dart';
+
+import 'package:shelf/shelf.dart';
+import 'package:shelf_static/shelf_static.dart';
+import 'package:shelf_static/src/util.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group('/index.html', () {
+    test('body is correct', () {
+      var uri = Uri.parse('http://localhost/index.html');
+      var filePath = p.join(_samplePath, 'index.html');
+      var fileContents = new File(filePath).readAsStringSync();
+
+      return _request(new Request('GET', uri)).then((response) {
+        expect(response.readAsString(), completion(fileContents));
+      });
+    });
+
+    // Content-Type:text/html
+    // Date:Fri, 02 May 2014 22:29:02 GMT
+  });
+
+  group('/favicon.ico', () {
+    test('body is correct', () {
+      var uri = Uri.parse('http://localhost/favicon.ico');
+      var filePath = p.join(_samplePath, 'favicon.ico');
+      var fileContents = new File(filePath).readAsBytesSync();
+
+      return _request(new Request('GET', uri)).then((response) {
+        return _expectCompletesWithBytes(response, fileContents);
+      });
+    });
+
+    // Content-Type: ???
+    // Date:Fri, 02 May 2014 22:29:02 GMT
+  });
+}
+
+Future _expectCompletesWithBytes(Response response, List<int> expectedBytes) {
+  return response.read().toList().then((List<List<int>> bytes) {
+    var flatBytes = bytes.expand((e) => e);
+    expect(flatBytes, orderedEquals(expectedBytes));
+  });
+}
+
+Future<Response> _request(Request request) {
+  var handler = getHandler(_samplePath);
+
+  return syncFuture(() => handler(request));
+}
+
+String get _samplePath {
+  var scriptDir = p.dirname(p.fromUri(Platform.script));
+  var sampleDir = p.join(scriptDir, 'sample_files');
+  assert(FileSystemEntity.isDirectorySync(sampleDir));
+  return sampleDir;
+}