diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 34817430b..163164980 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -418,6 +418,13 @@ ifeq ($(WITH_HTTP), yes)
 	$(CXX) -g -Wall -O0 -std=c++11 -I. -Ibase -Ihttp -o bin/websocket_parser_test unittest/websocket_parser_test.cpp -Llib -lhv -pthread
 endif
 ifeq ($(WITH_EVPP), yes)
+ifeq ($(WITH_HTTP_SERVER), yes)
+ifeq ($(WITH_HTTP_CLIENT), yes)
+	$(CXX) -g -Wall -O0 -std=c++11 -I. -Ibase -Issl -Ievent -Icpputil -Ievpp -Ihttp -Ihttp/server -Ihttp/client -o bin/http_static_range_test unittest/http_static_range_test.cpp -Llib -lhv -pthread
+endif
+endif
+endif
+ifeq ($(WITH_EVPP), yes)
 ifeq ($(WITH_REDIS), yes)
 	$(CXX) -g -Wall -O0 -std=c++11 -I. -Ibase -Ievent -Icpputil -Iredis -o bin/redis_protocol_test unittest/redis_protocol_test.cpp redis/RedisMessage.cpp
 	$(CXX) -g -Wall -O0 -std=c++11 -I. -Ibase -Issl -Ievent -Icpputil -Iredis -Ievpp -o bin/redis_async_client_test unittest/redis_async_client_test.cpp unittest/redis_test_server.cpp -Llib -lhv -pthread
diff --git a/http/server/HttpHandler.cpp b/http/server/HttpHandler.cpp
index d93bbb15a..c582350b2 100644
--- a/http/server/HttpHandler.cpp
+++ b/http/server/HttpHandler.cpp
@@ -604,6 +604,42 @@ int HttpHandler::defaultRequestHandler() {
     return status_code;
 }
 
+// Parses the first range of a "bytes=" Range header for a file of `total`
+// bytes: "first-last", "first-" or a suffix "-length" (RFC 9110 section 14.1.2).
+// Returns 0 with [from, to] set, -1 if the range cannot be satisfied, and 1 if
+// the header is to be ignored (another range unit or an invalid range).
+static int parse_byte_range(const char* value, long total, long& from, long& to) {
+    if (strncasecmp(value, "bytes=", 6) != 0) return 1;
+    const char* p = value + 6;
+    while (*p == ' ' || *p == '\t') ++p;
+    char* end = NULL;
+    if (*p == '-') {
+        if (!isdigit((unsigned char)p[1])) return 1;
+        long length = strtol(p + 1, &end, 10);
+        while (*end == ' ' || *end == '\t') ++end;
+        if (*end != '\0' && *end != ',') return 1;
+        if (length == 0 || total == 0) return -1;
+        from = length < total ? total - length : 0;
+        to = total - 1;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (!isdigit((unsigned char)*p)) return 1;
+    from = strtol(p, &end, 10);
+    if (*end != '-') return 1;
+    p = end + 1;
+    while (*p == ' ' || *p == '\t') ++p;
+    if (*p == '\0' || *p == ',') {
+        to = total - 1;
+    } else {
+        if (!isdigit((unsigned char)*p)) return 1;
+        to = strtol(p, &end, 10);
+        while (*end == ' ' || *end == '\t') ++end;
+        if ((*end != '\0' && *end != ',') || to < from) return 1;
+        if (to >= total) to = total - 1;
+    }
+    return from < total ? 0 : -1;
+}
+
 int HttpHandler::defaultStaticHandler() {
     // file service
     std::string path = req->Path();
@@ -629,19 +665,28 @@ int HttpHandler::defaultStaticHandler() {
     int status_code = HTTP_STATUS_OK;
     // Range:
     bool has_range = false;
-    long from, to = 0;
-    if (req->GetRange(from, to)) {
-        has_range = true;
+    long from = 0, to = 0;
+    auto range = req->headers.find("Range");
+    if (range != req->headers.end()) {
         if (openFile(filepath.c_str()) != 0) {
             return HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
         }
         long total = file->size();
-        if (to == 0 || to >= total) to = total - 1;
-        if (from < 0 || from >= total || to < from) {
+        int ret = parse_byte_range(range->second.c_str(), total, from, to);
+        if (ret < 0) {
             closeFile();
             resp->SetHeader("Content-Range", hv::asprintf("bytes */%ld", total));
             return HTTP_STATUS_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE;
         }
+        if (ret > 0) {
+            // Ignore the Range header and send the whole file
+            closeFile();
+        } else {
+            has_range = true;
+        }
+    }
+    if (has_range) {
+        long total = file->size();
         file->seek(from);
         status_code = HTTP_STATUS_PARTIAL_CONTENT;
         resp->status_code = HTTP_STATUS_PARTIAL_CONTENT;
@@ -649,8 +694,9 @@ int HttpHandler::defaultStaticHandler() {
         resp->SetContentTypeByFilename(filepath.c_str());
         resp->SetRange(from, to, total);
         if(resp->content_length < service->max_file_cache_size) {
-            // read into body directly
-            int nread = file->readrange(resp->body, from, to);
+            // read into body directly (readrange would read to the end of the file for to = 0)
+            resp->body.resize(resp->content_length);
+            int nread = file->read((void*)resp->body.data(), resp->content_length);
             closeFile();
             if (nread != resp->content_length) {
                 resp->content_length = 0;
diff --git a/scripts/unittest.sh b/scripts/unittest.sh
index ca1046e8d..c9e04c1db 100755
--- a/scripts/unittest.sh
+++ b/scripts/unittest.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ bin/http_router_test
 if [ -x bin/websocket_parser_test ]; then
     bin/websocket_parser_test || exit $?
 fi
+if [ -x bin/http_static_range_test ]; then
+    bin/http_static_range_test || exit $?
+fi
 if [ -x bin/tlv_test ]; then
     bin/tlv_test
 fi
diff --git a/unittest/CMakeLists.txt b/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e17408b3..85f7d55a8 100644
--- a/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ target_link_libraries(websocket_parser_test ${HV_LIBRARIES})
 set(HTTP_UNITTEST_TARGETS websocket_parser_test)
 endif()
 
+if(WITH_EVPP AND WITH_HTTP AND WITH_HTTP_SERVER AND WITH_HTTP_CLIENT)
+add_executable(http_static_range_test http_static_range_test.cpp)
+target_include_directories(http_static_range_test PRIVATE .. ../base ../ssl ../event ../cpputil ../evpp ../http ../http/server ../http/client)
+target_link_libraries(http_static_range_test ${HV_LIBRARIES})
+set(HTTP_UNITTEST_TARGETS ${HTTP_UNITTEST_TARGETS} http_static_range_test)
+endif()
+
 if(WITH_LUA)
 add_executable(lua_binding_test lua_binding_test.cpp)
 target_include_directories(lua_binding_test PRIVATE .. ../base ../ssl ../event ../cpputil ../evpp ../lua)
diff --git a/unittest/http_static_range_test.cpp b/unittest/http_static_range_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82b82fc2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittest/http_static_range_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * http_static_range_test: Range requests served by the default static file
+ * handler (RFC 9110 section 14).
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "hbase.h"
+#include "hfile.h"
+#include "htime.h"
+#include "HttpServer.h"
+#include "HttpService.h"
+#include "requests.h"
+
+static void check(const char* range, int status, const char* content_range, const char* body) {
+    auto req = std::make_shared<HttpRequest>();
+    req->url = "http://127.0.0.1:18082/a.txt";
+    req->headers["Range"] = range;
+    auto resp = requests::request(req);
+    assert(resp != NULL);
+    printf("Range: %s => %d %s\n", range, (int)resp->status_code, resp->GetHeader("Content-Range").c_str());
+    assert(resp->status_code == status);
+    assert(resp->GetHeader("Content-Range") == content_range);
+    if (body) assert(resp->body == body);
+}
+
+int main() {
+    hv_mkdir_p("tmp/http_static_range_test");
+    HFile file;
+    int ret = file.open("tmp/http_static_range_test/a.txt", "wb");
+    assert(ret == 0);
+    file.write("0123456789", 10);
+    file.close();
+
+    HttpService service;
+    service.document_root = "tmp/http_static_range_test";
+
+    hv::HttpServer server(&service);
+    server.setPort(18082);
+    server.start();
+    hv_msleep(200);
+
+    check("bytes=0-0", 206, "bytes 0-0/10", "0");
+    check("bytes=5-", 206, "bytes 5-9/10", "56789");
+    check("bytes=-3", 206, "bytes 7-9/10", "789");
+    check("bytes=-20", 206, "bytes 0-9/10", "0123456789");
+    check("bytes=10-", 416, "bytes */10", NULL);
+    check("items=0-1", 200, "", "0123456789");
+
+    server.stop();
+    printf("http_static_range_test passed\n");
+    return 0;
+}