diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 5d3c6698..6beb58c1 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ interface:
 * Rack::Access - Limits access based on IP address
 * Rack::ResponseHeaders - Manipulates response headers object at runtime
 * Rack::SimpleEndpoint - Creates simple endpoints with routing rules, similar to Sinatra actions
+* Rack::TryStatic - Tries to match request to a static file
 
 === Use
 
diff --git a/lib/rack/contrib/try_static.rb b/lib/rack/contrib/try_static.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f36dd72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rack/contrib/try_static.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module Rack
+
+  # The Rack::TryStatic middleware delegates requests to Rack::Static middleware 
+  # trying to match a static file
+  # 
+  # Examples
+  #
+  # use Rack::TryStatic, 
+  #   :root => "public",  # static files root dir
+  #   :urls => %w[/],     # match all requests 
+  #   :try => ['.html', 'index.html', '/index.html'] # try these postfixes sequentially
+  #
+  #   uses same options as Rack::Static with extra :try option which is an array
+  #   of postfixes to find desired file
+
+  class TryStatic
+
+    def initialize(app, options)
+      @app = app
+      @try = ['', *options.delete(:try)]
+      @static = ::Rack::Static.new(
+        lambda { [404, {}, []] }, 
+        options)
+    end
+
+    def call(env)
+      orig_path = env['PATH_INFO']
+      found = nil
+      @try.each do |path|
+        resp = @static.call(env.merge!({'PATH_INFO' => orig_path + path}))
+        break if 404 != resp[0] && found = resp
+      end 
+      found or @app.call(env.merge!('PATH_INFO' => orig_path))
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/documents/existing.html b/test/documents/existing.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1058c016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/documents/existing.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+existing.html
diff --git a/test/documents/index.htm b/test/documents/index.htm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8632fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/documents/index.htm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+index.htm
diff --git a/test/documents/index.html b/test/documents/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dcaf7169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/documents/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+index.html
diff --git a/test/spec_rack_try_static.rb b/test/spec_rack_try_static.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65835c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec_rack_try_static.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require 'test/spec'
+
+require 'rack'
+require 'rack/contrib/try_static'
+require 'rack/mock'
+
+def request(options = {})
+  options.merge!({
+    :urls => %w[/],
+    :root => ::File.expand_path(::File.dirname(__FILE__)),
+  })
+
+  @request = 
+    Rack::MockRequest.new(
+      Rack::TryStatic.new( 
+        lambda {[200, {}, ["Hello World"]]}, 
+        options))
+end
+
+describe "Rack::TryStatic" do
+  context 'when file cannot be found' do
+    it 'should call call app' do
+      res = request(:try => ['html']).get('/documents')
+      res.should.be.ok
+      res.body.should == "Hello World"
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'when file can be found' do
+    it 'should serve first found' do
+      res = request(:try => ['.html', '/index.html', '/index.htm']).get('/documents')
+      res.should.be.ok
+      res.body.strip.should == "index.html"
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'when path_info maps directly to file' do
+    it 'should serve existing' do
+      res = request(:try => ['/index.html']).get('/documents/existing.html')
+      res.should.be.ok
+      res.body.strip.should == "existing.html"
+    end
+  end
+end