diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 30b8c52..1e6c213 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ doc/api/
 coverage.lcov
 coverage
 bin
+
+.cursorrules
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c730e8..31a57bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 1.1.2
+- Added support for resumable downloads (RFC9110 compliant)
+  - Implemented range requests with single and multiple ranges
+  - Added support for conditional requests with ETags and Last-Modified dates
+  - Added proper handling of If-Range header
+  - Added support for suffix ranges and multipart/byteranges responses
+
 ## 1.1.1
 
 - Adding additional crash protection
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 788eedd..8256197 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -550,6 +550,13 @@ However the browser will probably try to render it in browser, and not download
 
 You can just set the right headers, but there is a handy little helper that will do it all for you.
 
+The file handler fully supports resumable downloads (RFC9110 compliant), including:
+- Range requests for partial content
+- Multiple range requests with multipart responses
+- Conditional requests using ETags and Last-Modified dates
+- Proper handling of If-Range header
+- Support for suffix ranges (e.g., last 500 bytes)
+
 See `res.setDownload` below.
 
 ```dart
diff --git a/lib/src/type_handlers/file_type_handler.dart b/lib/src/type_handlers/file_type_handler.dart
index 365478f..a377b6d 100644
--- a/lib/src/type_handlers/file_type_handler.dart
+++ b/lib/src/type_handlers/file_type_handler.dart
@@ -5,12 +5,187 @@ import '../extensions/response_helpers.dart';
 import 'type_handler.dart';
 
 TypeHandler get fileTypeHandler =>
-    TypeHandler<File>((HttpRequest req, HttpResponse res, File file) async {
-      if (file.existsSync()) {
+    TypeHandler<File>((HttpRequest req, HttpResponse res, dynamic file) async {
+      file = file as File;
+      if (!file.existsSync()) {
+        throw NotFoundError();
+      }
+
+      final fileStats = await file.stat();
+      final lastModified = fileStats.modified.toUtc();
+      final totalSize = fileStats.size;
+
+      // Generate ETag using size and mtime (strong validator)
+      final etag = '"${totalSize}_${lastModified.millisecondsSinceEpoch}"';
+
+      // Set common headers
+      res.headers.add('accept-ranges', 'bytes');
+      res.headers.add('etag', etag);
+      res.headers.add('last-modified', HttpDate.format(lastModified));
+
+      // Handle conditional requests (If-Match, If-None-Match, If-Modified-Since, If-Unmodified-Since)
+      final ifMatch = req.headers.value('if-match');
+      final ifNoneMatch = req.headers.value('if-none-match');
+      final ifModifiedSince = req.headers.value('if-modified-since');
+      final ifUnmodifiedSince = req.headers.value('if-unmodified-since');
+
+      if (ifMatch != null &&
+          ifMatch != '*' &&
+          !ifMatch.split(',').map((e) => e.trim()).contains(etag)) {
+        res.statusCode = HttpStatus.preconditionFailed;
+        return res.close();
+      }
+
+      if (ifNoneMatch != null) {
+        if (ifNoneMatch == '*' ||
+            ifNoneMatch.split(',').map((e) => e.trim()).contains(etag)) {
+          if (req.method == 'GET' || req.method == 'HEAD') {
+            res.statusCode = HttpStatus.notModified;
+            return res.close();
+          } else {
+            res.statusCode = HttpStatus.preconditionFailed;
+            return res.close();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (ifModifiedSince != null) {
+        try {
+          final modifiedSince = HttpDate.parse(ifModifiedSince);
+          if (!lastModified.isAfter(modifiedSince)) {
+            res.statusCode = HttpStatus.notModified;
+            return res.close();
+          }
+        } catch (_) {
+          // Invalid date format, ignore the header
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (ifUnmodifiedSince != null) {
+        try {
+          final unmodifiedSince = HttpDate.parse(ifUnmodifiedSince);
+          if (lastModified.isAfter(unmodifiedSince)) {
+            res.statusCode = HttpStatus.preconditionFailed;
+            return res.close();
+          }
+        } catch (_) {
+          // Invalid date format, ignore the header
+        }
+      }
+
+      final rangeHeader = req.headers.value('range');
+      if (rangeHeader == null || !rangeHeader.startsWith('bytes=')) {
         res.setContentTypeFromFile(file);
         await res.addStream(file.openRead());
         return res.close();
+      }
+
+      // Check If-Range header (RFC9110 Section 13.1.3)
+      final ifRangeHeader = req.headers.value('if-range');
+      if (ifRangeHeader != null) {
+        bool useRanges = false;
+        if (ifRangeHeader.startsWith('"') || ifRangeHeader.startsWith('W/"')) {
+          // It's an ETag
+          useRanges = ifRangeHeader == etag;
+        } else {
+          // It's a Last-Modified date
+          try {
+            final rangeDate = HttpDate.parse(ifRangeHeader);
+            useRanges = !lastModified.isAfter(rangeDate);
+          } catch (_) {
+            useRanges = false;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (!useRanges) {
+          res.setContentTypeFromFile(file);
+          await res.addStream(file.openRead());
+          return res.close();
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Parse range header (format: bytes=range1,range2,...)
+      final ranges = rangeHeader
+          .substring(6)
+          .split(',')
+          .map((range) {
+            final parts = range.trim().split('-');
+            if (parts.length != 2) return null;
+
+            final startStr = parts[0];
+            final endStr = parts[1];
+
+            try {
+              int? start, end;
+              if (startStr.isEmpty) {
+                // Suffix range (-500)
+                start = totalSize - int.parse(endStr);
+                end = totalSize - 1;
+                if (start < 0) start = 0;
+              } else {
+                start = int.parse(startStr);
+                end = endStr.isEmpty ? totalSize - 1 : int.parse(endStr);
+              }
+
+              // Validate range values
+              if (start > end || start < 0 || end >= totalSize) {
+                return null;
+              }
+
+              return _Range(start, end);
+            } catch (e) {
+              return null;
+            }
+          })
+          .where((range) => range != null)
+          .toList();
+
+      if (ranges.isEmpty) {
+        res.statusCode = HttpStatus.requestedRangeNotSatisfiable;
+        res.headers.add('content-range', 'bytes */$totalSize');
+        return res.close();
+      }
+
+      if (ranges.length == 1) {
+        // Single range request
+        final range = ranges[0]!;
+        final contentLength = range.end - range.start + 1;
+
+        res.statusCode = HttpStatus.partialContent;
+        res.setContentTypeFromFile(file);
+        res.headers.add(
+            'content-range', 'bytes ${range.start}-${range.end}/$totalSize');
+        res.headers.add('content-length', contentLength.toString());
+
+        await res.addStream(file.openRead(range.start, range.end + 1));
+        return res.close();
       } else {
-        throw NotFoundError();
+        // Multiple ranges - use multipart/byteranges
+        final boundary = 'alfred-${DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch}';
+        res.statusCode = HttpStatus.partialContent;
+        res.headers
+            .add('content-type', 'multipart/byteranges; boundary=$boundary');
+
+        final contentType =
+            res.headers.contentType?.toString() ?? 'application/octet-stream';
+
+        for (final range in ranges) {
+          res.write('\r\n--$boundary\r\n');
+          res.write('content-type: $contentType\r\n');
+          res.write(
+              'content-range: bytes ${range!.start}-${range.end}/$totalSize\r\n\r\n');
+
+          await res.addStream(file.openRead(range.start, range.end + 1));
+        }
+
+        res.write('\r\n--$boundary--\r\n');
+        return res.close();
       }
     });
+
+class _Range {
+  final int start;
+  final int end;
+
+  _Range(this.start, this.end);
+}
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 43d1657..e244204 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: alfred
 description: A performant, expressjs like web server / rest api framework thats easy to use and has all the bits in one place.
-version: 1.1.1
+version: 1.1.2
 repository: https://github.com/rknell/alfred
 
 environment:
diff --git a/test/alfred_test.dart b/test/alfred_test.dart
index c7b0de8..7551b7d 100644
--- a/test/alfred_test.dart
+++ b/test/alfred_test.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:math';
 
 import 'package:alfred/alfred.dart';
 import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
@@ -36,6 +37,132 @@ void main() {
     app.get('/test', (req, res) => File('test/files/image.jpg'));
     final response = await http.get(Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'));
     expect(response.headers['content-type'], 'image/jpeg');
+    expect(response.bodyBytes.length, greaterThan(0));
+  });
+
+  test('it should support range requests for files', () async {
+    final file = File('test/files/image.jpg');
+    final totalSize = await file.length();
+
+    app.get('/test', (req, res) => file);
+
+    // Test that server advertises range support
+    final response = await http.get(Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'));
+    expect(response.headers['accept-ranges'], 'bytes');
+    expect(response.statusCode, 200);
+    expect(response.bodyBytes.length, totalSize);
+
+    // Test partial content request
+    final rangeResponse = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {'Range': 'bytes=0-9'},
+    );
+    expect(rangeResponse.statusCode, 206);
+    expect(rangeResponse.headers['content-range'], 'bytes 0-9/$totalSize');
+    expect(rangeResponse.headers['content-length'], '10');
+    expect(rangeResponse.bodyBytes.length, 10);
+
+    // Test multiple ranges request
+    final multiRangeResponse = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {'Range': 'bytes=0-9,20-29,40-49'},
+    );
+    expect(multiRangeResponse.statusCode, 206);
+    expect(multiRangeResponse.headers['content-type'],
+        contains('multipart/byteranges'));
+
+    // Test If-Range with matching ETag
+    final etag = response.headers['etag'];
+    final ifRangeResponse = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {
+        'Range': 'bytes=0-9',
+        'If-Range': etag ?? '',
+      },
+    );
+    expect(ifRangeResponse.statusCode, 206);
+
+    // Test If-Range with non-matching ETag (should return full file)
+    final ifRangeFullResponse = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {
+        'Range': 'bytes=0-9',
+        'If-Range': '"non-matching-etag"',
+      },
+    );
+    expect(ifRangeFullResponse.statusCode, 200);
+    expect(ifRangeFullResponse.bodyBytes.length, totalSize);
+
+    // Test overlapping ranges
+    final overlapResponse = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {'Range': 'bytes=0-10,5-15'},
+    );
+    expect(overlapResponse.statusCode, 206);
+    expect(overlapResponse.headers['content-type'],
+        contains('multipart/byteranges'));
+
+    // Test invalid range request
+    final invalidResponse = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {'Range': 'bytes=10-5'},
+    );
+    expect(invalidResponse.statusCode, 416);
+    expect(invalidResponse.headers['content-range'], 'bytes */$totalSize');
+
+    // Test unsatisfiable range
+    final unsatisfiableResponse = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {'Range': 'bytes=${totalSize + 1}-${totalSize + 10}'},
+    );
+    expect(unsatisfiableResponse.statusCode, 416);
+    expect(
+        unsatisfiableResponse.headers['content-range'], 'bytes */$totalSize');
+  });
+
+  test('it should handle end of file range requests', () async {
+    final file = File('test/files/image.jpg');
+    final totalSize = await file.length();
+
+    app.get('/test', (req, res) => file);
+
+    // Test range request for last 10 bytes
+    final response = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {'Range': 'bytes=${totalSize - 10}-${totalSize - 1}'},
+    );
+    expect(response.statusCode, 206);
+    expect(response.headers['content-range'],
+        'bytes ${totalSize - 10}-${totalSize - 1}/$totalSize');
+    expect(response.headers['content-length'], '10');
+    expect(response.bodyBytes.length, 10);
+
+    // Test suffix range request
+    final suffixResponse = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {'Range': 'bytes=-500'},
+    );
+    expect(suffixResponse.statusCode, 206);
+    final expectedLength = min(500, totalSize);
+    expect(suffixResponse.headers['content-length'], expectedLength.toString());
+  });
+
+  test('it should handle open-ended range requests', () async {
+    final file = File('test/files/image.jpg');
+    final totalSize = await file.length();
+
+    app.get('/test', (req, res) => file);
+
+    // Test range request from specific byte to end
+    final response = await http.get(
+      Uri.parse('http://localhost:$port/test'),
+      headers: {'Range': 'bytes=10-'},
+    );
+    expect(response.statusCode, 206);
+    expect(response.headers['content-range'],
+        'bytes 10-${totalSize - 1}/$totalSize');
+    expect(response.headers['content-length'], '${totalSize - 10}');
+    expect(response.bodyBytes.length, totalSize - 10);
   });
 
   test('it should return a pdf', () async {
diff --git a/tool/templates/README.md b/tool/templates/README.md
index 0717588..ac5b23b 100644
--- a/tool/templates/README.md
+++ b/tool/templates/README.md
@@ -236,6 +236,13 @@ However the browser will probably try to render it in browser, and not download
 
 You can just set the right headers, but there is a handy little helper that will do it all for you.
 
+The file handler fully supports resumable downloads (RFC9110 compliant), including:
+- Range requests for partial content
+- Multiple range requests with multipart responses
+- Conditional requests using ETags and Last-Modified dates
+- Proper handling of If-Range header
+- Support for suffix ranges (e.g., last 500 bytes)
+
 See `res.setDownload` below.
 
 @code example/example_file_downloads.dart