diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6c58cac..0850305d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # angel_static
 
-![version 1.1.0-dev+2](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.1.0--dev+2-red.svg)
+![version 1.1.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.1.1-red.svg)
 ![build status](https://travis-ci.org/angel-dart/static.svg?branch=master)
 
 Static server middleware for Angel.
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ The `VirtualDirectory` API accepts a few named parameters:
     angel_static is serving your files. If you are not serving static files at the site root,
     please include this.
 - **debug**: Print verbose debug output.
+- **callback**: Runs before sending a file to a client. Use this to set headers, etc. If it returns anything other than `null` or `true`,
+then the callback's result will be sent to the user, instead of the file contents.
diff --git a/lib/src/virtual_directory.dart b/lib/src/virtual_directory.dart
index 461d5c99..0de0a209 100644
--- a/lib/src/virtual_directory.dart
+++ b/lib/src/virtual_directory.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
 import 'package:angel_route/angel_route.dart';
 
+typedef StaticFileCallback(File file, RequestContext req, ResponseContext res);
+
 final RegExp _param = new RegExp(r':([A-Za-z0-9_]+)(\((.+)\))?');
 final RegExp _straySlashes = new RegExp(r'(^/+)|(/+$)');
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ class VirtualDirectory {
   String _prefix;
   Directory _source;
   Directory get source => _source;
+  final StaticFileCallback callback;
   final List<String> indexFileNames;
   final String publicPath;
 
@@ -34,7 +37,8 @@ class VirtualDirectory {
       {Directory source,
       this.debug: false,
       this.indexFileNames: const ['index.html'],
-      this.publicPath: '/'}) {
+      this.publicPath: '/',
+      this.callback}) {
     _prefix = publicPath.replaceAll(_straySlashes, '');
 
     if (source != null) {
@@ -53,9 +57,17 @@ class VirtualDirectory {
 
   call(AngelBase app) async => serve(app);
 
-  Future<bool> sendFile(File file, ResponseContext res) async {
-    _printDebug('Streaming file ${file.absolute.path}...');
+  Future<bool> sendFile(
+      File file, RequestContext req, ResponseContext res) async {
+    _printDebug('Sending file ${file.absolute.path}...');
     res.statusCode = 200;
+
+    if (callback != null) {
+      var r = callback(file, req, res);
+      r = r is Future ? await r : r;
+      if (r != null && r != true) return r;
+    }
+
     await res.streamFile(file);
     return false;
   }
@@ -63,17 +75,14 @@ class VirtualDirectory {
   void serve(Router router) {
     _printDebug('Source directory: ${source.absolute.path}');
     _printDebug('Public path prefix: "$_prefix"');
-
-    handler(RequestContext req, ResponseContext res) async {
+    router.get('$publicPath/*',
+        (RequestContext req, ResponseContext res) async {
       var path = req.path.replaceAll(_straySlashes, '');
-
-      return serveFile(path, res);
-    }
-
-    router.get('$publicPath/*', handler);
+      return serveFile(path, req, res);
+    });
   }
 
-  serveFile(String path, ResponseContext res) async {
+  serveFile(String path, RequestContext req, ResponseContext res) async {
     if (_prefix.isNotEmpty) {
       path = path.replaceAll(new RegExp('^' + _pathify(_prefix)), '');
     }
@@ -82,7 +91,7 @@ class VirtualDirectory {
     _printDebug('Attempting to statically serve file: ${file.absolute.path}');
 
     if (await file.exists()) {
-      return sendFile(file, res);
+      return sendFile(file, req, res);
     } else {
       // Try to resolve index
       if (path.isEmpty) {
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ class VirtualDirectory {
           final index =
               new File.fromUri(source.absolute.uri.resolve(indexFileName));
           if (await index.exists()) {
-            return await sendFile(index, res);
+            return await sendFile(index, req, res);
           }
         }
       } else {
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 8db7412e..f077cbde 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ environment:
   sdk: ">=1.19.0"
 homepage: https://github.com/angel-dart/angel_static
 author: thosakwe <thosakwe@gmail.com>
-version: 1.1.0-dev+2
+version: 1.1.1
 dependencies:
   angel_framework: ^1.0.0-dev
 dev_dependencies: