diff --git a/src/kemal/static_file_handler.cr b/src/kemal/static_file_handler.cr
index 7a9bb81..f4115f8 100644
--- a/src/kemal/static_file_handler.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/static_file_handler.cr
@@ -9,5 +9,20 @@ module Kemal
       return call_next(context) if context.request.path.not_nil! == "/"
       super
     end
+    
+    def mime_type(path)
+      case File.extname(path)
+      when ".txt"          then "text/plain"
+      when ".htm", ".html" then "text/html"
+      when ".css"          then "text/css"
+      when ".js"           then "application/javascript"
+      when ".png"          then "image/png"
+      when ".jpg", ".jpeg" then "image/jpeg"
+      when ".gif"          then "image/gif"
+      when ".svg"          then "image/svg+xml"
+      else                      "application/octet-stream"
+      end
+    end
+    
   end
 end