diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a22c410..fbc24d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ To allow fall through to your custom routes:
 ecstatic({ root: __dirname + '/public', handleError: false })
 ```
 
+### fallback file
+To response with specified file:
+
+```js
+ecstatic({ root: __dirname + '/public', fallbackFile: 'index.html' })
+```
+
 # API:
 
 ## ecstatic(opts);
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ var opts = {
              serverHeader       : true,
              contentType        : 'application/octet-stream',
              mimeTypes          : undefined,
+             fallbackFile       : undefined
              handleOptionsMethod: false
            }
 ```
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ var opts = {
 If `opts` is a string, the string is assigned to the root folder and all other
 options are set to their defaults.
 
-### `opts.root` 
+### `opts.root`
 
 `opts.root` is the directory you want to serve up.
 
@@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ Defaults to **application/octet-stream**.
 
 Add new or override one or more mime-types. This affects the HTTP Content-Type header.
 Can either be a path to a [`.types`](http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/conf/mime.types) file or an object hash of type(s).
-    
+
     ecstatic({ mimeType: { 'mime-type': ['file_extension', 'file_extension'] } })
 
 ### `opts.handleError`
diff --git a/lib/ecstatic.js b/lib/ecstatic.js
index ac57fda..4d03b1e 100755
--- a/lib/ecstatic.js
+++ b/lib/ecstatic.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var ecstatic = module.exports = function (dir, options) {
       handleError = opts.handleError,
       headers = opts.headers,
       serverHeader = opts.serverHeader,
+      fallbackFile = opts.fallbackFile;
       weakEtags = opts.weakEtags,
       handleOptionsMethod = opts.handleOptionsMethod;
 
@@ -108,6 +109,11 @@ var ecstatic = module.exports = function (dir, options) {
               url: parsed.pathname + '.' + defaultExt + ((parsed.search)? parsed.search:'')
             }, res, next);
           }
+          else if (fallbackFile) {
+            middleware({
+              url: ('/' + path.join(baseDir, fallbackFile))
+            }, res, next);
+          }
           else {
             // Try to serve default ./404.html
             middleware({
@@ -273,7 +279,7 @@ var ecstatic = module.exports = function (dir, options) {
       }
 
       if (clientEtag) {
-        if (opts.weakCompare && clientEtag !== serverEtag 
+        if (opts.weakCompare && clientEtag !== serverEtag
           && clientEtag !== ('W/' + serverEtag) && ('W/' + clientEtag) !== serverEtag) {
           return false;
         } else if (!opts.weakCompare && (clientEtag !== serverEtag || clientEtag.indexOf('W/') === 0)) {
diff --git a/lib/ecstatic/aliases.json b/lib/ecstatic/aliases.json
index 4b0ac66..8e6edc3 100644
--- a/lib/ecstatic/aliases.json
+++ b/lib/ecstatic/aliases.json
@@ -29,5 +29,10 @@
     "handleOptionsMethod",
     "handleoptionsmethod",
     "handle-options-method"
+  ],
+  "fallbackFile": [
+    "fallbackFile",
+    "fallbackfile",
+    "fallback-file"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/lib/ecstatic/opts.js b/lib/ecstatic/opts.js
index 42bac95..4aac4aa 100644
--- a/lib/ecstatic/opts.js
+++ b/lib/ecstatic/opts.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
       headers = {},
       serverHeader = defaults.serverHeader,
       contentType = defaults.contentType,
+      fallbackFile,
       mimeTypes,
       weakEtags = defaults.weakEtags,
       weakCompare = defaults.weakCompare,
@@ -104,6 +105,13 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
       }
     });
 
+    aliases.fallbackFile.some(function (k) {
+      if (isDeclared(k)) {
+        fallbackFile = opts[k];
+        return true;
+      }
+    });
+
     aliases.serverHeader.some(function (k) {
       if (isDeclared(k)) {
         serverHeader = opts[k];
@@ -158,6 +166,7 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
     gzip: gzip,
     handleError: handleError,
     headers: headers,
+    fallbackFile: fallbackFile,
     serverHeader: serverHeader,
     contentType: contentType,
     mimeTypes: mimeTypes,
diff --git a/test/custom-fallback-file.js b/test/custom-fallback-file.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e60edeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/custom-fallback-file.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+var test = require('tap').test,
+    http = require('http'),
+    request = require('request'),
+    ecstatic = require('../');
+
+test('custom fallbackFile', function(t) {
+  try {
+    var server = http.createServer(ecstatic({
+      root: __dirname + '/public/',
+      fallbackFile: 'a.txt'
+    }));
+  } catch (e) {
+    t.fail(e.message);
+    t.end();
+  }
+
+  t.plan(4);
+
+  server.listen(0, function() {
+    var port = server.address().port;
+    request.get('http://localhost:' + port + '/file-not-found', function(err, res, body) {
+      t.ifError(err);
+      t.equal(res.statusCode, 200, 'status code should be ok');
+      t.equal(res.headers['content-type'], 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8');
+      server.close(function() { t.end(); });
+      t.equal('A!!!\n', body);
+    });
+  });
+});