diff --git a/app/config/app.php b/app/config/app.php
index 09cd61c..96bda0b 100644
--- a/app/config/app.php
+++ b/app/config/app.php
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ return [
      */
     'readmes_first' => env('READMES_FIRST', false),
 
+    /**
+     * Comma separated list of file patterns to be directly linked. Directly
+     * linked files will not be served by Directory Lister but handled by the
+     * web server directly. This setting has no effect when FILES_PATH is set.
+     *
+     * Default value: null
+     */
+    'direct_links' => env('DIRECT_LINKS', null),
+
     /**
      * Enable downloading of directories as a zip archive.
      *
diff --git a/app/src/ViewFunctions/FileUrl.php b/app/src/ViewFunctions/FileUrl.php
index 5921868..39c47c4 100644
--- a/app/src/ViewFunctions/FileUrl.php
+++ b/app/src/ViewFunctions/FileUrl.php
@@ -4,23 +4,51 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace App\ViewFunctions;
 
+use PHLAK\Splat\Glob;
+use PHLAK\Splat\Pattern;
+
 class FileUrl extends Url
 {
     protected string $name = 'file_url';
 
-    /** Return the URL for a given path and action. */
+    /** Direct links pattern cache. */
+    private ?Pattern $pattern = null;
+
     public function __invoke(string $path = '/'): string
     {
-        if (is_file($path)) {
-            return sprintf('?file=%s', $this->escape($this->normalizePath($path)));
-        }
+        $normalizedPath = $this->normalizePath($path);
 
-        $path = $this->normalizePath($path);
-
-        if ($path === '') {
+        if ($normalizedPath === '') {
             return '';
         }
 
-        return sprintf('?dir=%s', $this->escape($path));
+        $fullPath = $this->container->call('full_path', ['path' => $normalizedPath]);
+        $escapedPath = $this->escape($normalizedPath);
+
+        if (is_file($fullPath)) {
+            return $this->isDirectLink($fullPath) ? $escapedPath : sprintf('?file=%s', $escapedPath);
+        }
+
+        return sprintf('?dir=%s', $escapedPath);
+    }
+
+    /** Determine if a file should be directly linked. */
+    private function isDirectLink(string $path): bool
+    {
+        if ($this->config->get('base_path') !== $this->config->get('files_path')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if ($this->config->get('direct_links') === null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (! $this->pattern instanceof Pattern) {
+            $this->pattern = Pattern::make(sprintf('%s{%s}', Pattern::escape(
+                $this->config->get('files_path') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
+            ), $this->config->get('direct_links')));
+        }
+
+        return Glob::matchStart($this->pattern, $path);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/ViewFunctions/Url.php b/app/src/ViewFunctions/Url.php
index ba2dad8..c8b9827 100644
--- a/app/src/ViewFunctions/Url.php
+++ b/app/src/ViewFunctions/Url.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace App\ViewFunctions;
 
 use App\Config;
 use App\Support\Str;
+use DI\Container;
 
 class Url extends ViewFunction
 {
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ class Url extends ViewFunction
 
     /** @param non-empty-string $directorySeparator */
     public function __construct(
-        private Config $config,
+        protected Container $container,
+        protected Config $config,
         private string $directorySeparator = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
     ) {}
 
diff --git a/app/src/ViewFunctions/ZipUrl.php b/app/src/ViewFunctions/ZipUrl.php
index c029c19..5822995 100644
--- a/app/src/ViewFunctions/ZipUrl.php
+++ b/app/src/ViewFunctions/ZipUrl.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class ZipUrl extends Url
 {
     protected string $name = 'zip_url';
 
-    /** Return the URL for a given path and action. */
     public function __invoke(string $path = '/'): string
     {
         $path = $this->normalizePath($path);
diff --git a/tests/ViewFunctions/FileUrlTest.php b/tests/ViewFunctions/FileUrlTest.php
index 5b8e903..d1bc1d4 100644
--- a/tests/ViewFunctions/FileUrlTest.php
+++ b/tests/ViewFunctions/FileUrlTest.php
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@ class FileUrlTest extends TestCase
     #[Test]
     public function it_can_return_a_url(): void
     {
+        $this->container->set('direct_links', '**/index.{htm,html},**/*.php');
+
         $url = $this->container->get(FileUrl::class);
 
+        // Root
         $this->assertEquals('', $url('/'));
         $this->assertEquals('', $url('./'));
+
+        // Subdirectories
         $this->assertEquals('?dir=some/path', $url('some/path'));
         $this->assertEquals('?dir=some/path', $url('./some/path'));
         $this->assertEquals('?dir=some/path', $url('./some/path'));
@@ -27,6 +32,16 @@ class FileUrlTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('?dir=0/path', $url('0/path'));
         $this->assertEquals('?dir=1/path', $url('1/path'));
         $this->assertEquals('?dir=0', $url('0'));
+
+        // Files
+        $this->assertEquals('?file=subdir/alpha.scss', $url('subdir/alpha.scss'));
+        $this->assertEquals('?file=subdir/bravo.js', $url('subdir/bravo.js'));
+        $this->assertEquals('?file=subdir/charlie.bash', $url('subdir/charlie.bash'));
+
+        // Direct Links
+        $this->assertEquals('direct_links/index.htm', $url('direct_links/index.htm'));
+        $this->assertEquals('direct_links/index.html', $url('direct_links/index.html'));
+        $this->assertEquals('direct_links/test.php', $url('direct_links/test.php'));
     }
 
     #[Test]
@@ -44,7 +59,8 @@ class FileUrlTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('?dir=1\path', $url('1\path'));
     }
 
-    public function test_url_segments_are_url_encoded(): void
+    #[Test]
+    public function url_segments_are_url_encoded(): void
     {
         $url = $this->container->get(FileUrl::class);
 
diff --git a/tests/_files/direct_links/index.htm b/tests/_files/direct_links/index.htm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cb122b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_files/direct_links/index.htm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>Test file; please ignore</h1>
diff --git a/tests/_files/direct_links/index.html b/tests/_files/direct_links/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cb122b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_files/direct_links/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>Test file; please ignore</h1>
diff --git a/tests/_files/direct_links/test.php b/tests/_files/direct_links/test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e03581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_files/direct_links/test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+echo 'Test file; please ignore'