diff --git a/examples/dune b/examples/dune
index 83b0aa84..00ab1a10 100644
--- a/examples/dune
+++ b/examples/dune
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 (executable
   (name echo)
   (flags :standard -warn-error -a+8)
-  (modules echo)
+  (modules echo vfs)
   (libraries tiny_httpd tiny_httpd_camlzip))
 
 (rule
@@ -30,3 +30,13 @@
   (deps test_output.txt)
   (action
     (diff test_output.txt.expected test_output.txt)))
+
+; produce an embedded FS
+(rule
+  (targets vfs.ml)
+  (deps (source_tree files) (:out test_output.txt.expected))
+  (enabled_if (= %{system} "linux"))
+  (action (run ../src/bin/vfs_pack.exe -o %{targets}
+               --mirror=files/
+               --file=test_out.txt,%{out}
+               --url=example_dot_com,http://example.com)))
diff --git a/examples/echo.ml b/examples/echo.ml
index f77bbe72..d2ae7b16 100644
--- a/examples/echo.ml
+++ b/examples/echo.ml
@@ -107,16 +107,23 @@ let () =
        S.Response.make_string @@ Ok stats
     );
 
+  (* VFS *)
+  Tiny_httpd_dir.add_vfs server
+    ~config:(Tiny_httpd_dir.config ~download:true
+               ~dir_behavior:Tiny_httpd_dir.Index_or_lists ())
+    ~vfs:Vfs.vfs ~prefix:"vfs";
+
   (* main page *)
   S.add_route_handler server S.Route.(return)
     (fun _req ->
        let s = "<head></head><body>\n\
                 <p><b>welcome!</b>\n<p>endpoints are:\n<ul>\
                 <li><pre>/hello/'name' (GET)</pre></li>\n\
-                <li><pre>/echo/ (GET) echoes back query</pre></li>\n\
+                <li><pre><a href=\"/echo/\">/echo/</a> (GET) echoes back query</pre></li>\n\
                 <li><pre>/upload/'path' (PUT) to upload a file</pre></li>\n\
                 <li><pre>/zcat/'path' (GET) to download a file (compressed)</pre></li>\n\
                 <li><pre>/stats/ (GET) to access statistics</pre></li>\n\
+                <li><pre><a href=\"/vfs/\">/vfs/</a> (GET) to access statistics</pre></li>\n\
                 </ul></body>"
        in
        S.Response.make_string ~headers:["content-type", "text/html"] @@ Ok s);
diff --git a/examples/files/a.txt b/examples/files/a.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94954abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/files/a.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+hello
+world
diff --git a/examples/files/foo.html b/examples/files/foo.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f00ada8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/files/foo.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+
+</head>
+<body>
+
+  <h1> hello! </h1>
+  <ul>
+    <li> item 1 </li>
+    <li> item 2 </li>
+    <li> item 3 </li>
+    <li> item 4 </li>
+  </ul>
+
+  <a href="."> escape from this file </a>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/examples/files/sub/b.txt b/examples/files/sub/b.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8493a14a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/files/sub/b.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lorem ipsum etc.
diff --git a/examples/files/sub/yolo.html b/examples/files/sub/yolo.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7ecbf5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/files/sub/yolo.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+<html>
+<head>
+
+</head>
+<body>
+  <h2> funky: </h2>
+
+  <ul>
+    <li>
+      <a href="../"> go up!! </a>
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      <a href="../foo.html"> up/foo </a>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+</body>
+</html>
