@@ -249,9 +249,24 @@
 		}
 		return size, nil
 	}
-	serveContent(w, req, name, modtime, sizeFunc, content)
+	serveContent(w, req, name, modtime, sizeFunc, content, StatusOK)
 }
 
+func ServeContentCustomStatusCode(w ResponseWriter, req *Request, name string, modtime time.Time, content io.ReadSeeker, code int) {
+	sizeFunc := func() (int64, error) {
+		size, err := content.Seek(0, io.SeekEnd)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, errSeeker
+		}
+		_, err = content.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, errSeeker
+		}
+		return size, nil
+	}
+	serveContent(w, req, name, modtime, sizeFunc, content, code)
+}
+
 // errSeeker is returned by ServeContent's sizeFunc when the content
 // doesn't seek properly. The underlying Seeker's error text isn't
 // included in the sizeFunc reply so it's not sent over HTTP to end
@@ -266,15 +281,13 @@
 // if modtime.IsZero(), modtime is unknown.
 // content must be seeked to the beginning of the file.
 // The sizeFunc is called at most once. Its error, if any, is sent in the HTTP response.
-func serveContent(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, name string, modtime time.Time, sizeFunc func() (int64, error), content io.ReadSeeker) {
+func serveContent(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, name string, modtime time.Time, sizeFunc func() (int64, error), content io.ReadSeeker, code int) {
 	setLastModified(w, modtime)
 	done, rangeReq := checkPreconditions(w, r, modtime)
 	if done {
 		return
 	}
 
-	code := StatusOK
-
 	// If Content-Type isn't set, use the file's extension to find it, but
 	// if the Content-Type is unset explicitly, do not sniff the type.
 	ctypes, haveType := w.Header()["Content-Type"]
@@ -671,7 +684,7 @@
 }
 
 // name is '/'-separated, not filepath.Separator.
-func serveFile(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, fs FileSystem, name string, redirect bool) {
+func serveFile(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, fs FileSystem, name string, redirect bool, statusCode int) {
 	const indexPage = "/index.html"
 
 	// redirect .../index.html to .../
@@ -753,7 +766,7 @@
 
 	// serveContent will check modification time
 	sizeFunc := func() (int64, error) { return d.Size(), nil }
-	serveContent(w, r, d.Name(), d.ModTime(), sizeFunc, f)
+	serveContent(w, r, d.Name(), d.ModTime(), sizeFunc, f, statusCode)
 }
 
 // toHTTPError returns a non-specific HTTP error message and status code
@@ -814,7 +827,21 @@
 		return
 	}
 	dir, file := filepath.Split(name)
-	serveFile(w, r, Dir(dir), file, false)
+	serveFile(w, r, Dir(dir), file, false, StatusOK)
+}
+
+func ServeFileWithCustomStatusCode(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, name string, statusCode int) {
+	if containsDotDot(r.URL.Path) {
+		// Too many programs use r.URL.Path to construct the argument to
+		// serveFile. Reject the request under the assumption that happened
+		// here and ".." may not be wanted.
+		// Note that name might not contain "..", for example if code (still
+		// incorrectly) used filepath.Join(myDir, r.URL.Path).
+		serveError(w, "invalid URL path", StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	dir, file := filepath.Split(name)
+	serveFile(w, r, Dir(dir), file, false, statusCode)
 }
 
 // ServeFileFS replies to the request with the contents
@@ -847,7 +874,7 @@
 		serveError(w, "invalid URL path", StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
-	serveFile(w, r, FS(fsys), name, false)
+	serveFile(w, r, FS(fsys), name, false, StatusOK)
 }
 
 func containsDotDot(v string) bool {
@@ -983,7 +1010,7 @@
 		upath = "/" + upath
 		r.URL.Path = upath
 	}
-	serveFile(w, r, f.root, path.Clean(upath), true)
+	serveFile(w, r, f.root, path.Clean(upath), true, StatusOK)
 }
 
 // httpRange specifies the byte range to be sent to the client.