diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/model/HttpEntity.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/model/HttpEntity.scala
index 015d8b9095..b199624d59 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/model/HttpEntity.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/model/HttpEntity.scala
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ sealed trait ResponseEntity extends HttpEntity with japi.ResponseEntity {
 /* An entity that can be used for requests, responses, and body parts */
 sealed trait UniversalEntity extends japi.UniversalEntity with MessageEntity with BodyPartEntity {
   def withContentType(contentType: ContentType): UniversalEntity
+  def contentLength: Long
+
+  /**
+   * Transforms this' entities data bytes with a transformer that will produce exactly the number of bytes given as
+   * ``newContentLength``.
+   */
+  def transformDataBytes(newContentLength: Long, transformer: () ⇒ Transformer[ByteString, ByteString]): UniversalEntity
 }
 
 object HttpEntity {
@@ -141,6 +148,7 @@ object HttpEntity {
    */
   final case class Strict(contentType: ContentType, data: ByteString)
     extends japi.HttpEntityStrict with UniversalEntity {
+    def contentLength: Long = data.length
 
     def isKnownEmpty: Boolean = data.isEmpty
 
@@ -159,6 +167,12 @@ object HttpEntity {
           Chunked(contentType, Source.failed(ex))
       }
     }
+    override def transformDataBytes(newContentLength: Long, transformer: () ⇒ Transformer[ByteString, ByteString]): UniversalEntity = {
+      val t = transformer()
+      val newData = (t.onNext(data) ++ t.onTermination(None)).join
+      assert(newData.length.toLong == newContentLength, s"Transformer didn't produce as much bytes (${newData.length}:'${newData.utf8String}') as claimed ($newContentLength)")
+      copy(data = newData)
+    }
 
     def withContentType(contentType: ContentType): Strict =
       if (contentType == this.contentType) this else copy(contentType = contentType)
@@ -185,6 +199,8 @@ object HttpEntity {
 
       HttpEntity.Chunked(contentType, chunks)
     }
+    override def transformDataBytes(newContentLength: Long, transformer: () ⇒ Transformer[ByteString, ByteString]): UniversalEntity =
+      Default(contentType, newContentLength, data.transform("transformDataBytes-with-new-length-Default", transformer))
 
     def withContentType(contentType: ContentType): Default =
       if (contentType == this.contentType) this else copy(contentType = contentType)
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/StreamUtils.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/StreamUtils.scala
index d9a8cbba18..432d13740b 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/StreamUtils.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/StreamUtils.scala
@@ -58,6 +58,46 @@ private[http] object StreamUtils {
       override def onError(cause: scala.Throwable): Unit = throw f(cause)
     }
 
+  def sliceBytesTransformer(start: Long, length: Long): Transformer[ByteString, ByteString] =
+    new Transformer[ByteString, ByteString] {
+      type State = Transformer[ByteString, ByteString]
+
+      def skipping = new State {
+        var toSkip = start
+        def onNext(element: ByteString): immutable.Seq[ByteString] =
+          if (element.length < toSkip) {
+            // keep skipping
+            toSkip -= element.length
+            Nil
+          } else {
+            become(taking(length))
+            // toSkip <= element.length <= Int.MaxValue
+            currentState.onNext(element.drop(toSkip.toInt))
+          }
+      }
+      def taking(initiallyRemaining: Long) = new State {
+        var remaining: Long = initiallyRemaining
+        def onNext(element: ByteString): immutable.Seq[ByteString] = {
+          val data = element.take(math.min(remaining, Int.MaxValue).toInt)
+          remaining -= data.size
+          if (remaining <= 0) become(finishing)
+          data :: Nil
+        }
+      }
+      def finishing = new State {
+        override def isComplete: Boolean = true
+        def onNext(element: ByteString): immutable.Seq[ByteString] =
+          throw new IllegalStateException("onNext called on complete stream")
+      }
+
+      var currentState: State = if (start > 0) skipping else taking(length)
+      def become(state: State): Unit = currentState = state
+
+      override def isComplete: Boolean = currentState.isComplete
+      def onNext(element: ByteString): immutable.Seq[ByteString] = currentState.onNext(element)
+      override def onTermination(e: Option[Throwable]): immutable.Seq[ByteString] = currentState.onTermination(e)
+    }
+
   def mapEntityError(f: Throwable ⇒ Throwable): RequestEntity ⇒ RequestEntity =
     _.transformDataBytes(() ⇒ mapErrorTransformer(f))
 }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/package.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/package.scala
index 82e52c7070..9e427bbcf1 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/package.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/util/package.scala
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ import language.implicitConversions
 import language.higherKinds
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
-import akka.stream.FlattenStrategy
+import akka.stream.{ FlowMaterializer, FlattenStrategy, Transformer }
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.{ Flow, Source }
+import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.util.matching.Regex
 import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
 import akka.util.ByteString
 import akka.actor._
-import akka.stream.Transformer
+import scala.collection.immutable
 
 package object util {
   private[http] val UTF8 = Charset.forName("UTF8")
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ package object util {
         .flatten(FlattenStrategy.concat)
   }
 
-  private[http] implicit class SourceWithPrintEvent[T](val underlying: Source[T]) {
+  private[http] implicit class EnhancedSource[T](val underlying: Source[T]) {
     def printEvent(marker: String): Source[T] =
       underlying.transform("transform",
         () ⇒ new Transformer[T, T] {
@@ -66,6 +67,14 @@ package object util {
             Nil
           }
         })
+
+    /**
+     * Drain this stream into a Vector and provide it as a future value.
+     *
+     * FIXME: Should be part of akka-streams
+     */
+    def collectAll(implicit materializer: FlowMaterializer): Future[immutable.Seq[T]] =
+      underlying.fold(Vector.empty[T])(_ :+ _)
   }
 
   private[http] def errorLogger(log: LoggingAdapter, msg: String): Transformer[ByteString, ByteString] =
diff --git a/akka-http-tests/src/test/scala/akka/http/server/directives/RangeDirectivesSpec.scala b/akka-http-tests/src/test/scala/akka/http/server/directives/RangeDirectivesSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..809133ddf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-tests/src/test/scala/akka/http/server/directives/RangeDirectivesSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.server
+package directives
+
+import akka.http.model.StatusCodes._
+import akka.http.model._
+import akka.http.model.headers._
+import akka.http.util._
+import org.scalatest.{ Inside, Inspectors }
+
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
+class RangeDirectivesSpec extends RoutingSpec with Inspectors with Inside {
+  lazy val wrs =
+    mapSettings(_.copy(rangeCountLimit = 10, rangeCoalescingThreshold = 1L)) &
+      withRangeSupport
+
+  def bytes(length: Byte) = Array.tabulate[Byte](length)(_.toByte)
+
+  "The `withRangeSupport` directive" should {
+    def completeWithRangedBytes(length: Byte) = wrs(complete(bytes(length)))
+
+    "return an Accept-Ranges(bytes) header for GET requests" in {
+      Get() ~> { wrs { complete("any") } } ~> check {
+        headers should contain(`Accept-Ranges`(RangeUnits.Bytes))
+      }
+    }
+
+    "not return an Accept-Ranges(bytes) header for non-GET requests" in {
+      Put() ~> { wrs { complete("any") } } ~> check {
+        headers should not contain `Accept-Ranges`(RangeUnits.Bytes)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "return a Content-Range header for a ranged request with a single range" in {
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange(0, 1))) ~> completeWithRangedBytes(10) ~> check {
+        headers should contain(`Content-Range`(ContentRange(0, 1, 10)))
+        status shouldEqual PartialContent
+        responseAs[Array[Byte]] shouldEqual bytes(2)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "return a partial response for a ranged request with a single range with undefined lastBytePosition" in {
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange.fromOffset(5))) ~> completeWithRangedBytes(10) ~> check {
+        responseAs[Array[Byte]] shouldEqual Array[Byte](5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "return a partial response for a ranged request with a single suffix range" in {
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange.suffix(1))) ~> completeWithRangedBytes(10) ~> check {
+        responseAs[Array[Byte]] shouldEqual Array[Byte](9)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "return a partial response for a ranged request with a overlapping suffix range" in {
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange.suffix(100))) ~> completeWithRangedBytes(10) ~> check {
+        responseAs[Array[Byte]] shouldEqual bytes(10)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "be transparent to non-GET requests" in {
+      Post() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange(1, 2))) ~> completeWithRangedBytes(5) ~> check {
+        responseAs[Array[Byte]] shouldEqual bytes(5)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "be transparent to non-200 responses" in {
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange(1, 2))) ~> sealRoute(wrs(reject())) ~> check {
+        status == NotFound
+        headers.exists { case `Content-Range`(_, _) ⇒ true; case _ ⇒ false } shouldEqual false
+      }
+    }
+
+    "reject an unsatisfiable single range" in {
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange(100, 200))) ~> completeWithRangedBytes(10) ~> check {
+        rejection shouldEqual UnsatisfiableRangeRejection(Seq(ByteRange(100, 200)), 10)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "reject an unsatisfiable single suffix range with length 0" in {
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange.suffix(0))) ~> completeWithRangedBytes(42) ~> check {
+        rejection shouldEqual UnsatisfiableRangeRejection(Seq(ByteRange.suffix(0)), 42)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "return a mediaType of 'multipart/byteranges' for a ranged request with multiple ranges" in {
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange(0, 10), ByteRange(0, 10))) ~> completeWithRangedBytes(10) ~> check {
+        mediaType.withParams(Map.empty) shouldEqual MediaTypes.`multipart/byteranges`
+      }
+    }
+
+    "return a 'multipart/byteranges' for a ranged request with multiple coalesced ranges with preserved order" in {
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ByteRange(5, 10), ByteRange(0, 1), ByteRange(1, 2))) ~> {
+        wrs { complete("Some random and not super short entity.") }
+      } ~> check {
+        header[`Content-Range`] should be(None)
+        val parts = Await.result(responseAs[Multipart.ByteRanges].parts.collectAll, 1.second)
+        parts.size shouldEqual 2
+        inside(parts(0)) {
+          case Multipart.ByteRanges.BodyPart(range, entity, unit, headers) ⇒
+            range shouldEqual ContentRange.Default(5, 10, Some(39))
+            unit shouldEqual RangeUnits.Bytes
+            Await.result(entity.dataBytes.utf8String, 100.millis) shouldEqual "random"
+        }
+        inside(parts(1)) {
+          case Multipart.ByteRanges.BodyPart(range, entity, unit, headers) ⇒
+            range shouldEqual ContentRange.Default(0, 2, Some(39))
+            unit shouldEqual RangeUnits.Bytes
+            Await.result(entity.dataBytes.utf8String, 100.millis) shouldEqual "Som"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    "reject a request with too many requested ranges" in {
+      val ranges = (1 to 20).map(a ⇒ ByteRange.fromOffset(a))
+      Get() ~> addHeader(Range(ranges)) ~> completeWithRangedBytes(100) ~> check {
+        rejection shouldEqual TooManyRangesRejection(10)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-http/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 4277502f06..927aa7a5c9 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -12,4 +12,18 @@ akka.http.routing {
   # and (probably) enabled for internal or non-browser APIs
   # (Note that akka-http will always produce log messages containing the full error details)
   verbose-error-messages = off
+
+  # The maximum size between two requested ranges. Ranges with less space in between will be coalesced.
+  #
+  # When multiple ranges are requested, a server may coalesce any of the ranges that overlap or that are separated
+  # by a gap that is smaller than the overhead of sending multiple parts, regardless of the order in which the
+  # corresponding byte-range-spec appeared in the received Range header field. Since the typical overhead between
+  # parts of a multipart/byteranges payload is around 80 bytes, depending on the selected representation's
+  # media type and the chosen boundary parameter length, it can be less efficient to transfer many small
+  # disjoint parts than it is to transfer the entire selected representation.
+  range-coalescing-threshold = 80
+
+  # The maximum number of allowed ranges per request.
+  # Requests with more ranges will be rejected due to DOS suspicion.
+  range-count-limit = 16
 }
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/Directives.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/Directives.scala
index 58eadaa825..a025af73ab 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/Directives.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/Directives.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ trait Directives extends RouteConcatenation
   with MiscDirectives
   with ParameterDirectives
   with PathDirectives
-  //with RangeDirectives
+  with RangeDirectives
   with RespondWithDirectives
   with RouteDirectives
   with SchemeDirectives
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/RoutingSettings.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/RoutingSettings.scala
index 84cf40cfc8..e65a2baea0 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/RoutingSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/RoutingSettings.scala
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import akka.actor.ActorRefFactory
 import akka.http.util._
 
-case class RoutingSettings(verboseErrorMessages: Boolean)
+case class RoutingSettings(
+  verboseErrorMessages: Boolean,
+  rangeCountLimit: Int,
+  rangeCoalescingThreshold: Long)
 
 object RoutingSettings extends SettingsCompanion[RoutingSettings]("akka.http.routing") {
   def fromSubConfig(c: Config) = apply(
-    c getBoolean "verbose-error-messages")
+    c getBoolean "verbose-error-messages",
+    c getInt "range-count-limit",
+    c getBytes "range-coalescing-threshold")
 
   implicit def default(implicit refFactory: ActorRefFactory) =
     apply(actorSystem)
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/directives/RangeDirectives.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/directives/RangeDirectives.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4990f0f083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/server/directives/RangeDirectives.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http.server
+package directives
+
+import akka.http.model.StatusCodes._
+import akka.http.model._
+import akka.http.model.headers._
+import akka.http.server.RouteResult.Complete
+import akka.http.util._
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source
+
+import scala.collection.immutable
+
+trait RangeDirectives {
+  import akka.http.server.directives.BasicDirectives._
+  import akka.http.server.directives.RouteDirectives._
+
+  /**
+   * Answers GET requests with an `Accept-Ranges: bytes` header and converts HttpResponses coming back from its inner
+   * route into partial responses if the initial request contained a valid `Range` request header. The requested
+   * byte-ranges may be coalesced.
+   * This directive is transparent to non-GET requests
+   * Rejects requests with unsatisfiable ranges `UnsatisfiableRangeRejection`.
+   * Rejects requests with too many expected ranges.
+   *
+   * Note: if you want to combine this directive with `conditional(...)` you need to put
+   * it on the *inside* of the `conditional(...)` directive, i.e. `conditional(...)` must be
+   * on a higher level in your route structure in order to function correctly.
+   *
+   * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7233
+   */
+  def withRangeSupport: Directive0 =
+    extractRequestContext.flatMap { ctx ⇒
+      val settings = ctx.settings
+      implicit val log = ctx.log
+      import settings.{ rangeCountLimit, rangeCoalescingThreshold }
+
+      class IndexRange(val start: Long, val end: Long) {
+        def length = end - start
+        def apply(entity: UniversalEntity): UniversalEntity = entity.transformDataBytes(length, () ⇒ StreamUtils.sliceBytesTransformer(start, length))
+        def distance(other: IndexRange) = mergedEnd(other) - mergedStart(other) - (length + other.length)
+        def mergeWith(other: IndexRange) = new IndexRange(mergedStart(other), mergedEnd(other))
+        def contentRange(entityLength: Long) = ContentRange(start, end - 1, entityLength)
+        private def mergedStart(other: IndexRange) = math.min(start, other.start)
+        private def mergedEnd(other: IndexRange) = math.max(end, other.end)
+      }
+
+      def indexRange(entityLength: Long)(range: ByteRange): IndexRange =
+        range match {
+          case ByteRange.Slice(start, end)    ⇒ new IndexRange(start, math.min(end + 1, entityLength))
+          case ByteRange.FromOffset(first)    ⇒ new IndexRange(first, entityLength)
+          case ByteRange.Suffix(suffixLength) ⇒ new IndexRange(math.max(0, entityLength - suffixLength), entityLength)
+        }
+
+      // See comment of the `range-coalescing-threshold` setting in `reference.conf` for the rationale of this behavior.
+      def coalesceRanges(iRanges: Seq[IndexRange]): Seq[IndexRange] =
+        iRanges.foldLeft(Seq.empty[IndexRange]) { (acc, iRange) ⇒
+          val (mergeCandidates, otherCandidates) = acc.partition(_.distance(iRange) <= rangeCoalescingThreshold)
+          val merged = mergeCandidates.foldLeft(iRange)(_ mergeWith _)
+          otherCandidates :+ merged
+        }
+
+      def multipartRanges(ranges: Seq[ByteRange], entity: UniversalEntity): Multipart.ByteRanges = {
+        val length = entity.contentLength
+        val iRanges: Seq[IndexRange] = ranges.map(indexRange(length))
+        val bodyParts = coalesceRanges(iRanges).map(ir ⇒ Multipart.ByteRanges.BodyPart(ir.contentRange(length), ir(entity)))
+        Multipart.ByteRanges(Source(bodyParts.toVector))
+      }
+
+      def rangeResponse(range: ByteRange, entity: UniversalEntity, length: Long, headers: immutable.Seq[HttpHeader]) = {
+        val aiRange = indexRange(length)(range)
+        HttpResponse(PartialContent, `Content-Range`(aiRange.contentRange(length)) +: headers, aiRange(entity))
+      }
+
+      def satisfiable(entityLength: Long)(range: ByteRange): Boolean =
+        range match {
+          case ByteRange.Slice(firstPos, _)   ⇒ firstPos < entityLength
+          case ByteRange.FromOffset(firstPos) ⇒ firstPos < entityLength
+          case ByteRange.Suffix(length)       ⇒ length > 0
+        }
+      def universal(entity: HttpEntity): Option[UniversalEntity] = entity match {
+        case u: UniversalEntity ⇒ Some(u)
+        case _                  ⇒ None
+      }
+
+      def applyRanges(ranges: Seq[ByteRange]): Directive0 =
+        extractRequestContext.flatMap { ctx ⇒
+          import ctx.executionContext
+          mapRouteResultWithPF {
+            case Complete(HttpResponse(OK, headers, entity, protocol)) ⇒
+              universal(entity) match {
+                case Some(entity) ⇒
+                  val length = entity.contentLength
+                  ranges.filter(satisfiable(length)) match {
+                    case Nil                   ⇒ ctx.reject(UnsatisfiableRangeRejection(ranges, length))
+                    case Seq(satisfiableRange) ⇒ ctx.complete(rangeResponse(satisfiableRange, entity, length, headers))
+                    case satisfiableRanges ⇒
+                      ctx.complete(PartialContent, headers, multipartRanges(satisfiableRanges, entity))
+                  }
+                case None ⇒
+                  // Ranges not supported for Chunked or CloseDelimited responses
+                  ctx.reject(UnsatisfiableRangeRejection(ranges, -1)) // FIXME: provide better error
+              }
+          }
+        }
+
+      def rangeHeaderOfGetRequests(ctx: RequestContext): Option[Range] =
+        if (ctx.request.method == HttpMethods.GET) ctx.request.header[Range] else None
+
+      extract(rangeHeaderOfGetRequests).flatMap {
+        case Some(Range(RangeUnits.Bytes, ranges)) ⇒
+          if (ranges.size <= rangeCountLimit) applyRanges(ranges) & RangeDirectives.respondWithAcceptByteRangesHeader
+          else reject(TooManyRangesRejection(rangeCountLimit))
+        case _ ⇒ MethodDirectives.get & RangeDirectives.respondWithAcceptByteRangesHeader | pass
+      }
+    }
+}
+
+object RangeDirectives extends RangeDirectives {
+  private val respondWithAcceptByteRangesHeader: Directive0 =
+    RespondWithDirectives.respondWithHeader(`Accept-Ranges`(RangeUnits.Bytes))
+}
+