diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fec69b..ae5f8e7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ if(NOT(WITHOUT_TEST))
         test-src/integration/test_open.cpp
         test-src/integration/test_mknod.cpp
         test-src/integration/test_unlink.cpp
+        test-src/integration/test_read.cpp
     )
 
     target_include_directories(integration_tests PRIVATE test-src/integration ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GMOCK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/src/webfuse/provider.cpp b/src/webfuse/provider.cpp
index 3a3fa0e..6abe535 100644
--- a/src/webfuse/provider.cpp
+++ b/src/webfuse/provider.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ public:
             case request_type::unlink:
                 fs_unlink(reader, writer);
                 break;
+            case request_type::read:
+                fs_read(reader, writer);
+                break;
             case request_type::readdir:
                 fs_readdir(reader, writer);
                 break;
@@ -283,6 +286,23 @@ private:
         writer.write_i32(result);
     }
 
+    void fs_read(messagereader & reader, messagewriter & writer)
+    {
+        auto const path = reader.read_str();
+        auto const size = reader.read_u32();
+        auto const offset = reader.read_u64();
+        auto const handle = reader.read_u64();
+
+        std::vector<char> buffer(size);
+
+        auto const result = fs_.read(path, buffer.data(), size, offset, handle);        
+        writer.write_i32(result);
+        if (0 < result)
+        {
+            writer.write_data(buffer.data(), result);
+        }
+    }
+
     void fs_readdir(messagereader & reader, messagewriter & writer)
     {
         auto const path = reader.read_str();
diff --git a/test-src/integration/test_read.cpp b/test-src/integration/test_read.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eee59da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-src/integration/test_read.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#include "webfuse/webfuse.hpp"
+#include "webfuse/test/fixture.hpp"
+#include "webfuse/test/filesystem_mock.hpp"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+
+using testing::_;
+using testing::Return;
+using testing::Invoke;
+using testing::AnyNumber;
+using testing::AtMost;
+
+TEST(read, success)
+{
+    std::string expected = "Hello, World!";
+
+    webfuse::filesystem_mock fs;
+    EXPECT_CALL(fs, access("/",_)).Times(AnyNumber()).WillRepeatedly(Return(0));
+    EXPECT_CALL(fs, getattr(_,_)).WillRepeatedly(Invoke([&expected](std::string const & path, struct stat * attr){
+        memset(reinterpret_cast<void*>(attr),0, sizeof(struct stat));
+
+        if (path == "/")
+        {
+            attr->st_nlink = 1;
+            attr->st_mode = S_IFDIR | 0755;
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (path == "/some_file")
+        {
+            attr->st_nlink = 1;
+            attr->st_mode = S_IFREG | 0644;
+            attr->st_size = expected.size();
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return -ENOENT;
+        }
+    }));
+    EXPECT_CALL(fs, open("/some_file", _, _)).WillOnce(Return(0));
+    EXPECT_CALL(fs, read("/some_file", _, _, _, _)).Times(AnyNumber()).WillRepeatedly(Invoke([&expected](auto const &, char * buffer, size_t buffer_size, uint64_t offset, auto){
+        if (offset < expected.size())
+        {
+            auto const count = std::min(buffer_size, expected.size() - offset);
+            memcpy(reinterpret_cast<void*>(buffer), reinterpret_cast<void const *>(&expected[offset]), count);
+            return (int) count;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }));
+    EXPECT_CALL(fs, release("/some_file", _)).Times(AtMost(1)).WillOnce(Return(0));
+
+    webfuse::fixture fixture(fs);
+    auto const path = fixture.get_path() + "/some_file";
+
+    std::string contents;
+    {
+        std::ifstream in(path);
+        std::stringstream buffer;
+        buffer << in.rdbuf();
+        contents = buffer.str();
+    }
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(expected, contents);
+}