diff --git a/ext/http/response.c b/ext/http/response.c
index 9c9a703780f..d4df735ee76 100755
--- a/ext/http/response.c
+++ b/ext/http/response.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(Phalcon_Http_Response, sendCookies){
  */
 PHP_METHOD(Phalcon_Http_Response, send){
 
-	zval *sent, *headers, *cookies, *content;
+	zval *sent, *headers, *cookies, *content, *file;
 
 	PHALCON_MM_GROW();
 
@@ -742,7 +742,24 @@ PHP_METHOD(Phalcon_Http_Response, send){
 		 */
 		PHALCON_OBS_VAR(content);
 		phalcon_read_property_this(&content, this_ptr, SL("_content"), PH_NOISY_CC);
-		zend_print_zval(content, 0);
+		if (Z_STRLEN_P(content)) {
+			zend_print_zval(content, 0);
+		}
+		else {
+			PHALCON_OBS_VAR(file);
+			phalcon_read_property_this(&file, this_ptr, SL("_file"), PH_NOISY_CC);
+
+			if (Z_STRLEN_P(file)) {
+				php_stream *stream;
+
+				stream = php_stream_open_wrapper(Z_STRVAL_P(file), "rb", REPORT_ERRORS, NULL);
+				if (stream != NULL) {
+					php_stream_passthru(stream);
+					php_stream_close(stream);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		phalcon_update_property_bool(this_ptr, SL("_sent"), 1 TSRMLS_CC);
 	
 		RETURN_THIS();
diff --git a/unit-tests/ResponseTest.php b/unit-tests/ResponseTest.php
index 81b83ae87ca..b9842b0bf31 100644
--- a/unit-tests/ResponseTest.php
+++ b/unit-tests/ResponseTest.php
@@ -191,4 +191,15 @@ public function testContent()
 
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	public function testSetFileToSend()
+	{
+		$filename = __FILE__;
+		$this->_response->setFileToSend($filename);
+		ob_start();
+		$this->_response->send();
+		$actual   = ob_get_clean();
+		$expected = file_get_contents($filename);
+		$this->assertEquals($actual, $expected);
+		$this->assertEquals($this->_response->isSent(), true);
+	}
+}