diff --git a/IISExpress/AppServer/applicationhost.config b/IISExpress/AppServer/applicationhost.config
index 42e0f8e1e..f1e3a3538 100644
--- a/IISExpress/AppServer/applicationhost.config
+++ b/IISExpress/AppServer/applicationhost.config
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@
         <add name="SSINC-shtm" path="*.shtm" verb="GET,POST" modules="ServerSideIncludeModule" resourceType="File" />
         <add name="SSINC-shtml" path="*.shtml" verb="GET,POST" modules="ServerSideIncludeModule" resourceType="File" />
         <add name="ExtensionlessUrl-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
+        <add name="StaticFile" path="*" verb="*" modules="StaticFileModule,DefaultDocumentModule" resourceType="Either" requireAccess="Read" />
       </handlers>
     </system.webServer>
   </location>