diff --git a/starlette/responses.py b/starlette/responses.py
index bc8b23f1ce..e863405ae1 100644
--- a/starlette/responses.py
+++ b/starlette/responses.py
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 from urllib.parse import quote
 
 import anyio
+import anyio.to_thread
 
 from starlette._compat import md5_hexdigest
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTask
 from starlette.concurrency import iterate_in_threadpool
-from starlette.datastructures import URL, MutableHeaders
+from starlette.datastructures import URL, Headers, MutableHeaders
 from starlette.types import Receive, Scope, Send
 
 
@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.media_type = media_type
         self.background = background
         self.init_headers(headers)
+        self.headers.setdefault("accept-ranges", "bytes")
         if self.filename is not None:
             content_disposition_filename = quote(self.filename)
             if content_disposition_filename != self.filename:
@@ -322,6 +324,16 @@ async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> None:
                 mode = stat_result.st_mode
                 if not stat.S_ISREG(mode):
                     raise RuntimeError(f"File at path {self.path} is not a file.")
+        else:
+            stat_result = self.stat_result
+
+        headers = Headers(scope=scope)
+        http_range = headers.get("range")
+        # http_if_range = headers.get("if-range")
+
+        ranges = self._parse_range_header(http_range, stat_result.st_size)
+        print(ranges)
+
         await send(
             {
                 "type": "http.response.start",
@@ -346,3 +358,44 @@ async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> None:
                     )
         if self.background is not None:
             await self.background()
+
+    def _parse_range_header(
+        self, http_range: typing.Optional[str], file_size: int
+    ) -> typing.List[typing.Tuple[int, int]]:
+        ranges: typing.List[typing.Tuple[int, int]] = []
+        if http_range is None:
+            return ranges
+
+        if http_range.strip() == "":
+            return ranges
+
+        units, range_ = http_range.split("=", 1)
+        units = units.strip().lower()
+
+        if units != "bytes":
+            return ranges
+
+        for val in range_.split(","):
+            val = val.strip()
+            if "-" not in val:
+                return []
+            if val.startswith("-"):
+                suffix_length = int(val[1:])
+                if suffix_length == 0:
+                    return []
+                ranges.append((file_size - suffix_length, file_size))
+            elif val.endswith("-"):
+                start = int(val[:-1])
+                if start >= file_size:
+                    return []
+                ranges.append((start, file_size))
+            else:
+                start, end = [int(v) for v in val.split("-", 1)]
+                start = int(start)
+                end = int(end) + 1
+                if start >= end:
+                    return []
+                if end > file_size:
+                    return []
+                ranges.append((start, end))
+        return ranges
diff --git a/tests/test_responses.py b/tests/test_responses.py
index 7535fa6412..e3d2138fc3 100644
--- a/tests/test_responses.py
+++ b/tests/test_responses.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import time
 import typing
 from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import anyio
 import pytest
@@ -245,6 +246,28 @@ async def app(scope, receive, send):
     assert filled_by_bg_task == "6, 7, 8, 9"
 
 
+def test_file_response_with_range(
+    tmpdir: Path, test_client_factory: typing.Callable[..., TestClient]
+):
+    path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "xyz")
+    content = b"<file content>"
+    with open(path, "wb") as file:
+        file.write(content)
+
+    app = FileResponse(path=path, filename="example.png")
+    client = test_client_factory(app)
+    response = client.get("/", headers={"range": "bytes=1-12"})
+    expected_disposition = 'attachment; filename="example.png"'
+    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_206_PARTIAL_CONTENT
+    assert response.content == content[1:13]
+    assert response.headers["content-type"] == "image/png"
+    assert response.headers["content-disposition"] == expected_disposition
+    assert response.headers["content-range"] == "bytes 1-12/14"
+    assert "content-length" in response.headers
+    assert "last-modified" in response.headers
+    assert "etag" in response.headers
+
+
 def test_file_response_with_directory_raises_error(tmpdir, test_client_factory):
     app = FileResponse(path=tmpdir, filename="example.png")
     client = test_client_factory(app)