diff --git a/examples/static_file_server.rs b/examples/static_file_server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..265fc47b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/static_file_server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use http::StatusCode;
+use hyper::Server;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use tower::make::Shared;
+use tower_http::{services::ServeDir, trace::TraceLayer};
+use tower_web::{prelude::*, ServiceExt};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+
+    let app = tower_web::routing::nest(
+        "/static",
+        ServeDir::new(".").handle_error(|error: std::io::Error| {
+            (
+                StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                format!("Unhandled interal error: {}", error),
+            )
+        }),
+    )
+    .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+
+    let addr = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000));
+    tracing::debug!("listening on {}", addr);
+    let server = Server::bind(&addr).serve(Shared::new(app));
+    server.await.unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0c94d5a6..60cc9369 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -514,6 +514,27 @@
 //! # };
 //! ```
 //!
+//! `nest` can also be used to serve static files from a directory:
+//!
+//! ```rust,no_run
+//! use tower_web::{prelude::*, ServiceExt, routing::nest};
+//! use tower_http::services::ServeDir;
+//! use http::Response;
+//! use std::convert::Infallible;
+//! use tower::{service_fn, BoxError};
+//!
+//! let app = nest(
+//!     "/images",
+//!     ServeDir::new("public/images").handle_error(|error: std::io::Error| {
+//!         // ...
+//!     })
+//! );
+//! #
+//! # async {
+//! # hyper::Server::bind(&"".parse().unwrap()).serve(tower::make::Shared::new(app)).await;
+//! # };
+//! ```
+//!
 //! [tower]: https://crates.io/crates/tower
 //! [tower-http]: https://crates.io/crates/tower-http