diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
index c95bde84..6a9170ae 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
@@ -745,6 +745,11 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
                 responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithBodyFromBase64(responseModel.BodyFromBase64, ToEncoding(responseModel.BodyEncoding));
             }
 
+            else if (responseModel.BodyAsFile != null)
+            {
+                responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithBodyFromFile(responseModel.BodyAsFile);
+            }
+
             if (responseModel.UseTransformer)
             {
                 responseBuilder = responseBuilder.WithTransformer();
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.cs
index 533b852f..a3faaa43 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using WireMock.RequestBuilders;
 using WireMock.ResponseBuilders;
 using WireMock.Server;
 using Xunit;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
 {
@@ -76,6 +77,34 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             Check.That(mappings.First().Title).IsNullOrEmpty();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void FluentMockServer_ReadStaticMapping_WithResponseBodyFromFile()
+        {
+            string guid = "00000002-ee28-4f29-ae63-1ac9b0802d87";
+
+            string folder = Path.Combine(GetCurrentFolder(), "__admin", "mappings", guid + ".json");
+            string json = File.ReadAllText(folder);
+
+            string responseBodyFilePath = Path.Combine(GetCurrentFolder(), "ResponseBodyFiles", "responsebody.json");
+
+            dynamic jsonObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
+            jsonObj["Response"]["BodyAsFile"] = responseBodyFilePath;
+
+            string output = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonObj, Formatting.Indented);
+            File.WriteAllText(folder, output);
+
+            _server = FluentMockServer.Start();
+            _server.ReadStaticMappingAndAddOrUpdate(folder);
+
+            var mappings = _server.Mappings.ToArray();
+            Check.That(mappings).HasSize(1);
+
+            Check.That(mappings.First().RequestMatcher).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(mappings.First().Provider).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(mappings.First().Guid).Equals(Guid.Parse(guid));
+            Check.That(mappings.First().Title).IsNullOrEmpty();
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void FluentMockServer_ReadStaticMappings()
         {
@@ -85,7 +114,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
             _server.ReadStaticMappings(folder);
 
             var mappings = _server.Mappings.ToArray();
-            Check.That(mappings).HasSize(2);
+            Check.That(mappings).HasSize(3);
         }
 
         [Fact]
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseBodyFiles/responsebody.json b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseBodyFiles/responsebody.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d9c3b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseBodyFiles/responsebody.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "test": "test"
+}
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMock.Net.Tests.csproj b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMock.Net.Tests.csproj
index a9181410..df80645a 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMock.Net.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMock.Net.Tests.csproj
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <None Update="ResponseBodyFiles\responsebody.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
     <None Update="__admin\mappings\00000002-ee28-4f29-ae63-1ac9b0802d86.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
+    <None Update="__admin\mappings\00000002-ee28-4f29-ae63-1ac9b0802d87.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
     <None Update="__admin\mappings\documentdb_root.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/__admin/mappings/00000002-ee28-4f29-ae63-1ac9b0802d87.json b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/__admin/mappings/00000002-ee28-4f29-ae63-1ac9b0802d87.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97999c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/__admin/mappings/00000002-ee28-4f29-ae63-1ac9b0802d87.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "Guid": "00000002-ee28-4f29-ae63-1ac9b0802d87",
+  "Priority": 0,
+  "Request": {
+    "Path": {
+      "Matchers": [
+        {
+          "Name": "ExactMatcher",
+          "Pattern": "/response/staticfile"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "Methods": [
+      "get"
+    ]
+  },
+  "Response": {
+    "StatusCode": 200,
+    "BodyAsFile": "responsebody.json",
+    "Headers": {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json"
+    }
+  }
+}
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