diff --git a/inliner.c b/inliner.c
index da0917a..f5c6ea9 100644
--- a/inliner.c
+++ b/inliner.c
@@ -13,11 +13,56 @@
 ngx_buf_t* nfi_inline_getbuf(ngx_http_request_t *r,
 		const ngx_str_t const * path, ngx_int_t mode)
 {
-	ngx_buf_t *b;
+	void *dummy;
+	size_t  root;
+	u_char *last;
+	ngx_str_t resolved;
+	ngx_buf_t *buf;
+	ngx_file_t *bfile;
+	ngx_file_info_t bfileinfo;
 
-	if ((b = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_buf_t))) == NULL)
+	resolved.len  = path->len;
+	resolved.data = ngx_palloc(r->pool, resolved.len + 1);
+	if (resolved.data == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	return b;
+	last = ngx_http_map_uri_to_path(r, &resolved, &root, 0);
+	if (last == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Append final '\0' so we can use it to call ngx_file_info() below.
+	 *
+	 * If stat() fails, we know the file does *not* exist. We also check
+	 * whether the file is readable. Note that if the file exists and is
+	 * readable, the file info will be in the kernel inode cache so we
+	 * do not incur in a lot of overhead by retrieving the information
+	 * first.
+	 */
+	resolved.data[resolved.len] = '\0';
+	if (ngx_file_info(resolved.data, &bfileinfo) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!ngx_is_file(&bfileinfo) ||           /* we read regular files... */
+			!(ngx_file_access(&bfileinfo) & 0444) /* ...which can be read...  */
+			|| ngx_is_link(&bfileinfo))           /* ...and are not symlinks. */
+		return NULL;
+
+	bfile = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_file_t));
+	if (bfile == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Fill in the file structure with sensible values. */
+	bfile->fd = -1;
+	bfile->name.len = resolved.len;
+	bfile->name.data = resolved.data;
+	dummy = ngx_cpymem(&bfile->info, &bfileinfo, sizeof(ngx_file_info_t));
+	bfile->valid_info = 1;
+
+	buf = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_buf_t));
+	if (buf == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return buf;
 }
 
diff --git a/ngx_http_fancyindex_module.c b/ngx_http_fancyindex_module.c
index d41189e..2077286 100644
--- a/ngx_http_fancyindex_module.c
+++ b/ngx_http_fancyindex_module.c
@@ -50,20 +50,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 
 
-typedef struct {
-    ngx_flag_t enable;
-    ngx_flag_t localtime;
-    ngx_flag_t exact_size;
-
-    ngx_str_t  header;
-    ngx_str_t  footer;
-    ngx_str_t  readme;
-
-    ngx_uint_t readme_flags;
-    ngx_uint_t include_mode;
-} ngx_http_fancyindex_loc_conf_t;
-
-
 
 
 static ngx_inline ngx_str_t
diff --git a/ngx_http_fancyindex_module.h b/ngx_http_fancyindex_module.h
index 0823103..34f0ba6 100644
--- a/ngx_http_fancyindex_module.h
+++ b/ngx_http_fancyindex_module.h
@@ -31,6 +31,27 @@
 #define NGX_HTTP_FANCYINDEX_INCLUDE_CACHED  1
 
 
+
+/**
+ * Configuration structure for the fancyindex module. The configuration
+ * commands defined in the module do fill in the members of this structure.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+    ngx_flag_t enable;       /**< Module is enabled. */
+    ngx_flag_t localtime;    /**< File mtime dates are sent in local time. */
+    ngx_flag_t exact_size;   /**< Sizes are sent always in bytes. */
+
+    ngx_str_t  header;       /**< File name for header, or empty if none. */
+    ngx_str_t  footer;       /**< File name for footer, or empty if none. */
+    ngx_str_t  readme;       /**< File name for readme, or empty if none. */
+
+    ngx_uint_t readme_flags; /**< Options for readme file inclusion. */
+    ngx_uint_t include_mode; /**< Controls how to include footer/header. */
+} ngx_http_fancyindex_loc_conf_t;
+
+
+
+
 #define nfi_sizeof_ssz(_s)  (sizeof(_s) - 1)