diff --git a/echo.go b/echo.go
index b7c71736..021a225f 100644
--- a/echo.go
+++ b/echo.go
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ func serveFile(dir, file string, c *Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return NewHTTPError(http.StatusNotFound)
 	}
+	defer f.Close()
 
 	fi, _ := f.Stat()
 	if fi.IsDir() {