diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 0b4b774..ff84858 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -16,17 +16,33 @@
  * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#define HOST "::1"
+#define PORT 7070
+
+#define PBUF_SIZE 1024
+#define RBUF_SIZE 1024
 #define SBUF_SIZE 1024
 
+/*
+ * Enumeration of directory entry types.
+ *
+ * The numeric values are significant here (hence them being set
+ * explicitly): they match those defined in RFC 1436.
+ */
+enum etype { ETYPE_FILE = 0, ETYPE_DIR = 1 };
+
 static bool exit_requested = false;
 
 void handle_exit_signal(int signum)
@@ -35,12 +51,40 @@ void handle_exit_signal(int signum)
 	exit_requested = true;
 }
 
+static int retrying_write(int fd, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	int n;
+	do {
+		errno = 0;
+		n = write(fd, buf, len);
+	} while (errno == EINTR);
+	return n;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	(void)argc;
 	(void)argv;
 
 	int res = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	static char pbuf[PBUF_SIZE], rbuf[RBUF_SIZE], sbuf[SBUF_SIZE];
+
+	/*
+	 * Get srvroot path from arguments and copy into pbuf.
+	 *
+	 * The srvroot being at the start of pbuf should be maintained
+	 * through the whole application.
+	 */
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s srvroot\n", argv[0]);
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+	const size_t srvroot_len = strlen(argv[1]);
+	if (srvroot_len > PBUF_SIZE) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "srvroot path is too long\n");
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+	memcpy(pbuf, argv[1], srvroot_len);
 
 	/*
 	 * Register signal handler for SIGTERM and SIGINT.
@@ -72,7 +116,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 	const struct sockaddr_in6 haddr = {
 		.sin6_family = AF_INET6,
-		.sin6_port = htons(7070),
+		.sin6_port = htons(PORT),
 		.sin6_addr = IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK_INIT,
 	};
 	if (bind(sfd, (const struct sockaddr *)&haddr, sizeof(haddr)) == -1) {
@@ -89,8 +133,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	struct sockaddr_in6 paddr;
 	socklen_t paddr_size = sizeof(paddr);
 	int cfd;
-	char sbuf[SBUF_SIZE];
 	ssize_t n, slen;
+	DIR *rdir;
 	while (!exit_requested) {
 		/*
 		 * Accept incoming connection.
@@ -143,16 +187,90 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Write an empty response to the client.
+		 * Open the requested resource.
+		 *
+		 * For now, this is just opening srvroot.
 		 */
-		do {
-			errno = 0;
-			n = write(cfd, ".\r\n", 3);
-		} while (errno == EINTR);
-		if (n == -1) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Error sending response to client\n");
+		if (srvroot_len + 1 > PBUF_SIZE) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Path buffer is too small\n");
 			goto close_client_socket;
 		}
+		pbuf[srvroot_len] = '\0';
+		do {
+			errno = 0;
+			rdir = opendir(pbuf);
+		} while (errno == EINTR);
+		if (rdir == NULL) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s\n", pbuf);
+			goto close_client_socket;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Write a line for each entry in the directory to the client.
+		 */
+		struct dirent *ent;
+		struct stat rstat;
+		unsigned namelen;
+		while ((ent = readdir(rdir)) != NULL) {
+			if (strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(ent->d_name, "..") == 0)
+				continue;
+
+			/*
+			 * Construct full path to entry in pbuf.
+			 *
+			 * This is needed in order to pass it to stat() later. The
+			 * path must be null-terminated.
+			 */
+			namelen = strlen(ent->d_name);
+			if (srvroot_len + namelen + 2 > PBUF_SIZE) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "Path buffer is too small\n");
+				goto close_client_socket;
+			}
+			pbuf[srvroot_len] = '/';
+			memcpy(&pbuf[srvroot_len + 1], ent->d_name, namelen);
+			pbuf[srvroot_len + 1 + namelen] = '\0';
+
+			/*
+			 * Identify entry type from file inode information.
+			 */
+			if (stat(pbuf, &rstat) == -1) {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+				        "Failed to stat() path \"%s\", skipping entry\n", pbuf);
+				continue;
+			}
+			enum etype type;
+			if (S_ISREG(rstat.st_mode))
+				type = ETYPE_FILE;
+			else if (S_ISDIR(rstat.st_mode))
+				type = ETYPE_DIR;
+			else
+				continue;
+
+			/*
+			 * Format and send response line for current entry.
+			 */
+			n = snprintf(rbuf, RBUF_SIZE, "%1u%s\t%s\t%s\t%u\r\n", type,
+			             ent->d_name, &pbuf[srvroot_len], HOST, PORT);
+			if (n >= RBUF_SIZE) {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+				        "Response buffer was too small, skipping entry\n");
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (retrying_write(cfd, rbuf, n) != n) {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+				        "Error sending respose line to client\n");
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		if (retrying_write(cfd, ".\r\n", 3) != 3) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Error sending response terminator to client\n");
+			goto close_client_socket;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Close the resource.
+		 */
+		closedir(rdir);
 
 	close_client_socket:
 		close(cfd);