--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_static_handler.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_static_handler.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ngx_module_t  ngx_http_static_module = {
 
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_static_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
-    char                        *last;
+    u_char                      *last;
     ngx_fd_t                     fd;
     ngx_int_t                    rc;
     ngx_uint_t                   level;
@@ -115,14 +115,31 @@ static ngx_int_t ngx_http_static_handler
      * in a possible redirect and for the last '\0'
      */
 
-    name.data = ngx_palloc(r->pool, clcf->doc_root.len + r->uri.len + 2);
+    name.data = ngx_palloc(r->pool, clcf->root.len + r->uri.len + 2
+                                    - clcf->alias * clcf->name.len);
     if (name.data == NULL) {
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
-    location.data = ngx_cpymem(name.data, clcf->doc_root.data,
-                               clcf->doc_root.len);
-    last = ngx_cpystrn(location.data, r->uri.data, r->uri.len + 1);
+    location.data = ngx_cpymem(name.data, clcf->root.data, clcf->root.len);
+
+    if (clcf->alias) {
+        last = ngx_cpystrn(location.data, r->uri.data + clcf->name.len,
+                           r->uri.len + 1 - clcf->name.len);
+
+        /*
+         * aliases usually have trailling "/",
+         * set it in the start of the possible redirect
+         */
+
+        if (*location.data != '/') {
+            location.data--;
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        last = ngx_cpystrn(location.data, r->uri.data, r->uri.len + 1);
+    }
+
     name.len = last - name.data;
     location.len = last - location.data + 1;