diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 5d80b360..d553f09d 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -354,13 +354,13 @@ class Sanic:
     # Static Files
     def static(self, uri, file_or_directory, pattern=r'/?.+',
                use_modified_since=True, use_content_range=False,
-               stream_large_files=False, name='static'):
+               stream_large_files=False, name='static', host=None):
         """Register a root to serve files from. The input can either be a
         file or a directory. See
         """
         static_register(self, uri, file_or_directory, pattern,
                         use_modified_since, use_content_range,
-                        stream_large_files, name)
+                        stream_large_files, name, host)
 
     def blueprint(self, blueprint, **options):
         """Register a blueprint on the application.
diff --git a/sanic/static.py b/sanic/static.py
index a9683b27..1ebd7291 100644
--- a/sanic/static.py
+++ b/sanic/static.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from sanic.response import file, file_stream, HTTPResponse
 
 def register(app, uri, file_or_directory, pattern,
              use_modified_since, use_content_range,
-             stream_large_files, name='static'):
+             stream_large_files, name='static', host=None):
     # TODO: Though sanic is not a file server, I feel like we should at least
     #       make a good effort here.  Modified-since is nice, but we could
     #       also look into etags, expires, and caching
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ def register(app, uri, file_or_directory, pattern,
     if not name.startswith('_static_'):
         name = '_static_{}'.format(name)
 
-    app.route(uri, methods=['GET', 'HEAD'], name=name)(_handler)
+    app.route(uri, methods=['GET', 'HEAD'], name=name, host=host)(_handler)
diff --git a/tests/test_static.py b/tests/test_static.py
index 091d63a4..6252b1c1 100644
--- a/tests/test_static.py
+++ b/tests/test_static.py
@@ -161,3 +161,20 @@ def test_static_content_range_error(file_name, static_file_directory):
     assert 'Content-Range' in response.headers
     assert response.headers['Content-Range'] == "bytes */%s" % (
         len(get_file_content(static_file_directory, file_name)),)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('file_name', ['test.file', 'decode me.txt', 'python.png'])
+def test_static_file(static_file_directory, file_name):
+    app = Sanic('test_static')
+    app.static(
+        '/testing.file',
+        get_file_path(static_file_directory, file_name),
+        host="www.example.com"
+    )
+
+    headers = {"Host": "www.example.com"}
+    request, response = app.test_client.get('/testing.file', headers=headers)
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert response.body == get_file_content(static_file_directory, file_name)
+    request, response = app.test_client.get('/testing.file')
+    assert response.status == 404