diff --git a/caddy.go b/caddy.go
index cd8af5fe..92a1fdf2 100644
--- a/caddy.go
+++ b/caddy.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
+	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/internal/filesystems"
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/notify"
 )
 
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	storage certmagic.Storage
 
 	cancelFunc context.CancelFunc
+
+	// filesystems is a dict of filesystems that will later be loaded from and added to.
+	filesystems FileSystems
 }
 
 // App is a thing that Caddy runs.
@@ -447,6 +451,9 @@ func run(newCfg *Config, start bool) (Context, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// create the new filesystem map
+	newCfg.filesystems = &filesystems.FilesystemMap{}
+
 	// prepare the new config for use
 	newCfg.apps = make(map[string]App)
 
diff --git a/caddyconfig/caddyfile/dispenser_test.go b/caddyconfig/caddyfile/dispenser_test.go
index b64a9735..0f6ee504 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/caddyfile/dispenser_test.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/caddyfile/dispenser_test.go
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func TestDispenser_ArgErr_Err(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected error message with custom message in it ('foobar'); got '%v'", err)
 	}
 
-	var ErrBarIsFull = errors.New("bar is full")
+	ErrBarIsFull := errors.New("bar is full")
 	bookingError := d.Errf("unable to reserve: %w", ErrBarIsFull)
 	if !errors.Is(bookingError, ErrBarIsFull) {
 		t.Errorf("Errf(): should be able to unwrap the error chain")
diff --git a/caddyconfig/caddyfile/parse_test.go b/caddyconfig/caddyfile/parse_test.go
index b270f161..90f5095d 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/caddyfile/parse_test.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/caddyfile/parse_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestParseVariadic(t *testing.T) {
-	var args = make([]string, 10)
+	args := make([]string, 10)
 	for i, tc := range []struct {
 		input  string
 		result bool
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ func TestAllTokens(t *testing.T) {
 	input := []byte("a b c\nd e")
 	expected := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}
 	tokens, err := allTokens("TestAllTokens", input)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected no error, got %v", err)
 	}
@@ -149,10 +148,11 @@ func TestParseOneAndImport(t *testing.T) {
 			"localhost",
 		}, []int{1}},
 
-		{`localhost:1234
+		{
+			`localhost:1234
 		  dir1 foo bar`, false, []string{
-			"localhost:1234",
-		}, []int{3},
+				"localhost:1234",
+			}, []int{3},
 		},
 
 		{`localhost {
@@ -407,13 +407,13 @@ func TestRecursiveImport(t *testing.T) {
 	err = os.WriteFile(recursiveFile1, []byte(
 		`localhost
 		dir1
-		import recursive_import_test2`), 0644)
+		import recursive_import_test2`), 0o644)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(recursiveFile1)
 
-	err = os.WriteFile(recursiveFile2, []byte("dir2 1"), 0644)
+	err = os.WriteFile(recursiveFile2, []byte("dir2 1"), 0o644)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ func TestRecursiveImport(t *testing.T) {
 	err = os.WriteFile(recursiveFile1, []byte(
 		`localhost
 		dir1
-		import `+recursiveFile2), 0644)
+		import `+recursiveFile2), 0o644)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ func TestDirectiveImport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	err = os.WriteFile(directiveFile, []byte(`prop1 1
-	prop2 2`), 0644)
+	prop2 2`), 0o644)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/builtins.go b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/builtins.go
index 701beff7..5bfe434c 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/builtins.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/builtins.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	RegisterDirective("bind", parseBind)
 	RegisterDirective("tls", parseTLS)
+	RegisterHandlerDirective("fs", parseFilesystem)
 	RegisterHandlerDirective("root", parseRoot)
 	RegisterHandlerDirective("vars", parseVars)
 	RegisterHandlerDirective("redir", parseRedir)
@@ -658,6 +659,23 @@ func parseRoot(h Helper) (caddyhttp.MiddlewareHandler, error) {
 	return caddyhttp.VarsMiddleware{"root": root}, nil
 }
 
+// parseFilesystem parses the fs directive. Syntax:
+//
+//	fs <filesystem>
+func parseFilesystem(h Helper) (caddyhttp.MiddlewareHandler, error) {
+	var name string
+	for h.Next() {
+		if !h.NextArg() {
+			return nil, h.ArgErr()
+		}
+		name = h.Val()
+		if h.NextArg() {
+			return nil, h.ArgErr()
+		}
+	}
+	return caddyhttp.VarsMiddleware{"fs": name}, nil
+}
+
 // parseVars parses the vars directive. See its UnmarshalCaddyfile method for syntax.
 func parseVars(h Helper) (caddyhttp.MiddlewareHandler, error) {
 	v := new(caddyhttp.VarsMiddleware)
diff --git a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives.go b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives.go
index 13229ed5..58da2bd7 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var directiveOrder = []string{
 
 	"map",
 	"vars",
+	"fs",
 	"root",
 	"skip_log",
 
diff --git a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives_test.go b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives_test.go
index e46a6d2a..db028229 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives_test.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives_test.go
@@ -31,20 +31,23 @@ func TestHostsFromKeys(t *testing.T) {
 			[]Address{
 				{Original: ":2015", Port: "2015"},
 			},
-			[]string{}, []string{},
+			[]string{},
+			[]string{},
 		},
 		{
 			[]Address{
 				{Original: ":443", Port: "443"},
 			},
-			[]string{}, []string{},
+			[]string{},
+			[]string{},
 		},
 		{
 			[]Address{
 				{Original: "foo", Host: "foo"},
 				{Original: ":2015", Port: "2015"},
 			},
-			[]string{}, []string{"foo"},
+			[]string{},
+			[]string{"foo"},
 		},
 		{
 			[]Address{
diff --git a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go
index cb3095a1..bc2b125e 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/httptype.go
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ func (st ServerType) Setup(
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(pkiApp, &caddypki.PKI{CAs: make(map[string]*caddypki.CA)}) {
 		cfg.AppsRaw["pki"] = caddyconfig.JSON(pkiApp, &warnings)
 	}
+	if filesystems, ok := options["filesystem"].(caddy.Module); ok {
+		cfg.AppsRaw["caddy.filesystems"] = caddyconfig.JSON(
+			filesystems,
+			&warnings)
+	}
+
 	if storageCvtr, ok := options["storage"].(caddy.StorageConverter); ok {
 		cfg.StorageRaw = caddyconfig.JSONModuleObject(storageCvtr,
 			"module",
@@ -280,7 +286,6 @@ func (st ServerType) Setup(
 	if adminConfig, ok := options["admin"].(*caddy.AdminConfig); ok && adminConfig != nil {
 		cfg.Admin = adminConfig
 	}
-
 	if pc, ok := options["persist_config"].(string); ok && pc == "off" {
 		if cfg.Admin == nil {
 			cfg.Admin = new(caddy.AdminConfig)
diff --git a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_test.go b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_test.go
index 205bc5b9..86496da1 100644
--- a/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_test.go
+++ b/caddytest/integration/caddyfile_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestRespond(t *testing.T) {
-
 	// arrange
 	tester := caddytest.NewTester(t)
 	tester.InitServer(` 
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ func TestRespond(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRedirect(t *testing.T) {
-
 	// arrange
 	tester := caddytest.NewTester(t)
 	tester.InitServer(`
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ func TestRedirect(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDuplicateHosts(t *testing.T) {
-
 	// act and assert
 	caddytest.AssertLoadError(t,
 		`
@@ -76,7 +73,6 @@ func TestDuplicateHosts(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReadCookie(t *testing.T) {
-
 	localhost, _ := url.Parse("http://localhost")
 	cookie := http.Cookie{
 		Name:  "clientname",
@@ -110,7 +106,6 @@ func TestReadCookie(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReplIndex(t *testing.T) {
-
 	tester := caddytest.NewTester(t)
 	tester.InitServer(`
   {
diff --git a/caddytest/integration/reverseproxy_test.go b/caddytest/integration/reverseproxy_test.go
index 4f4261b8..0beb71af 100644
--- a/caddytest/integration/reverseproxy_test.go
+++ b/caddytest/integration/reverseproxy_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ func TestSRVReverseProxy(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDialWithPlaceholderUnix(t *testing.T) {
-
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		t.SkipNow()
 	}
diff --git a/caddytest/integration/sni_test.go b/caddytest/integration/sni_test.go
index 24dddc59..188f9354 100644
--- a/caddytest/integration/sni_test.go
+++ b/caddytest/integration/sni_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDefaultSNI(t *testing.T) {
-
 	// arrange
 	tester := caddytest.NewTester(t)
 	tester.InitServer(`{
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ func TestDefaultSNI(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDefaultSNIWithNamedHostAndExplicitIP(t *testing.T) {
-
 	// arrange
 	tester := caddytest.NewTester(t)
 	tester.InitServer(` 
diff --git a/caddytest/integration/stream_test.go b/caddytest/integration/stream_test.go
index 6bc612d3..ef3ea498 100644
--- a/caddytest/integration/stream_test.go
+++ b/caddytest/integration/stream_test.go
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ func TestH2ToH1ChunkedResponse(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testH2ToH1ChunkedResponseServeH1(t *testing.T) *http.Server {
 	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-
 		if r.Host != "127.0.0.1:9443" {
 			t.Errorf("r.Host doesn't match, %v!", r.Host)
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 85978d49..637e4aa9 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/caddyserver/certmagic"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/internal/filesystems"
 )
 
 // Context is a type which defines the lifetime of modules that
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 // not actually need to do this).
 type Context struct {
 	context.Context
+
 	moduleInstances map[string][]Module
 	cfg             *Config
 	cleanupFuncs    []func()
@@ -81,6 +84,15 @@ func (ctx *Context) OnCancel(f func()) {
 	ctx.cleanupFuncs = append(ctx.cleanupFuncs, f)
 }
 
+// Filesystems returns a ref to the FilesystemMap
+func (ctx *Context) Filesystems() FileSystems {
+	// if no config is loaded, we use a default filesystemmap, which includes the osfs
+	if ctx.cfg == nil {
+		return &filesystems.FilesystemMap{}
+	}
+	return ctx.cfg.filesystems
+}
+
 // LoadModule loads the Caddy module(s) from the specified field of the parent struct
 // pointer and returns the loaded module(s). The struct pointer and its field name as
 // a string are necessary so that reflection can be used to read the struct tag on the
diff --git a/filesystem.go b/filesystem.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9785f57d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filesystem.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package caddy
+
+import "io/fs"
+
+type FileSystems interface {
+	Register(k string, v fs.FS)
+	Unregister(k string)
+	Get(k string) (v fs.FS, ok bool)
+	Default() fs.FS
+}
diff --git a/internal/filesystems/map.go b/internal/filesystems/map.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e795ed1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/filesystems/map.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package filesystems
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultFilesystemKey = "default"
+)
+
+var DefaultFilesystem = &wrapperFs{key: DefaultFilesystemKey, FS: OsFS{}}
+
+// wrapperFs exists so can easily add to wrapperFs down the line
+type wrapperFs struct {
+	key string
+	fs.FS
+}
+
+// FilesystemMap stores a map of filesystems
+// the empty key will be overwritten to be the default key
+// it includes a default filesystem, based off the os fs
+type FilesystemMap struct {
+	m sync.Map
+}
+
+// note that the first invocation of key cannot be called in a racy context.
+func (f *FilesystemMap) key(k string) string {
+	if k == "" {
+		k = DefaultFilesystemKey
+	}
+	return k
+}
+
+// Register will add the filesystem with key to later be retrieved
+// A call with a nil fs will call unregister, ensuring that a call to Default() will never be nil
+func (f *FilesystemMap) Register(k string, v fs.FS) {
+	k = f.key(k)
+	if v == nil {
+		f.Unregister(k)
+		return
+	}
+	f.m.Store(k, &wrapperFs{key: k, FS: v})
+}
+
+// Unregister will remove the filesystem with key from the filesystem map
+// if the key is the default key, it will set the default to the osFS instead of deleting it
+// modules should call this on cleanup to be safe
+func (f *FilesystemMap) Unregister(k string) {
+	k = f.key(k)
+	if k == DefaultFilesystemKey {
+		f.m.Store(k, DefaultFilesystem)
+	} else {
+		f.m.Delete(k)
+	}
+}
+
+// Get will get a filesystem with a given key
+func (f *FilesystemMap) Get(k string) (v fs.FS, ok bool) {
+	k = f.key(k)
+	c, ok := f.m.Load(strings.TrimSpace(k))
+	if !ok {
+		if k == DefaultFilesystemKey {
+			f.m.Store(k, DefaultFilesystem)
+			return DefaultFilesystem, true
+		}
+		return nil, ok
+	}
+	return c.(fs.FS), true
+}
+
+// Default will get the default filesystem in the filesystem map
+func (f *FilesystemMap) Default() fs.FS {
+	val, _ := f.Get(DefaultFilesystemKey)
+	return val
+}
diff --git a/internal/filesystems/os.go b/internal/filesystems/os.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04b4d5b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/filesystems/os.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package filesystems
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// OsFS is a simple fs.FS implementation that uses the local
+// file system. (We do not use os.DirFS because we do our own
+// rooting or path prefixing without being constrained to a single
+// root folder. The standard os.DirFS implementation is problematic
+// since roots can be dynamic in our application.)
+//
+// OsFS also implements fs.StatFS, fs.GlobFS, fs.ReadDirFS, and fs.ReadFileFS.
+type OsFS struct{}
+
+func (OsFS) Open(name string) (fs.File, error)          { return os.Open(name) }
+func (OsFS) Stat(name string) (fs.FileInfo, error)      { return os.Stat(name) }
+func (OsFS) Glob(pattern string) ([]string, error)      { return filepath.Glob(pattern) }
+func (OsFS) ReadDir(name string) ([]fs.DirEntry, error) { return os.ReadDir(name) }
+func (OsFS) ReadFile(name string) ([]byte, error)       { return os.ReadFile(name) }
+
+var (
+	_ fs.StatFS     = (*OsFS)(nil)
+	_ fs.GlobFS     = (*OsFS)(nil)
+	_ fs.ReadDirFS  = (*OsFS)(nil)
+	_ fs.ReadFileFS = (*OsFS)(nil)
+)
diff --git a/modules/caddyfs/filesystem.go b/modules/caddyfs/filesystem.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3361df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/caddyfs/filesystem.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package caddyfs
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2"
+	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/caddyconfig"
+	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/caddyconfig/caddyfile"
+	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	caddy.RegisterModule(Filesystems{})
+	httpcaddyfile.RegisterGlobalOption("filesystem", parseFilesystems)
+}
+
+type moduleEntry struct {
+	Key           string          `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	FileSystemRaw json.RawMessage `json:"file_system,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=caddy.fs inline_key=backend"`
+	fileSystem    fs.FS
+}
+
+// Filesystems loads caddy.fs modules into the global filesystem map
+type Filesystems struct {
+	Filesystems []*moduleEntry `json:"filesystems"`
+
+	defers []func()
+}
+
+func parseFilesystems(d *caddyfile.Dispenser, existingVal any) (any, error) {
+	p := &Filesystems{}
+	current, ok := existingVal.(*Filesystems)
+	if ok {
+		p = current
+	}
+	x := &moduleEntry{}
+	err := x.UnmarshalCaddyfile(d)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	p.Filesystems = append(p.Filesystems, x)
+	return p, nil
+}
+
+// CaddyModule returns the Caddy module information.
+func (Filesystems) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
+	return caddy.ModuleInfo{
+		ID:  "caddy.filesystems",
+		New: func() caddy.Module { return new(Filesystems) },
+	}
+}
+
+func (xs *Filesystems) Start() error { return nil }
+func (xs *Filesystems) Stop() error  { return nil }
+
+func (xs *Filesystems) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
+	// load the filesystem module
+	for _, f := range xs.Filesystems {
+		if len(f.FileSystemRaw) > 0 {
+			mod, err := ctx.LoadModule(f, "FileSystemRaw")
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("loading file system module: %v", err)
+			}
+			f.fileSystem = mod.(fs.FS)
+		}
+		// register that module
+		ctx.Logger().Debug("registering fs", zap.String("fs", f.Key))
+		ctx.Filesystems().Register(f.Key, f.fileSystem)
+		// remember to unregister the module when we are done
+		xs.defers = append(xs.defers, func() {
+			ctx.Logger().Debug("registering fs", zap.String("fs", f.Key))
+			ctx.Filesystems().Unregister(f.Key)
+		})
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *Filesystems) Cleanup() error {
+	for _, v := range f.defers {
+		v()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *moduleEntry) UnmarshalCaddyfile(d *caddyfile.Dispenser) error {
+	for d.Next() {
+		// key required for now
+		if !d.Args(&f.Key) {
+			return d.ArgErr()
+		}
+		// get the module json
+		if !d.NextArg() {
+			return d.ArgErr()
+		}
+		name := d.Val()
+		modID := "caddy.fs." + name
+		unm, err := caddyfile.UnmarshalModule(d, modID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fsys, ok := unm.(fs.FS)
+		if !ok {
+			return d.Errf("module %s (%T) is not a supported file system implementation (requires fs.FS)", modID, unm)
+		}
+		f.FileSystemRaw = caddyconfig.JSONModuleObject(fsys, "backend", name, nil)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/encode/encode_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/encode/encode_test.go
index 3374ee3b..d7694549 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/encode/encode_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/encode/encode_test.go
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ func TestPreferOrder(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-
 			if test.accept == "" {
 				r.Header.Del("Accept-Encoding")
 			} else {
@@ -258,7 +257,6 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("Validate() error = %v, wantErr = %v", err, test.wantErr)
 			}
 		})
-
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/browse.go b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/browse.go
index 492d52d6..7602f3a9 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/browse.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/browse.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ type Browse struct {
 	TemplateFile string `json:"template_file,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func (fsrv *FileServer) serveBrowse(root, dirPath string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next caddyhttp.Handler) error {
+func (fsrv *FileServer) serveBrowse(fileSystem fs.FS, root, dirPath string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next caddyhttp.Handler) error {
 	fsrv.logger.Debug("browse enabled; listing directory contents",
 		zap.String("path", dirPath),
 		zap.String("root", root))
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) serveBrowse(root, dirPath string, w http.ResponseWriter,
 		}
 	}
 
-	dir, err := fsrv.openFile(dirPath, w)
+	dir, err := fsrv.openFile(fileSystem, dirPath, w)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) serveBrowse(root, dirPath string, w http.ResponseWriter,
 	repl := r.Context().Value(caddy.ReplacerCtxKey).(*caddy.Replacer)
 
 	// TODO: not entirely sure if path.Clean() is necessary here but seems like a safe plan (i.e. /%2e%2e%2f) - someone could verify this
-	listing, err := fsrv.loadDirectoryContents(r.Context(), dir.(fs.ReadDirFile), root, path.Clean(r.URL.EscapedPath()), repl)
+	listing, err := fsrv.loadDirectoryContents(r.Context(), fileSystem, dir.(fs.ReadDirFile), root, path.Clean(r.URL.EscapedPath()), repl)
 	switch {
 	case errors.Is(err, fs.ErrPermission):
 		return caddyhttp.Error(http.StatusForbidden, err)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) serveBrowse(root, dirPath string, w http.ResponseWriter,
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (fsrv *FileServer) loadDirectoryContents(ctx context.Context, dir fs.ReadDirFile, root, urlPath string, repl *caddy.Replacer) (*browseTemplateContext, error) {
+func (fsrv *FileServer) loadDirectoryContents(ctx context.Context, fileSystem fs.FS, dir fs.ReadDirFile, root, urlPath string, repl *caddy.Replacer) (*browseTemplateContext, error) {
 	files, err := dir.ReadDir(10000) // TODO: this limit should probably be configurable
 	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
 		return nil, err
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) loadDirectoryContents(ctx context.Context, dir fs.ReadDi
 	// user can presumably browse "up" to parent folder if path is longer than "/"
 	canGoUp := len(urlPath) > 1
 
-	return fsrv.directoryListing(ctx, files, canGoUp, root, urlPath, repl), nil
+	return fsrv.directoryListing(ctx, fileSystem, files, canGoUp, root, urlPath, repl), nil
 }
 
 // browseApplyQueryParams applies query parameters to the listing.
@@ -223,12 +223,12 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) makeBrowseTemplate(tplCtx *templateContext) (*template.T
 
 // isSymlinkTargetDir returns true if f's symbolic link target
 // is a directory.
-func (fsrv *FileServer) isSymlinkTargetDir(f fs.FileInfo, root, urlPath string) bool {
+func (fsrv *FileServer) isSymlinkTargetDir(fileSystem fs.FS, f fs.FileInfo, root, urlPath string) bool {
 	if !isSymlink(f) {
 		return false
 	}
 	target := caddyhttp.SanitizedPathJoin(root, path.Join(urlPath, f.Name()))
-	targetInfo, err := fs.Stat(fsrv.fileSystem, target)
+	targetInfo, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, target)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/browsetplcontext.go b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/browsetplcontext.go
index a74fe316..81db3d06 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/browsetplcontext.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/browsetplcontext.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddyhttp"
 )
 
-func (fsrv *FileServer) directoryListing(ctx context.Context, entries []fs.DirEntry, canGoUp bool, root, urlPath string, repl *caddy.Replacer) *browseTemplateContext {
+func (fsrv *FileServer) directoryListing(ctx context.Context, fileSystem fs.FS, entries []fs.DirEntry, canGoUp bool, root, urlPath string, repl *caddy.Replacer) *browseTemplateContext {
 	filesToHide := fsrv.transformHidePaths(repl)
 
 	name, _ := url.PathUnescape(urlPath)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) directoryListing(ctx context.Context, entries []fs.DirEn
 			continue
 		}
 
-		isDir := entry.IsDir() || fsrv.isSymlinkTargetDir(info, root, urlPath)
+		isDir := entry.IsDir() || fsrv.isSymlinkTargetDir(fileSystem, info, root, urlPath)
 
 		// add the slash after the escape of path to avoid escaping the slash as well
 		if isDir {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) directoryListing(ctx context.Context, entries []fs.DirEn
 		fileIsSymlink := isSymlink(info)
 		if fileIsSymlink {
 			path := caddyhttp.SanitizedPathJoin(root, path.Join(urlPath, info.Name()))
-			fileInfo, err := fs.Stat(fsrv.fileSystem, path)
+			fileInfo, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, path)
 			if err == nil {
 				size = fileInfo.Size()
 			}
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/caddyfile.go b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/caddyfile.go
index df56092b..78af0963 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/caddyfile.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/caddyfile.go
@@ -15,13 +15,11 @@
 package fileserver
 
 import (
-	"io/fs"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2"
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/caddyconfig"
-	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/caddyconfig/caddyfile"
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile"
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddyhttp"
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddyhttp/encode"
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ func init() {
 // server and configures it with this syntax:
 //
 //	file_server [<matcher>] [browse] {
-//	    fs            <backend...>
+//	    fs            <filesystem>
 //	    root          <path>
 //	    hide          <files...>
 //	    index         <files...>
@@ -68,21 +66,10 @@ func parseCaddyfile(h httpcaddyfile.Helper) (caddyhttp.MiddlewareHandler, error)
 				if !h.NextArg() {
 					return nil, h.ArgErr()
 				}
-				if fsrv.FileSystemRaw != nil {
-					return nil, h.Err("file system module already specified")
+				if fsrv.FileSystem != "" {
+					return nil, h.Err("file system already specified")
 				}
-				name := h.Val()
-				modID := "caddy.fs." + name
-				unm, err := caddyfile.UnmarshalModule(h.Dispenser, modID)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				fsys, ok := unm.(fs.FS)
-				if !ok {
-					return nil, h.Errf("module %s (%T) is not a supported file system implementation (requires fs.FS)", modID, unm)
-				}
-				fsrv.FileSystemRaw = caddyconfig.JSONModuleObject(fsys, "backend", name, nil)
-
+				fsrv.FileSystem = h.Val()
 			case "hide":
 				fsrv.Hide = h.RemainingArgs()
 				if len(fsrv.Hide) == 0 {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher.go b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher.go
index c8f5b226..310591bc 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package fileserver
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"net/http"
@@ -64,8 +63,7 @@ func init() {
 type MatchFile struct {
 	// The file system implementation to use. By default, the
 	// local disk file system will be used.
-	FileSystemRaw json.RawMessage `json:"file_system,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=caddy.fs inline_key=backend"`
-	fileSystem    fs.FS
+	FileSystem string `json:"fs,omitempty"`
 
 	// The root directory, used for creating absolute
 	// file paths, and required when working with
@@ -108,6 +106,8 @@ type MatchFile struct {
 	// component in order to be used as a split delimiter.
 	SplitPath []string `json:"split_path,omitempty"`
 
+	fsmap caddy.FileSystems
+
 	logger *zap.Logger
 }
 
@@ -181,16 +181,22 @@ func (MatchFile) CELLibrary(ctx caddy.Context) (cel.Library, error) {
 			root = values["root"][0]
 		}
 
+		var fsName string
+		if len(values["fs"]) > 0 {
+			fsName = values["fs"][0]
+		}
+
 		var try_policy string
 		if len(values["try_policy"]) > 0 {
 			root = values["try_policy"][0]
 		}
 
 		m := MatchFile{
-			Root:      root,
-			TryFiles:  values["try_files"],
-			TryPolicy: try_policy,
-			SplitPath: values["split_path"],
+			Root:       root,
+			TryFiles:   values["try_files"],
+			TryPolicy:  try_policy,
+			SplitPath:  values["split_path"],
+			FileSystem: fsName,
 		}
 
 		err = m.Provision(ctx)
@@ -264,22 +270,16 @@ func celFileMatcherMacroExpander() parser.MacroExpander {
 func (m *MatchFile) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 	m.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
-	// establish the file system to use
-	if len(m.FileSystemRaw) > 0 {
-		mod, err := ctx.LoadModule(m, "FileSystemRaw")
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("loading file system module: %v", err)
-		}
-		m.fileSystem = mod.(fs.FS)
-	}
-	if m.fileSystem == nil {
-		m.fileSystem = osFS{}
-	}
+	m.fsmap = ctx.Filesystems()
 
 	if m.Root == "" {
 		m.Root = "{http.vars.root}"
 	}
 
+	if m.FileSystem == "" {
+		m.FileSystem = "{http.vars.fs}"
+	}
+
 	// if list of files to try was omitted entirely, assume URL path
 	// (use placeholder instead of r.URL.Path; see issue #4146)
 	if m.TryFiles == nil {
@@ -320,6 +320,13 @@ func (m MatchFile) selectFile(r *http.Request) (matched bool) {
 
 	root := filepath.Clean(repl.ReplaceAll(m.Root, "."))
 
+	fsName := repl.ReplaceAll(m.FileSystem, "")
+
+	fileSystem, ok := m.fsmap.Get(fsName)
+	if !ok {
+		m.logger.Error("use of unregistered filesystem", zap.String("fs", fsName))
+		return false
+	}
 	type matchCandidate struct {
 		fullpath, relative, splitRemainder string
 	}
@@ -368,7 +375,7 @@ func (m MatchFile) selectFile(r *http.Request) (matched bool) {
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 			globResults = []string{fullPattern} // precious Windows
 		} else {
-			globResults, err = fs.Glob(m.fileSystem, fullPattern)
+			globResults, err = fs.Glob(fileSystem, fullPattern)
 			if err != nil {
 				m.logger.Error("expanding glob", zap.Error(err))
 			}
@@ -410,7 +417,7 @@ func (m MatchFile) selectFile(r *http.Request) (matched bool) {
 			}
 			candidates := makeCandidates(pattern)
 			for _, c := range candidates {
-				if info, exists := m.strictFileExists(c.fullpath); exists {
+				if info, exists := m.strictFileExists(fileSystem, c.fullpath); exists {
 					setPlaceholders(c, info)
 					return true
 				}
@@ -424,7 +431,7 @@ func (m MatchFile) selectFile(r *http.Request) (matched bool) {
 		for _, pattern := range m.TryFiles {
 			candidates := makeCandidates(pattern)
 			for _, c := range candidates {
-				info, err := fs.Stat(m.fileSystem, c.fullpath)
+				info, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, c.fullpath)
 				if err == nil && info.Size() > largestSize {
 					largestSize = info.Size()
 					largest = c
@@ -445,7 +452,7 @@ func (m MatchFile) selectFile(r *http.Request) (matched bool) {
 		for _, pattern := range m.TryFiles {
 			candidates := makeCandidates(pattern)
 			for _, c := range candidates {
-				info, err := fs.Stat(m.fileSystem, c.fullpath)
+				info, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, c.fullpath)
 				if err == nil && (smallestSize == 0 || info.Size() < smallestSize) {
 					smallestSize = info.Size()
 					smallest = c
@@ -465,7 +472,7 @@ func (m MatchFile) selectFile(r *http.Request) (matched bool) {
 		for _, pattern := range m.TryFiles {
 			candidates := makeCandidates(pattern)
 			for _, c := range candidates {
-				info, err := fs.Stat(m.fileSystem, c.fullpath)
+				info, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, c.fullpath)
 				if err == nil &&
 					(recentInfo == nil || info.ModTime().After(recentInfo.ModTime())) {
 					recent = c
@@ -503,8 +510,8 @@ func parseErrorCode(input string) error {
 // the file must also be a directory; if it does
 // NOT end in a forward slash, the file must NOT
 // be a directory.
-func (m MatchFile) strictFileExists(file string) (os.FileInfo, bool) {
-	info, err := fs.Stat(m.fileSystem, file)
+func (m MatchFile) strictFileExists(fileSystem fs.FS, file string) (os.FileInfo, bool) {
+	info, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, file)
 	if err != nil {
 		// in reality, this can be any error
 		// such as permission or even obscure
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher_test.go
index bab34cc6..5ffb63b6 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2"
+	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/internal/filesystems"
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddyhttp"
 )
 
@@ -116,9 +117,9 @@ func TestFileMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		m := &MatchFile{
-			fileSystem: osFS{},
-			Root:       "./testdata",
-			TryFiles:   []string{"{http.request.uri.path}", "{http.request.uri.path}/"},
+			fsmap:    &filesystems.FilesystemMap{},
+			Root:     "./testdata",
+			TryFiles: []string{"{http.request.uri.path}", "{http.request.uri.path}/"},
 		}
 
 		u, err := url.Parse(tc.path)
@@ -225,10 +226,10 @@ func TestPHPFileMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		m := &MatchFile{
-			fileSystem: osFS{},
-			Root:       "./testdata",
-			TryFiles:   []string{"{http.request.uri.path}", "{http.request.uri.path}/index.php"},
-			SplitPath:  []string{".php"},
+			fsmap:     &filesystems.FilesystemMap{},
+			Root:      "./testdata",
+			TryFiles:  []string{"{http.request.uri.path}", "{http.request.uri.path}/index.php"},
+			SplitPath: []string{".php"},
 		}
 
 		u, err := url.Parse(tc.path)
@@ -264,7 +265,10 @@ func TestPHPFileMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFirstSplit(t *testing.T) {
-	m := MatchFile{SplitPath: []string{".php"}}
+	m := MatchFile{
+		SplitPath: []string{".php"},
+		fsmap:     &filesystems.FilesystemMap{},
+	}
 	actual, remainder := m.firstSplit("index.PHP/somewhere")
 	expected := "index.PHP"
 	expectedRemainder := "/somewhere"
@@ -276,83 +280,81 @@ func TestFirstSplit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-var (
-	expressionTests = []struct {
-		name              string
-		expression        *caddyhttp.MatchExpression
-		urlTarget         string
-		httpMethod        string
-		httpHeader        *http.Header
-		wantErr           bool
-		wantResult        bool
-		clientCertificate []byte
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "file error no args (MatchFile)",
-			expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
-				Expr: `file()`,
-			},
-			urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo.txt",
-			wantResult: true,
+var expressionTests = []struct {
+	name              string
+	expression        *caddyhttp.MatchExpression
+	urlTarget         string
+	httpMethod        string
+	httpHeader        *http.Header
+	wantErr           bool
+	wantResult        bool
+	clientCertificate []byte
+}{
+	{
+		name: "file error no args (MatchFile)",
+		expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
+			Expr: `file()`,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "file error bad try files (MatchFile)",
-			expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
-				Expr: `file({"try_file": ["bad_arg"]})`,
-			},
-			urlTarget: "https://example.com/foo",
-			wantErr:   true,
+		urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo.txt",
+		wantResult: true,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "file error bad try files (MatchFile)",
+		expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
+			Expr: `file({"try_file": ["bad_arg"]})`,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "file match short pattern index.php (MatchFile)",
-			expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
-				Expr: `file("index.php")`,
-			},
-			urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo",
-			wantResult: true,
+		urlTarget: "https://example.com/foo",
+		wantErr:   true,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "file match short pattern index.php (MatchFile)",
+		expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
+			Expr: `file("index.php")`,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "file match short pattern foo.txt (MatchFile)",
-			expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
-				Expr: `file({http.request.uri.path})`,
-			},
-			urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo.txt",
-			wantResult: true,
+		urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo",
+		wantResult: true,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "file match short pattern foo.txt (MatchFile)",
+		expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
+			Expr: `file({http.request.uri.path})`,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "file match index.php (MatchFile)",
-			expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
-				Expr: `file({"root": "./testdata", "try_files": [{http.request.uri.path}, "/index.php"]})`,
-			},
-			urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo",
-			wantResult: true,
+		urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo.txt",
+		wantResult: true,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "file match index.php (MatchFile)",
+		expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
+			Expr: `file({"root": "./testdata", "try_files": [{http.request.uri.path}, "/index.php"]})`,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "file match long pattern foo.txt (MatchFile)",
-			expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
-				Expr: `file({"root": "./testdata", "try_files": [{http.request.uri.path}]})`,
-			},
-			urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo.txt",
-			wantResult: true,
+		urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo",
+		wantResult: true,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "file match long pattern foo.txt (MatchFile)",
+		expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
+			Expr: `file({"root": "./testdata", "try_files": [{http.request.uri.path}]})`,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "file match long pattern foo.txt with concatenation (MatchFile)",
-			expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
-				Expr: `file({"root": ".", "try_files": ["./testdata" + {http.request.uri.path}]})`,
-			},
-			urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo.txt",
-			wantResult: true,
+		urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo.txt",
+		wantResult: true,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "file match long pattern foo.txt with concatenation (MatchFile)",
+		expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
+			Expr: `file({"root": ".", "try_files": ["./testdata" + {http.request.uri.path}]})`,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "file not match long pattern (MatchFile)",
-			expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
-				Expr: `file({"root": "./testdata", "try_files": [{http.request.uri.path}]})`,
-			},
-			urlTarget:  "https://example.com/nopenope.txt",
-			wantResult: false,
+		urlTarget:  "https://example.com/foo.txt",
+		wantResult: true,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "file not match long pattern (MatchFile)",
+		expression: &caddyhttp.MatchExpression{
+			Expr: `file({"root": "./testdata", "try_files": [{http.request.uri.path}]})`,
 		},
-	}
-)
+		urlTarget:  "https://example.com/nopenope.txt",
+		wantResult: false,
+	},
+}
 
 func TestMatchExpressionMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tst := range expressionTests {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/staticfiles.go b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/staticfiles.go
index aa582eac..1f0b6a5e 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/staticfiles.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/staticfiles.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package fileserver
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -97,15 +96,8 @@ type FileServer struct {
 	// The file system implementation to use. By default, Caddy uses the local
 	// disk file system.
 	//
-	// File system modules used here must adhere to the following requirements:
-	// - Implement fs.FS interface.
-	// - Support seeking on opened files; i.e.returned fs.File values must
-	//   implement the io.Seeker interface. This is required for determining
-	//   Content-Length and satisfying Range requests.
-	// - fs.File values that represent directories must implement the
-	//   fs.ReadDirFile interface so that directory listings can be procured.
-	FileSystemRaw json.RawMessage `json:"file_system,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=caddy.fs inline_key=backend"`
-	fileSystem    fs.FS
+	// if a non default filesystem is used, it must be first be registered in the globals section.
+	FileSystem string `json:"fs,omitempty"`
 
 	// The path to the root of the site. Default is `{http.vars.root}` if set,
 	// or current working directory otherwise. This should be a trusted value.
@@ -169,6 +161,8 @@ type FileServer struct {
 	PrecompressedOrder []string `json:"precompressed_order,omitempty"`
 	precompressors     map[string]encode.Precompressed
 
+	fsmap caddy.FileSystems
+
 	logger *zap.Logger
 }
 
@@ -184,16 +178,10 @@ func (FileServer) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 func (fsrv *FileServer) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 	fsrv.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
-	// establish which file system (possibly a virtual one) we'll be using
-	if len(fsrv.FileSystemRaw) > 0 {
-		mod, err := ctx.LoadModule(fsrv, "FileSystemRaw")
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("loading file system module: %v", err)
-		}
-		fsrv.fileSystem = mod.(fs.FS)
-	}
-	if fsrv.fileSystem == nil {
-		fsrv.fileSystem = osFS{}
+	fsrv.fsmap = ctx.Filesystems()
+
+	if fsrv.FileSystem == "" {
+		fsrv.FileSystem = "{http.vars.fs}"
 	}
 
 	if fsrv.Root == "" {
@@ -263,19 +251,26 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next c
 	filesToHide := fsrv.transformHidePaths(repl)
 
 	root := repl.ReplaceAll(fsrv.Root, ".")
+	fsName := repl.ReplaceAll(fsrv.FileSystem, "")
+
+	fileSystem, ok := fsrv.fsmap.Get(fsName)
+	if !ok {
+		return caddyhttp.Error(http.StatusNotFound, fmt.Errorf("filesystem not found"))
+	}
 
 	// remove any trailing `/` as it breaks fs.ValidPath() in the stdlib
 	filename := strings.TrimSuffix(caddyhttp.SanitizedPathJoin(root, r.URL.Path), "/")
 
 	fsrv.logger.Debug("sanitized path join",
 		zap.String("site_root", root),
+		zap.String("fs", fsName),
 		zap.String("request_path", r.URL.Path),
 		zap.String("result", filename))
 
 	// get information about the file
-	info, err := fs.Stat(fsrv.fileSystem, filename)
+	info, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, filename)
 	if err != nil {
-		err = fsrv.mapDirOpenError(err, filename)
+		err = fsrv.mapDirOpenError(fileSystem, err, filename)
 		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) || errors.Is(err, fs.ErrInvalid) {
 			return fsrv.notFound(w, r, next)
 		} else if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrPermission) {
@@ -299,7 +294,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next c
 				continue
 			}
 
-			indexInfo, err := fs.Stat(fsrv.fileSystem, indexPath)
+			indexInfo, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, indexPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -327,7 +322,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next c
 			zap.String("path", filename),
 			zap.Strings("index_filenames", fsrv.IndexNames))
 		if fsrv.Browse != nil && !fileHidden(filename, filesToHide) {
-			return fsrv.serveBrowse(root, filename, w, r, next)
+			return fsrv.serveBrowse(fileSystem, root, filename, w, r, next)
 		}
 		return fsrv.notFound(w, r, next)
 	}
@@ -381,13 +376,13 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next c
 			continue
 		}
 		compressedFilename := filename + precompress.Suffix()
-		compressedInfo, err := fs.Stat(fsrv.fileSystem, compressedFilename)
+		compressedInfo, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, compressedFilename)
 		if err != nil || compressedInfo.IsDir() {
 			fsrv.logger.Debug("precompressed file not accessible", zap.String("filename", compressedFilename), zap.Error(err))
 			continue
 		}
 		fsrv.logger.Debug("opening compressed sidecar file", zap.String("filename", compressedFilename), zap.Error(err))
-		file, err = fsrv.openFile(compressedFilename, w)
+		file, err = fsrv.openFile(fileSystem, compressedFilename, w)
 		if err != nil {
 			fsrv.logger.Warn("opening precompressed file failed", zap.String("filename", compressedFilename), zap.Error(err))
 			if caddyErr, ok := err.(caddyhttp.HandlerError); ok && caddyErr.StatusCode == http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
@@ -416,7 +411,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next c
 		fsrv.logger.Debug("opening file", zap.String("filename", filename))
 
 		// open the file
-		file, err = fsrv.openFile(filename, w)
+		file, err = fsrv.openFile(fileSystem, filename, w)
 		if err != nil {
 			if herr, ok := err.(caddyhttp.HandlerError); ok &&
 				herr.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
@@ -502,10 +497,10 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next c
 // the response is configured to inform the client how to best handle it
 // and a well-described handler error is returned (do not wrap the
 // returned error value).
-func (fsrv *FileServer) openFile(filename string, w http.ResponseWriter) (fs.File, error) {
-	file, err := fsrv.fileSystem.Open(filename)
+func (fsrv *FileServer) openFile(fileSystem fs.FS, filename string, w http.ResponseWriter) (fs.File, error) {
+	file, err := fileSystem.Open(filename)
 	if err != nil {
-		err = fsrv.mapDirOpenError(err, filename)
+		err = fsrv.mapDirOpenError(fileSystem, err, filename)
 		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 			fsrv.logger.Debug("file not found", zap.String("filename", filename), zap.Error(err))
 			return nil, caddyhttp.Error(http.StatusNotFound, err)
@@ -530,7 +525,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) openFile(filename string, w http.ResponseWriter) (fs.Fil
 // Adapted from the Go standard library; originally written by Nathaniel Caza.
 // https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/36635/
 // https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/36804/
-func (fsrv *FileServer) mapDirOpenError(originalErr error, name string) error {
+func (fsrv *FileServer) mapDirOpenError(fileSystem fs.FS, originalErr error, name string) error {
 	if errors.Is(originalErr, fs.ErrNotExist) || errors.Is(originalErr, fs.ErrPermission) {
 		return originalErr
 	}
@@ -540,7 +535,7 @@ func (fsrv *FileServer) mapDirOpenError(originalErr error, name string) error {
 		if parts[i] == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		fi, err := fs.Stat(fsrv.fileSystem, strings.Join(parts[:i+1], separator))
+		fi, err := fs.Stat(fileSystem, strings.Join(parts[:i+1], separator))
 		if err != nil {
 			return originalErr
 		}
@@ -673,21 +668,6 @@ func (wr statusOverrideResponseWriter) Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter {
 	return wr.ResponseWriter
 }
 
-// osFS is a simple fs.FS implementation that uses the local
-// file system. (We do not use os.DirFS because we do our own
-// rooting or path prefixing without being constrained to a single
-// root folder. The standard os.DirFS implementation is problematic
-// since roots can be dynamic in our application.)
-//
-// osFS also implements fs.StatFS, fs.GlobFS, fs.ReadDirFS, and fs.ReadFileFS.
-type osFS struct{}
-
-func (osFS) Open(name string) (fs.File, error)          { return os.Open(name) }
-func (osFS) Stat(name string) (fs.FileInfo, error)      { return os.Stat(name) }
-func (osFS) Glob(pattern string) ([]string, error)      { return filepath.Glob(pattern) }
-func (osFS) ReadDir(name string) ([]fs.DirEntry, error) { return os.ReadDir(name) }
-func (osFS) ReadFile(name string) ([]byte, error)       { return os.ReadFile(name) }
-
 var defaultIndexNames = []string{"index.html", "index.txt"}
 
 const (
@@ -699,9 +679,4 @@ const (
 var (
 	_ caddy.Provisioner           = (*FileServer)(nil)
 	_ caddyhttp.MiddlewareHandler = (*FileServer)(nil)
-
-	_ fs.StatFS     = (*osFS)(nil)
-	_ fs.GlobFS     = (*osFS)(nil)
-	_ fs.ReadDirFS  = (*osFS)(nil)
-	_ fs.ReadFileFS = (*osFS)(nil)
 )
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/matchers_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers_test.go
index 041975d8..10081309 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/matchers_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers_test.go
@@ -862,7 +862,6 @@ func TestHeaderREMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkHeaderREMatcher(b *testing.B) {
-
 	i := 0
 	match := MatchHeaderRE{"Field": &MatchRegexp{Pattern: "^foo(.*)$", Name: "name"}}
 	input := http.Header{"Field": []string{"foobar"}}
@@ -1086,6 +1085,7 @@ func TestNotMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
 func BenchmarkLargeHostMatcher(b *testing.B) {
 	// this benchmark simulates a large host matcher (thousands of entries) where each
 	// value is an exact hostname (not a placeholder or wildcard) - compare the results
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/ascii_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/ascii_test.go
index d1f0c1da..de67963b 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/ascii_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/ascii_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ package reverseproxy
 import "testing"
 
 func TestEqualFold(t *testing.T) {
-	var tests = []struct {
+	tests := []struct {
 		name string
 		a, b string
 		want bool
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestEqualFold(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIsPrint(t *testing.T) {
-	var tests = []struct {
+	tests := []struct {
 		name string
 		in   string
 		want bool
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/client_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/client_test.go
index 29bb5785..a2227a65 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/client_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/client_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import (
 // and output "FAILED" in response
 const (
 	scriptFile = "/tank/www/fcgic_test.php"
-	//ipPort = "remote-php-serv:59000"
+	// ipPort = "remote-php-serv:59000"
 	ipPort = "127.0.0.1:59000"
 )
 
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ var globalt *testing.T
 type FastCGIServer struct{}
 
 func (s FastCGIServer) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-
 	if err := req.ParseMultipartForm(100000000); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[ERROR] failed to parse: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ func (s FastCGIServer) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		if req.MultipartForm != nil {
 			fileNum = len(req.MultipartForm.File)
 			for kn, fns := range req.MultipartForm.File {
-				//fmt.Fprintln(resp, "server:filekey ", kn )
+				// fmt.Fprintln(resp, "server:filekey ", kn )
 				length += len(kn)
 				for _, f := range fns {
 					fd, err := f.Open()
@@ -101,13 +100,13 @@ func (s FastCGIServer) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 					length += int(l0)
 					defer fd.Close()
 					md5 := fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil))
-					//fmt.Fprintln(resp, "server:filemd5 ", md5 )
+					// fmt.Fprintln(resp, "server:filemd5 ", md5 )
 
 					if kn != md5 {
 						fmt.Fprintln(resp, "server:err ", md5, kn)
 						stat = "FAILED"
 					}
-					//fmt.Fprintln(resp, "server:filename ", f.Filename )
+					// fmt.Fprintln(resp, "server:filename ", f.Filename )
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ func sendFcgi(reqType int, fcgiParams map[string]string, data []byte, posts map[
 }
 
 func generateRandFile(size int) (p string, m string) {
-
 	p = filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "fcgict"+strconv.Itoa(rand.Int()))
 
 	// open output file
@@ -236,7 +234,7 @@ func DisabledTest(t *testing.T) {
 	fcgiParams := make(map[string]string)
 	fcgiParams["REQUEST_METHOD"] = "GET"
 	fcgiParams["SERVER_PROTOCOL"] = "HTTP/1.1"
-	//fcgi_params["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"] = "CGI/1.1"
+	// fcgi_params["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"] = "CGI/1.1"
 	fcgiParams["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] = scriptFile
 
 	// simple GET
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/selectionpolicies_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/selectionpolicies_test.go
index dc613a53..9199f619 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/selectionpolicies_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/selectionpolicies_test.go
@@ -629,7 +629,6 @@ func TestRandomChoicePolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	if h == pool[0] {
 		t.Error("RandomChoicePolicy should not choose pool[0]")
 	}
-
 }
 
 func TestCookieHashPolicy(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite_test.go
index bb937ec5..aaa142bc 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite_test.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func TestRewrite(t *testing.T) {
 			input:  newRequest(t, "GET", "/foo/findme%2Fbar"),
 			expect: newRequest(t, "GET", "/foo/replaced%2Fbar"),
 		},
-		
+
 		{
 			rule:   Rewrite{PathRegexp: []*regexReplacer{{Find: "/{2,}", Replace: "/"}}},
 			input:  newRequest(t, "GET", "/foo//bar///baz?a=b//c"),
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracerprovider_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracerprovider_test.go
index cb2e5936..5a5df0a2 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracerprovider_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracerprovider_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func Test_tracersProvider_cleanupTracerProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	tp.getTracerProvider()
 
 	err := tp.cleanupTracerProvider(zap.NewNop())
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("There should be no error: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/standard/imports.go b/modules/standard/imports.go
index a9d0b396..813c63d6 100644
--- a/modules/standard/imports.go
+++ b/modules/standard/imports.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/caddyconfig/caddyfile"
 	_ "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddyevents"
 	_ "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddyevents/eventsconfig"
+	_ "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddyfs"
 	_ "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddyhttp/standard"
 	_ "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddypki"
 	_ "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddypki/acmeserver"