diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 77c08ba..5f5d74a 100644
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -25,13 +25,28 @@ async def run_quic():
 
 async def run_webtransport():
     from server.webtransport_server import WebTransportServer
+    from server.static_server import start_https_static
     cfg = ServerConfig()
     host = os.environ.get("WT_HOST", os.environ.get("QUIC_HOST", "0.0.0.0"))
     port = int(os.environ.get("WT_PORT", os.environ.get("QUIC_PORT", "4433")))
     cert = os.environ.get("WT_CERT") or os.environ["QUIC_CERT"]
     key = os.environ.get("WT_KEY") or os.environ["QUIC_KEY"]
+    # Optional static HTTPS server for client assets
+    static = os.environ.get("STATIC", "1")
+    static_host = os.environ.get("STATIC_HOST", host)
+    static_port = int(os.environ.get("STATIC_PORT", "8443"))
+    static_root = os.environ.get("STATIC_ROOT", "client")
+    httpd = None
+    if static == "1":
+        httpd, _t = start_https_static(static_host, static_port, cert, key, static_root)
+        print(f"HTTPS static server: https://{static_host}:{static_port}/ serving '{static_root}'")
     server = GameServer(transport=WebTransportServer(host, port, cert, key, lambda d, p: server.on_datagram(d, p)), config=cfg)
-    await asyncio.gather(server.transport.run(), server.tick_loop())
+    print(f"WebTransport server: https://{host}:{port}/ (HTTP/3)")
+    try:
+        await asyncio.gather(server.transport.run(), server.tick_loop())
+    finally:
+        if httpd is not None:
+            httpd.shutdown()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/server/static_server.py b/server/static_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca80ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/static_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ssl
+import threading
+from http.server import ThreadingHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Tuple
+
+
+class _Handler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+    # Allow passing a base directory at construction time
+    def __init__(self, *args, directory: str | None = None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, directory=directory, **kwargs)
+
+
+def start_https_static(host: str, port: int, certfile: str, keyfile: str, docroot: str) -> Tuple[ThreadingHTTPServer, threading.Thread]:
+    """Start a simple HTTPS static file server in a background thread.
+
+    Returns the (httpd, thread). Caller is responsible for calling httpd.shutdown()
+    to stop the server on application exit.
+    """
+    docroot_path = str(Path(docroot).resolve())
+
+    def handler(*args, **kwargs):
+        return _Handler(*args, directory=docroot_path, **kwargs)
+
+    httpd = ThreadingHTTPServer((host, port), handler)
+    ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
+    ctx.load_cert_chain(certfile=certfile, keyfile=keyfile)
+    httpd.socket = ctx.wrap_socket(httpd.socket, server_side=True)
+
+    t = threading.Thread(target=httpd.serve_forever, name="https-static", daemon=True)
+    t.start()
+    return httpd, t
+