diff --git a/etc/check-links.lua b/etc/check-links.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d33732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/check-links.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+dofile("../lua/http.lua")
+HTTP.TIMEOUT = 10
+dofile("../lua/code.lua")
+dofile("../lua/url.lua")
+dofile("../lua/concat.lua")
+
+cache = {}
+
+function readfile(path)
+	path = Code.unescape(path)
+	local file, error = openfile(path, "r")
+	if file then 
+        local body = read(file, "*a")
+		closefile(file)
+        return body
+    else return nil, error end
+end
+
+function getstatus(url)
+	local parsed = URL.parse_url(url, { scheme = "file" })
+	if cache[url] then return cache[url].res end
+	local res
+    if parsed.scheme == "http" then
+        local request = { url = url }
+        local response = { body_cb = function(chunk, err) 
+            return nil
+        end }
+		local blocksize = HTTP.BLOCKSIZE
+		HTTP.BLOCKSIZE = 1
+        response = HTTP.request_cb(request, response)
+        HTTP.BLOCKSIZE = blocksize
+        if response.code == 200 then res = nil
+        else res = response.status or response.error end
+    elseif parsed.scheme == "file" then
+        local file, error = openfile(Code.unescape(parsed.path), "r")
+        if file then
+             closefile(file)
+             res = nil
+        else res = error end
+    else res = format("unhandled scheme '%s'", parsed.scheme) end
+    cache[url] = { res = res }
+	return res
+end
+
+function retrieve(url)
+	local parsed = URL.parse_url(url, { scheme = "file" })
+    local base, body, error
+    base = url
+	if parsed.scheme == "http" then 
+        local response = HTTP.request{url = url}
+        if response.code ~= 200 then 
+            error = response.status or response.error
+        else
+            base = response.headers.location or url
+            body = response.body
+        end
+    elseif parsed.scheme == "file" then 
+        body, error = readfile(parsed.path) 
+    else error = format("unhandled scheme '%s'", parsed.scheme) end
+    return base, body, error
+end
+
+function getlinks(body, base)
+    -- get rid of comments
+    body = gsub(body, "%<%!%-%-.-%-%-%>", "")
+    local links = {}
+    -- extract links
+	gsub(body, '[Hh][Rr][Ee][Ff]%s*=%s*"([^"]*)"', function(href)
+        tinsert(%links, URL.absolute_url(%base, href))
+    end)
+	gsub(body, "[Hh][Rr][Ee][Ff]%s*=%s*'([^']*)'", function(href)
+        tinsert(%links, URL.absolute_url(%base, href))
+    end)
+	gsub(body, "[Hh][Rr][Ee][Ff]%s*=%s*(%a+)", function(href)
+        tinsert(%links, URL.absolute_url(%base, href))
+    end)
+    return links
+end
+
+function checklinks(url)
+	local base, body, error = retrieve(url)
+    if not body then print(error) return end
+    local links = getlinks(body, base)
+    for i = 1, getn(links) do
+		write(_STDERR, "\t", links[i], "\n")
+		local err = getstatus(links[i])
+		if err then write(links[i], ": ", err, "\n") end
+    end
+end
+
+arg = arg or {}
+if getn(arg) < 1 then
+	write("Usage:\n  luasocket -f check-links.lua {<url>}\n")
+	exit()
+end
+for i = 1, getn(arg) do
+	write("Checking ", arg[i], "\n")
+	checklinks(URL.absolute_url("file:", arg[i]))
+end