diff --git a/hawkbit-artifact-repository-filesystem/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/artifact/repository/ArtifactFilesystem.java b/hawkbit-artifact-repository-filesystem/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/artifact/repository/ArtifactFilesystem.java
index 147d3c26de..65d7c72de5 100644
--- a/hawkbit-artifact-repository-filesystem/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/artifact/repository/ArtifactFilesystem.java
+++ b/hawkbit-artifact-repository-filesystem/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/artifact/repository/ArtifactFilesystem.java
@@ -11,13 +11,18 @@
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
+import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
+
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.artifact.repository.model.AbstractDbArtifact;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.artifact.repository.model.DbArtifactHash;
 
@@ -47,4 +52,19 @@ public InputStream getFileInputStream() {
             throw new ArtifactFileNotFoundException(e);
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    // suppress warning, this InputStream needs to be closed by the caller, this
+    // cannot be closed in this method
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S2095")
+    public InputStream getFileInputStream(long start, long end) {
+        try {
+            var f = new RandomAccessFile(file, "r");
+            var ch = f.getChannel();
+            ch.position(start);
+            return ByteStreams.limit(Channels.newInputStream(ch), end - start + 1);
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
+            throw new ArtifactFileNotFoundException(e);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hawkbit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/artifact/repository/model/DbArtifact.java b/hawkbit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/artifact/repository/model/DbArtifact.java
index b6318dfbfa..92e2b4bbd1 100644
--- a/hawkbit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/artifact/repository/model/DbArtifact.java
+++ b/hawkbit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/artifact/repository/model/DbArtifact.java
@@ -43,4 +43,13 @@ public interface DbArtifact {
      * @return {@link InputStream} to read from artifact.
      */
     InputStream getFileInputStream();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an {@link InputStream} on a single range of this artifact.
+     * The caller has to take care of closing the stream.
+     * Repeatable calls open a new {@link InputStream}.
+     *
+     * @return {@link InputStream} to read from artifact.
+     */
+    InputStream getFileInputStream(long start, long end);
 }
diff --git a/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/EncryptionAwareDbArtifact.java b/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/EncryptionAwareDbArtifact.java
index 4f2f74a98c..35ad9022f6 100644
--- a/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/EncryptionAwareDbArtifact.java
+++ b/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/EncryptionAwareDbArtifact.java
@@ -63,4 +63,9 @@ public String getContentType() {
     public InputStream getFileInputStream() {
         return decryptionFunction.apply(encryptedDbArtifact.getFileInputStream());
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream getFileInputStream(long start, long end) {
+        return decryptionFunction.apply(encryptedDbArtifact.getFileInputStream(start, end));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/util/FileStreamingUtil.java b/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/util/FileStreamingUtil.java
index 1a1341d2f4..43d868f03c 100644
--- a/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/util/FileStreamingUtil.java
+++ b/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/util/FileStreamingUtil.java
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ private static ResponseEntity<InputStream> handleMultipartRangeRequest(final DbA
             final ServletOutputStream to = response.getOutputStream();
 
             for (final ByteRange r : ranges) {
-                try (final InputStream from = artifact.getFileInputStream()) {
 
+                try (final InputStream from = artifact.getFileInputStream(r.getStart(), r.getEnd())) {
                     // Add multipart boundary and header fields for every range.
                     to.println();
                     to.println("--" + ByteRange.MULTIPART_BOUNDARY);
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ private static ResponseEntity<InputStream> handleStandardRangeRequest(final DbAr
         response.setContentLengthLong(r.getLength());
         response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_PARTIAL_CONTENT);
 
-        try (final InputStream from = artifact.getFileInputStream()) {
+        try (final InputStream from = artifact.getFileInputStream(r.getStart(), r.getEnd())) {
             final ServletOutputStream to = response.getOutputStream();
             copyStreams(from, to, progressListener, r.getStart(), r.getLength(), filename);
         } catch (final IOException e) {
@@ -340,8 +340,6 @@ private static long copyStreams(final InputStream from, final OutputStream to,
         long total = 0;
         int progressPercent = 1;
 
-        ByteStreams.skipFully(from, start);
-
         long toRead = length;
         boolean toContinue = true;
         long shippedSinceLastEvent = 0;
diff --git a/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/util/FileStreamingUtilTest.java b/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/util/FileStreamingUtilTest.java
index 25bf6d13cf..eac37b87cc 100644
--- a/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/util/FileStreamingUtilTest.java
+++ b/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/util/FileStreamingUtilTest.java
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ public String getContentType() {
         public InputStream getFileInputStream() {
             return new ByteArrayInputStream(CONTENT_BYTES);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public InputStream getFileInputStream(long start, long end) {
+            return new ByteArrayInputStream(CONTENT_BYTES, (int) start, (int) (end - start + 1));
+        }
     };
 
     @Test