diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 8a85a794..8b78a32e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ The codebase for Dependency Injection, Internationalization and localization and
 
 ## Fixes and Improvements
 
+- New `Configuration.KeepAlive` and `iris.WithKeepAlive(time.Duration) Configurator` added as helpers to start the server using a tcp listener featured with keep-alive.
+
+- New `DirOptions.ShowHidden bool` is added by [@tuhao1020](https://github.com/tuhao1020) at [PR #1717](https://github.com/kataras/iris/pull/1717) to show or hide the hidden files when `ShowList` is set to true.
+
 - New `Context.ReadJSONStream` method and `JSONReader` options for `Context.ReadJSON` and `Context.ReadJSONStream`, see the [example](_examples/request-body/read-json-stream/main.go).
 
 - New `FallbackView` feature, per-party or per handler chain. Example can be found at: [_examples/view/fallback](_examples/view/fallback).
diff --git a/_examples/file-server/basic/main.go b/_examples/file-server/basic/main.go
index dc5fc10e..032538e1 100644
--- a/_examples/file-server/basic/main.go
+++ b/_examples/file-server/basic/main.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ func newApp() *iris.Application {
 		Compress: false,
 		// List the files inside the current requested directory if `IndexName` not found.
 		ShowList: false,
+		// When ShowList is true you can configure if you want to show or hide hidden files.
+		ShowHidden: false,
 		Cache: iris.DirCacheOptions{
 			// enable in-memory cache and pre-compress the files.
 			Enable: true,
diff --git a/_examples/http-server/listen-addr/main.go b/_examples/http-server/listen-addr/main.go
index 551fded8..9103f799 100644
--- a/_examples/http-server/listen-addr/main.go
+++ b/_examples/http-server/listen-addr/main.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
-import (
-	"github.com/kataras/iris/v12"
-)
+import "github.com/kataras/iris/v12"
 
 func main() {
 	app := iris.New()
@@ -13,5 +11,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	// http://localhost:8080
 	// Identical to: app.Run(iris.Addr(":8080"))
+
 	app.Listen(":8080")
+	// To listen using keep alive tcp connection listener,
+	// set the KeepAlive duration configuration instead:
+	// app.Listen(":8080", iris.WithKeepAlive(3*time.Minute))
 }
diff --git a/configuration.go b/configuration.go
index 17b9a910..98d9613e 100644
--- a/configuration.go
+++ b/configuration.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kataras/golog"
 	"github.com/kataras/iris/v12/context"
@@ -200,6 +201,13 @@ func WithSocketSharding(app *Application) {
 	app.config.SocketSharding = true
 }
 
+// WithKeepAlive sets the `Configuration.KeepAlive` field to the given duration.
+func WithKeepAlive(keepAliveDur time.Duration) Configurator {
+	return func(app *Application) {
+		app.config.KeepAlive = keepAliveDur
+	}
+}
+
 // WithoutServerError will cause to ignore the matched "errors"
 // from the main application's `Run/Listen` function.
 //
@@ -613,6 +621,12 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	//
 	// Defaults to false.
 	SocketSharding bool `ini:"socket_sharding" json:"socketSharding" yaml:"SocketSharding" toml:"SocketSharding" env:"SOCKET_SHARDING"`
+	// KeepAlive sets the TCP connection's keep-alive duration.
+	// If set to greater than zero then a tcp listener featured keep alive
+	// will be used instead of the simple tcp one.
+	//
+	// Defaults to 0.
+	KeepAlive time.Duration `ini:"keepalive" json:"keepAlive" yaml:"KeepAlive" toml:"KeepAlive" env:"KEEP_ALIVE"`
 	// Tunneling can be optionally set to enable ngrok http(s) tunneling for this Iris app instance.
 	// See the `WithTunneling` Configurator too.
 	Tunneling TunnelingConfiguration `ini:"tunneling" json:"tunneling,omitempty" yaml:"Tunneling" toml:"Tunneling"`
@@ -894,6 +908,11 @@ func (c Configuration) GetSocketSharding() bool {
 	return c.SocketSharding
 }
 
+// GetKeepAlive returns the KeepAlive field.
+func (c Configuration) GetKeepAlive() time.Duration {
+	return c.KeepAlive
+}
+
 // GetDisablePathCorrection returns the DisablePathCorrection field.
 func (c Configuration) GetDisablePathCorrection() bool {
 	return c.DisablePathCorrection
@@ -1064,6 +1083,10 @@ func WithConfiguration(c Configuration) Configurator {
 			main.SocketSharding = v
 		}
 
+		if v := c.KeepAlive; v > 0 {
+			main.KeepAlive = v
+		}
+
 		if len(c.Tunneling.Tunnels) > 0 {
 			main.Tunneling = c.Tunneling
 		}
@@ -1215,6 +1238,7 @@ func DefaultConfiguration() Configuration {
 	return Configuration{
 		LogLevel:                          "info",
 		SocketSharding:                    false,
+		KeepAlive:                         0,
 		DisableStartupLog:                 false,
 		DisableInterruptHandler:           false,
 		DisablePathCorrection:             false,
diff --git a/context/configuration.go b/context/configuration.go
index 4670666c..9cc03d37 100644
--- a/context/configuration.go
+++ b/context/configuration.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package context
 
-import "github.com/kataras/iris/v12/core/netutil"
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kataras/iris/v12/core/netutil"
+)
 
 // ConfigurationReadOnly can be implemented
 // by Configuration, it's being used inside the Context.
@@ -14,6 +18,8 @@ type ConfigurationReadOnly interface {
 	GetLogLevel() string
 	// GetSocketSharding returns the SocketSharding field.
 	GetSocketSharding() bool
+	// GetKeepAlive returns the KeepAlive field.
+	GetKeepAlive() time.Duration
 	// GetDisablePathCorrection returns the DisablePathCorrection field
 	GetDisablePathCorrection() bool
 	// GetDisablePathCorrectionRedirection returns the DisablePathCorrectionRedirection field.
diff --git a/core/host/supervisor.go b/core/host/supervisor.go
index 5c3fef7e..80f34a2b 100644
--- a/core/host/supervisor.go
+++ b/core/host/supervisor.go
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ type Supervisor struct {
 
 	// See `iris.Configuration.SocketSharding`.
 	SocketSharding bool
+	// If more than zero then tcp keep alive listener is attached instead of the simple TCP listener.
+	// See `iris.Configuration.KeepAlive`
+	KeepAlive time.Duration
 }
 
 // New returns a new host supervisor
@@ -141,13 +144,17 @@ func (su *Supervisor) isWaiting() bool {
 }
 
 func (su *Supervisor) newListener() (net.Listener, error) {
-	// this will not work on "unix" as network
-	// because UNIX doesn't supports the kind of
-	// restarts we may want for the server.
-	//
-	// User still be able to call .Serve instead.
-	// l, err := netutil.TCPKeepAlive(su.Server.Addr, su.SocketSharding)
-	l, err := netutil.TCP(su.Server.Addr, su.SocketSharding)
+	var (
+		l   net.Listener
+		err error
+	)
+
+	if su.KeepAlive > 0 {
+		l, err = netutil.TCPKeepAlive(su.Server.Addr, su.SocketSharding, su.KeepAlive)
+	} else {
+		l, err = netutil.TCP(su.Server.Addr, su.SocketSharding)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/netutil/tcp.go b/core/netutil/tcp.go
index 8a242424..05e6fe52 100644
--- a/core/netutil/tcp.go
+++ b/core/netutil/tcp.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 // A raw copy of standar library.
 type tcpKeepAliveListener struct {
 	*net.TCPListener
+	keepAliveDur time.Duration
 }
 
 // Accept accepts tcp connections aka clients.
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func (l tcpKeepAliveListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
 	if err = tc.SetKeepAlive(true); err != nil {
 		return tc, err
 	}
-	if err = tc.SetKeepAlivePeriod(3 * time.Minute); err != nil {
+	if err = tc.SetKeepAlivePeriod(l.keepAliveDur); err != nil {
 		return tc, err
 	}
 	return tc, nil
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func TCP(addr string, reuse bool) (net.Listener, error) {
 }
 
 // TCPKeepAlive returns a new tcp keep alive Listener and an error on failure.
-func TCPKeepAlive(addr string, reuse bool) (ln net.Listener, err error) {
+func TCPKeepAlive(addr string, reuse bool, keepAliveDur time.Duration) (ln net.Listener, err error) {
 	// if strings.HasPrefix(addr, "127.0.0.1") {
 	// 	// it's ipv4, use ipv4 tcp listener instead of the default ipv6. Don't.
 	// 	ln, err = net.Listen("tcp4", addr)
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func TCPKeepAlive(addr string, reuse bool) (ln net.Listener, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return tcpKeepAliveListener{ln.(*net.TCPListener)}, nil
+	return tcpKeepAliveListener{ln.(*net.TCPListener), keepAliveDur}, nil
 }
 
 // UNIX returns a new unix(file) Listener.
diff --git a/core/router/fs.go b/core/router/fs.go
index 1192bb3c..ca9b5734 100644
--- a/core/router/fs.go
+++ b/core/router/fs.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ type DirOptions struct {
 	// See `DirListRich` package-level function too.
 	DirList DirListFunc
 
-	// show hidden files or directories or not when `ShowList` is true
+	// Show hidden files or directories or not when `ShowList` is true.
 	ShowHidden bool
 
 	// Files downloaded and saved locally.
diff --git a/iris.go b/iris.go
index d5a5e714..976c99f4 100644
--- a/iris.go
+++ b/iris.go
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ func (app *Application) Run(serve Runner, withOrWithout ...Configurator) error {
 
 	app.ConfigureHost(func(host *Supervisor) {
 		host.SocketSharding = app.config.SocketSharding
+		host.KeepAlive = app.config.KeepAlive
 	})
 
 	app.tryStartTunneling()