diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 31b5966..2859ef4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TARGET		:= busexmp
+TARGET		:= busexmp loopback
 LIBOBJS 	:= buse.o
 OBJS		:= $(TARGET:=.o) $(LIBOBJS)
 STATIC_LIB	:= libbuse.a
diff --git a/buse.c b/buse.c
index db2dedb..3992cd3 100644
--- a/buse.c
+++ b/buse.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int buse_main(int argc, char *argv[], const struct buse_operations *aop, void *u
              * and writes.
              */
             case NBD_CMD_READ:
-                fprintf(stderr, "Request for read of size %d\n", len);
+                /* fprintf(stderr, "Request for read of size %d\n", len); */
                 chunk = malloc(len + sizeof(struct nbd_reply));
                 aop->read((char *)chunk + sizeof(struct nbd_reply), len, from);
                 memcpy(chunk, &reply, sizeof(struct nbd_reply));
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int buse_main(int argc, char *argv[], const struct buse_operations *aop, void *u
                 free(chunk);
                 break;
             case NBD_CMD_WRITE:
-                fprintf(stderr, "Request for write of size %d\n", len);
+                /* fprintf(stderr, "Request for write of size %d\n", len); */
                 chunk = malloc(len);
                 read_all(sk, chunk, len);
                 aop->write(chunk, len, from);
diff --git a/loopback.c b/loopback.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86179e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loopback.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "buse.h"
+
+static int fd;
+
+static void usage(void)
+{
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: loopback <phyical device> <virtual device>\n");
+}
+
+static int loopback_read(void *buf, u_int32_t len, u_int64_t offset)
+{
+    int bytes_read;
+
+    lseek64(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
+    while (len > 0) {
+        bytes_read = read(fd, buf, len);
+        assert(bytes_read > 0);
+        len -= bytes_read;
+        buf = (char *) buf + bytes_read;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int loopback_write(const void *buf, u_int32_t len, u_int64_t offset)
+{
+    int bytes_written;
+
+    lseek64(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
+    while (len > 0) {
+        bytes_written = write(fd, buf, len);
+        assert(bytes_written > 0);
+        len -= bytes_written;
+        buf = (char *) buf + bytes_written;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static struct buse_operations bop = {
+    .read = loopback_read,
+    .write = loopback_write
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    struct stat buf;
+    int err;
+    int64_t size;
+
+    if (argc != 3) {
+        usage();
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    fd = open(argv[1], O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE);
+    assert(fd != -1);
+
+    /* Let's verify that this file is actually a block device. We could support
+     * regular files, too, but we don't need to right now. */
+    fstat(fd, &buf);
+    assert(S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode));
+
+    /* Figure out the size of the underlying block device. */
+    err = ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &size);
+    assert(err != -1);
+    fprintf(stderr, "The size of this device is %ld bytes.\n", size);
+    bop.size = size;
+
+    buse_main(argc, argv, &bop, NULL);
+
+    return 0;
+}