diff --git a/libiso9660/iso9660_read.c b/libiso9660/iso9660_read.c
index 11ec7aa..c529dc6 100644
--- a/libiso9660/iso9660_read.c
+++ b/libiso9660/iso9660_read.c
@@ -19,7 +19,31 @@ ssize_t iso9660_read(iso9660_FILE *file, void *buf, size_t count)
 	{
 		size_t part;
 
-		if (file->index == 2048)
+		/* direct i/o */
+
+		if ( (file->index == sizeof (file->buffer)) && 
+		     (count > sizeof (file->buffer)) )
+		{
+			int extents;
+
+			if (file->len < count)
+				extents = file->len / sizeof(file->buffer);
+			else
+				extents = count / sizeof (file->buffer);
+
+			part = extents * sizeof (file->buffer);
+
+			__iso9660_device_read(file->extent, 
+					      buf + read, part);
+			file->len -= part;
+			file->extent += extents;
+			count -= part;
+			read += part;
+
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (file->index == sizeof (file->buffer))
 		{
 			if (file->len <= 0)
 				return read;