diff --git a/lib/daemon.js b/lib/daemon.js
index 0704dc5..4aaafca 100644
--- a/lib/daemon.js
+++ b/lib/daemon.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function startDaemon(argv) {
   var script = argv.shift();
   var nodeArgsStr = argv.shift();
   var pidFile = argv.shift();
+  var masterHelperScript = argv.shift();
 
   var naughtLog = null;
   var stderrLog = null;
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ function startDaemon(argv) {
     var nodeArgs = splitCmdLine(nodeArgsStr);
     var stdoutValue = (stdoutBehavior === 'inherit') ? process.stdout : stdoutBehavior;
     var stderrValue = (stderrBehavior === 'inherit') ? process.stderr : stderrBehavior;
-    master = spawn(process.execPath, nodeArgs.concat([path.join(__dirname, "master.js"), workerCount, script]).concat(argv), {
+    master = spawn(process.execPath, nodeArgs.concat([path.join(__dirname, "master.js"), workerCount, masterHelperScript, script]).concat(argv), {
       env: process.env,
       stdio: [process.stdin, stdoutValue, stderrValue, 'ipc'],
       cwd: process.cwd(),
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index d686bed..cf43204 100755
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ var cmds = {
       "    --stderr stderr.log\n" +
       "    --max-log-size 10485760\n" +
       "    --cwd " + CWD + "\n" +
+      "    --master \n" +
       "    --daemon-mode true\n" +
       "    --remove-old-ipc false\n" +
       "    --node-args ''",
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ var cmds = {
         'log': 'naught.log',
         'stdout': 'stdout.log',
         'stderr': 'stderr.log',
+        'master': '',
         'max-log-size': '10485760',
         'cwd': CWD,
         'daemon-mode': 'true',
@@ -381,7 +383,8 @@ function startScript(options, script, argv){
       options['max-log-size'],
       path.resolve(CWD, script),
       options['node-args'],
-      options['pid-file']
+      options['pid-file'],
+      options['master'] ? path.resolve(CWD, options['master']): ""
     ].concat(argv);
     if (options['daemon-mode']) {
       startDaemonChild(args);
diff --git a/lib/master.js b/lib/master.js
index 8f03790..675b32f 100644
--- a/lib/master.js
+++ b/lib/master.js
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ var Pend = require('pend');
 
 var argv = process.argv.slice(2);
 var workerCount = parseInt(argv.shift(), 10);
+var customMasterScriptFile = argv.shift();
+var customMasterScript;
+if (customMasterScriptFile) {
+  customMasterScript = require(customMasterScriptFile);
+}
 var script = argv.shift();
 
 var own = {}.hasOwnProperty;
@@ -164,6 +169,9 @@ function makeWorker(number){
   var expectedExit = false;
   assert(number>=0);
   worker.on('message', onMessage);
+  if (customMasterScript && customMasterScript.online) {
+    customMasterScript.online(worker);
+  }
   worker.on('exit', onExit);
   if (waitingFor == null) {
     // this code activates when a server crashes during normal operations;
@@ -171,9 +179,11 @@ function makeWorker(number){
     onceOnline(worker, function(){
       setWorkerStatus(worker, 'online');
       event('WorkerOnline');
+
       if (workers.booting.count === 0) event('Ready');
     });
   }
+
   return worker;
 
   function onMessage(message){