diff --git a/master.c b/master.c
index 8d4e32cc..3545c83b 100644
--- a/master.c
+++ b/master.c
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@ void uwsgi_restore_auto_snapshot(int signum) {
 	
 }
 
+void suspend_resume_them_all(int signum) {
+
+	int i;
+	int suspend = 0;
+
+	if (uwsgi.workers[0].suspended == 1) {
+		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** (SIGWINCH received) resuming workers ***\n");
+		uwsgi.workers[0].suspended = 0;
+	}
+	else {
+		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** PAUSE (press start to resume, if you do not have a joypad send SIGWINCH) ***\n");
+		suspend = 1;
+		uwsgi.workers[0].suspended = 1;
+	}
+
+	for(i=1;i<=uwsgi.numproc;i++) {
+		uwsgi.workers[i].suspended = suspend;
+		if (uwsgi.workers[i].pid > 0) {
+			if (kill(uwsgi.workers[i].pid, SIGWINCH)) {
+				uwsgi_error("kill()");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void expire_rb_timeouts(struct rb_root *root) {
 
         time_t current = time(NULL);
@@ -308,6 +333,7 @@ int master_loop(char **argv, char **environ) {
 
 	uwsgi.current_time = time(NULL);
 
+	uwsgi_unix_signal(SIGWINCH, suspend_resume_them_all);
 	uwsgi_unix_signal(SIGHUP, grace_them_all);
 	if (uwsgi.die_on_term) {
 		uwsgi_unix_signal(SIGTERM, kill_them_all);
diff --git a/master_utils.c b/master_utils.c
index 10d0f998..0caf3e58 100644
--- a/master_utils.c
+++ b/master_utils.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ int uwsgi_respawn_worker(int wid) {
 		uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].manage_next_request = 1;
 		uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].cheaped = 0;
 		uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].busy = 0;
+		uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].suspended = 0;
 		uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].sig = 0;
 
 		// reset the apps count with a copy from the master 
@@ -345,6 +346,9 @@ void uwsgi_send_stats(int fd) {
 		if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].cheaped) {
 			fprintf(output,"\"status\": \"cheap\", ");
 		}
+                else if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].suspended) {
+			fprintf(output,"\"status\": \"pause\", ");
+                }
 		else {
 			if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].sig) {
 				fprintf(output,"\"status\": \"sig%d\", ", uwsgi.workers[i + 1].signum);
diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
index f7df7a09..f3d95f83 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
@@ -2576,6 +2576,9 @@ PyObject *py_uwsgi_workers(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 		if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].cheaped) {
 			zero = PyString_FromString("cheap");
 		}
+		else if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].suspended) {
+			zero = PyString_FromString("pause");
+		}
 		else {
 			if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].sig) {
 				zero = PyString_FromFormat("sig%d",uwsgi.workers[i + 1].signum);
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 2a9d4cab..d961aa8f 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -747,6 +747,16 @@ void wsgi_req_setup(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, int async_id, struct uwsgi_so
 
 	uwsgi.core[wsgi_req->async_id]->in_request = 0;
 	uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].busy = 0;
+
+	// now check for suspend request
+	if (uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].suspended == 1) {
+		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** worker %d suspended ***\n", uwsgi.mywid);
+cycle:
+		// wait for some signal (normally SIGWINCH) or 10 seconds (as fallback)
+		(void) poll(NULL, 0, 10*1000);
+		if (uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].suspended == 1) goto cycle;
+		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** worker %d resumed ***\n", uwsgi.mywid);
+	}
 }
 
 #ifdef UWSGI_ASYNC
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index 35a0e3d7..892810ce 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ static struct option long_base_options[] = {
 	{"daemonize", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
 	{"stop", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_STOP},
 	{"reload", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_RELOAD},
+	{"pause", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_PAUSE},
+	{"suspend", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_PAUSE},
+	{"resume", required_argument, 0, LONG_ARGS_PAUSE},
 	{"listen", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
 	{"max-vars", required_argument, 0, 'v'},
 	{"buffer-size", required_argument, 0, 'b'},
@@ -3375,6 +3378,9 @@ static int manage_base_opt(int i, char *optarg) {
 	case LONG_ARGS_RELOAD:
 		signal_pidfile(SIGHUP, optarg);
 		exit(0);
+	case LONG_ARGS_PAUSE:
+		signal_pidfile(SIGWINCH, optarg);
+		exit(0);
 	case LONG_ARGS_ATTACH_DAEMON:
 		if (uwsgi.startup_daemons_cnt < MAX_DAEMONS) {
 			uwsgi.startup_daemons[uwsgi.startup_daemons_cnt] = optarg;
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 17cd825c..eafea987 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ struct uwsgi_opt {
 #define LONG_ARGS_MULES			17158
 #define LONG_ARGS_PROCNAME_PREFIX_SP	17159
 #define LONG_ARGS_UMASK			17160
+#define LONG_ARGS_PAUSE			17161
 
 
 #define UWSGI_OK	0
@@ -1728,6 +1729,7 @@ struct uwsgi_worker {
 
 	int busy;
 	int cheaped;
+	int suspended;
         int sig;
 	uint8_t signum;