diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
index dcc8af82..780468ff 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,16 @@ void uwsgi_python_init_apps() {
 #endif
 	}
 
+	PyObject *uwsgi_dict = get_uwsgi_pydict("uwsgi");
+        if (uwsgi_dict) {
+                up.after_req_hook = PyDict_GetItemString(uwsgi_dict, "after_req_hook");
+                if (up.after_req_hook) {
+			Py_INCREF(up.after_req_hook);
+			up.after_req_hook_args = PyTuple_New(0);
+			Py_INCREF(up.after_req_hook_args);
+		}
+	}
+
 }
 
 void uwsgi_python_master_fixup(int step) {
diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h b/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h
index 97123d8a..58b578df 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_python.h
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ struct uwsgi_python {
 
 	int reload_os_env;
 
+	PyObject *after_req_hook;
+	PyObject *after_req_hook_args;
+
 };
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/python/wsgi_handlers.c b/plugins/python/wsgi_handlers.c
index d19614f5..b5d1cc27 100644
--- a/plugins/python/wsgi_handlers.c
+++ b/plugins/python/wsgi_handlers.c
@@ -513,6 +513,17 @@ clear2:
 
 void uwsgi_after_request_wsgi(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req) {
 
+	if (up.after_req_hook) {
+		PyObject *arh = python_call(up.after_req_hook, up.after_req_hook_args, 0, NULL);
+        	if (!arh) {
+			PyErr_Print();
+                }
+		else {
+			Py_DECREF(arh);
+		}
+		PyErr_Clear();
+	}
+
 	if (uwsgi.shared->options[UWSGI_OPTION_LOGGING] || wsgi_req->log_this) {
 		log_request(wsgi_req);
 	}
diff --git a/welcome.py b/welcome.py
index 6a16f0fb..1618a26f 100644
--- a/welcome.py
+++ b/welcome.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ except:
     DEBUG = False
 
 
+def after_request_hook():
+    print "request finished"
+
+uwsgi.after_req_hook = after_request_hook
 
 def xsendfile(e, sr):
     sr('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'image/png'), ('X-Sendfile', os.path.abspath('logo_uWSGI.png'))])