diff --git a/dr_botzo/dr_botzo/settings.py b/dr_botzo/dr_botzo/settings.py
index 178fe6c..864ce5f 100644
--- a/dr_botzo/dr_botzo/settings.py
+++ b/dr_botzo/dr_botzo/settings.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ IRCBOT_IPV6 = False
 
 # post-connect, pre-autojoin stuff
 IRCBOT_SLEEP_BEFORE_AUTOJOIN_SECONDS = 10
+IRCBOT_POST_CONNECT_COMMANDS = [ ]
 
 
 # XML-RPC settings
diff --git a/dr_botzo/ircbot/bot.py b/dr_botzo/ircbot/bot.py
index 67adda5..b1d7d26 100644
--- a/dr_botzo/ircbot/bot.py
+++ b/dr_botzo/ircbot/bot.py
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ class IRCBot(irc.client.SimpleIRCClient):
 
         log.debug("welcome: %s", what)
 
+        # run automsg commands
+        for cmd in settings.IRCBOT_POST_CONNECT_COMMANDS:
+            # TODO NOTE: if the bot is sending something that changes the vhost
+            # (like 'hostserv on') we don't pick it up
+            self.connection.privmsg(cmd.split(' ')[0], ' '.join(cmd.split(' ')[1:]))
 
         # sleep before doing autojoins
         time.sleep(settings.IRCBOT_SLEEP_BEFORE_AUTOJOIN_SECONDS)