diff --git a/src/cond-w.c b/src/cond-w.c
index cd127cce..e4525fed 100644
--- a/src/cond-w.c
+++ b/src/cond-w.c
@@ -297,10 +297,17 @@ int cond_set_noupdate(const char *name)
 
 void cond_set(const char *name)
 {
+	svc_t *svc;
+
 	_d("%s", name);
 	if (cond_set_noupdate(name))
 		return;
 
+	/* XXX: refactor when new notify framework is in place */
+	svc = svc_find_by_cond(name);
+	if (svc && svc_has_ready(svc))
+		service_ready_script(svc);
+
 	cond_update(name);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index 3d678d4e..99c0687d 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -1266,6 +1266,7 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 	char *name = NULL, *halt = NULL, *delay = NULL;
 	char *id = NULL, *env = NULL, *cgroup = NULL;
 	char *pre_script = NULL, *post_script = NULL;
+	char *ready_script = NULL;
 	struct tty tty = { 0 };
 	char *dev = NULL;
 	int respawn = 0;
@@ -1361,6 +1362,8 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 			pre_script = arg;
 		else if (MATCH_CMD(cmd, "post:", arg))
 			post_script = arg;
+		else if (MATCH_CMD(cmd, "ready:", arg))
+			ready_script = arg;
 		else if (MATCH_CMD(cmd, "env:", arg))
 			env = arg;
 		else if (MATCH_CMD(cmd, "cgroup:", arg))
@@ -1516,6 +1519,8 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 		parse_script("pre", pre_script, svc->pre_script, sizeof(svc->pre_script));
 	if (post_script)
 		parse_script("post", post_script, svc->post_script, sizeof(svc->post_script));
+	if (ready_script)
+		parse_script("ready", ready_script, svc->ready_script, sizeof(svc->ready_script));
 	if (log)
 		parse_log(svc, log);
 	if (desc)
@@ -1607,7 +1612,8 @@ void service_monitor(pid_t lost, int status)
 
 	svc = svc_find_by_pid(lost);
 	if (!svc) {
-		_d("collected unknown PID %d", lost);
+		if (service_script_del(lost))
+			_d("collected unknown PID %d", lost);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1805,6 +1811,43 @@ static void service_post_script(svc_t *svc)
 	service_timeout_after(svc, svc->killdelay, service_kill_script);
 }
 
+void service_ready_script(svc_t *svc)
+{
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	if (access(svc->ready_script, X_OK))
+		return;
+
+	pid = service_fork(svc);
+	if (pid < 0) {
+		_pe("Failed forking off %s ready-script %s", svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0), svc->ready_script);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		char buf[CMD_SIZE];
+		char *argv[4] = {
+			"sh",
+			"-ac",
+			buf,
+			NULL
+		};
+		char *env_file;
+
+		env_file = svc_getenv(svc);
+		if (env_file)
+			snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), ". %s; exec %s", env_file, svc->ready_script);
+		else
+			strlcpy(buf, svc->ready_script, sizeof(buf));
+
+		set_pre_post_envs(svc, "ready");
+		execvp(_PATH_BSHELL, argv);
+		_exit(EX_OSERR);
+	}
+
+	service_script_add(svc, pid);
+}
+
 static void service_retry(svc_t *svc)
 {
 	char *restart_cnt = (char *)&svc->restart_cnt;
diff --git a/src/service.h b/src/service.h
index 9831ea05..ba33a834 100644
--- a/src/service.h
+++ b/src/service.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ void      service_runtask_clean  (void);
 void      service_reload_dynamic (void);
 void      service_update_rdeps   (void);
 
+void      service_ready_script   (svc_t *svc); /* XXX: only for pidfile plugin before notify framework */
+
 int       service_timeout_after  (svc_t *svc, int timeout, void (*cb)(svc_t *svc));
 int       service_timeout_cancel (svc_t *svc);
 
diff --git a/src/svc.h b/src/svc.h
index ac787968..3b000c70 100644
--- a/src/svc.h
+++ b/src/svc.h
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ typedef struct svc {
 	char	       env[MAX_ARG_LEN];
 	char	       pre_script[MAX_ARG_LEN];
 	char	       post_script[MAX_ARG_LEN];
+	char	       ready_script[MAX_ARG_LEN];
 
 	/*
 	 * Used to forcefully kill services that won't shutdown on
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ static inline int svc_nohup        (svc_t *svc) { return svc &&  (0 == svc->sigh
 static inline int svc_has_pidfile  (svc_t *svc) { return svc_is_daemon(svc) && svc->pidfile[0] != 0 && svc->pidfile[0] != '!'; }
 static inline int svc_has_pre      (svc_t *svc) { return svc->pre_script[0];  }
 static inline int svc_has_post     (svc_t *svc) { return svc->post_script[0]; }
+static inline int svc_has_ready    (svc_t *svc) { return svc->ready_script[0];}
 
 static inline void svc_starting    (svc_t *svc) { if (svc) svc->starting = 1;       }
 static inline void svc_started     (svc_t *svc) { if (svc) svc->starting = 0;       }