diff --git a/sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_main.c b/sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_main.c
index ad05f865ebd38..6583e05d616a9 100644
--- a/sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_main.c
+++ b/sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_main.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ typedef struct _php_cgi_globals_struct {
 	HashTable user_config_cache;
 	char *error_header;
 	char *fpm_config;
+	char *fpm_bootstrap;
 } php_cgi_globals_struct;
 
 /* {{{ user_config_cache
@@ -1392,6 +1393,7 @@ PHP_INI_BEGIN()
 	STD_PHP_INI_BOOLEAN("fastcgi.logging",         "1",  PHP_INI_SYSTEM, OnUpdateBool,   fcgi_logging, php_cgi_globals_struct, php_cgi_globals)
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("fastcgi.error_header",    NULL, PHP_INI_SYSTEM, OnUpdateString, error_header, php_cgi_globals_struct, php_cgi_globals)
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("fpm.config",    NULL, PHP_INI_SYSTEM, OnUpdateString, fpm_config, php_cgi_globals_struct, php_cgi_globals)
+	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("fpm.bootstrap_file", NULL, PHP_INI_SYSTEM, OnUpdateString, fpm_bootstrap, php_cgi_globals_struct, php_cgi_globals)
 PHP_INI_END()
 
 /* {{{ php_cgi_globals_ctor */
@@ -1407,6 +1409,7 @@ static void php_cgi_globals_ctor(php_cgi_globals_struct *php_cgi_globals)
 	zend_hash_init(&php_cgi_globals->user_config_cache, 0, NULL, user_config_cache_entry_dtor, 1);
 	php_cgi_globals->error_header = NULL;
 	php_cgi_globals->fpm_config = NULL;
+	php_cgi_globals->fpm_bootstrap = NULL;
 }
 /* }}} */
 
@@ -1513,6 +1516,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int cgi = 0, c, use_extended_info = 0;
 	zend_file_handle file_handle;
 
+	zend_file_handle bootstrap_file;
+
 	/* temporary locals */
 	int orig_optind = php_optind;
 	char *orig_optarg = php_optarg;
@@ -1836,25 +1841,50 @@ consult the installation file that came with this distribution, or visit \n\
 
 	/* library is already initialized, now init our request */
 	request = fpm_init_request(fcgi_fd);
+	int fpm_bootstrapped = CGIG(fpm_bootstrap) && CGIG(fpm_bootstrap)[0];
 
 	zend_first_try {
-		while (EXPECTED(fcgi_accept_request(request) >= 0)) {
+		while (1) {
+			// moving this before init_request_info will break with dtrace
+			// support in php_request_startup(), can we remove?
+			if (UNEXPECTED(fpm_bootstrapped && php_request_startup() == FAILURE)) {
+				fcgi_finish_request(request, 1);
+				SG(server_context) = NULL;
+				php_module_shutdown();
+				return FPM_EXIT_SOFTWARE;
+			}
+
+			if (fpm_bootstrapped) {
+				zend_stream_init_filename(&bootstrap_file, CGIG(fpm_bootstrap));
+
+				if (zend_execute_scripts(ZEND_REQUIRE, NULL, 1, &bootstrap_file) == FAILURE) {
+					fcgi_finish_request(request, 1);
+					SG(server_context) = NULL;
+					php_module_shutdown();
+					return FPM_EXIT_SOFTWARE;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (UNEXPECTED(fcgi_accept_request(request) < 0)) {
+				break;
+			}
+
 			char *primary_script = NULL;
 			request_body_fd = -1;
 			SG(server_context) = (void *) request;
+
 			init_request_info();
 
 			fpm_request_info();
 
-			/* request startup only after we've done all we can to
-			 *            get path_translated */
-			if (UNEXPECTED(php_request_startup() == FAILURE)) {
+			if (UNEXPECTED(fpm_bootstrapped == 0 && php_request_startup() == FAILURE)) {
 				fcgi_finish_request(request, 1);
 				SG(server_context) = NULL;
 				php_module_shutdown();
 				return FPM_EXIT_SOFTWARE;
 			}
 
+
 			/* check if request_method has been sent.
 			 * if not, it's certainly not an HTTP over fcgi request */
 			if (UNEXPECTED(!SG(request_info).request_method)) {