diff --git a/Router.js b/Router.js
index 30785c3..f3b5ac4 100644
--- a/Router.js
+++ b/Router.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var _ = require('underscore');
+var events = require('events');
 var DetourError = require('./DetourError').DetourError;
 var FSRouteLoader = require('./FSRouteLoader').FSRouteLoader;
 var url = require('url');
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ var serverSupportedMethods = ["GET", "POST",
 
 
 function Router(){
+
   this.shouldHandle404s = true;
   this.shouldThrowExceptions = false;
   this.routes = {};
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ function Router(){
 
 }
 
+Router.prototype = Object.create(events.EventEmitter.prototype);
 
 // cb simply takes an err object.  It is called when the directory is done loading.
 Router.prototype.routeDirectory = function(dir, cb){
@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@ Router.prototype.route = function(path, handler){
     handler.OPTIONS = function(req, res){ that.handleOPTIONS(req, res); };
   }
 
+  this.emit("route", handler);
   if (isStarPath(path)){
     addStarRoute(this, path, { handler : handler, middlewares : []});
   } else {
diff --git a/test/Router.js b/test/Router.js
index 2f3e3f7..0416698 100644
--- a/test/Router.js
+++ b/test/Router.js
@@ -228,14 +228,22 @@ describe('Router', function(){
   });
 
 	describe('#route', function(){
+    it ("emits an event on every routed object", function(){
+      var d = new Router()
+      d.on("route", function(resource){
+        should.exist(resource.GET);
+        _.isFunction(resource.GET).should.equal(true)
+      });
+      d.route('/', function(req, res){return "hello world";});
+    });
+
     it ("can route a function as a GET", function(){
         var d = new Router()
         d.route('/', function(req, res){return "hello world";});
         var req = { url : "http://asdf.com/", method : "GET"}
         d.dispatch(req, this.res)
         this.res.expectEnd("hello world")
-
-    })
+    });
 
     it ("can route an object with a GET", function(){
         var d = new Router()