diff --git a/src/global.h b/src/global.h
index 65f55aff7..7bde595f7 100644
--- a/src/global.h
+++ b/src/global.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define MOVIEPLAYER_START_SCRIPT        CONFIGDIR "/movieplayer.start"
 #define MOVIEPLAYER_END_SCRIPT          CONFIGDIR "/movieplayer.end"
 #define NEUTRINO_ENTER_FLASH_SCRIPT	CONFIGDIR "/flash.start"
+#define NEUTRINO_APP_START_SCRIPT	CONFIGDIR "/neutrino.start"
 
 #define NEUTRINO_SCAN_SETTINGS_FILE     CONFIGDIR "/scan.conf"
 #define NEUTRINO_PARENTALLOCKED_FILE    DATADIR   "/neutrino/.plocked"
diff --git a/src/neutrino.cpp b/src/neutrino.cpp
index 1a2d9fb7b..10f96a1db 100644
--- a/src/neutrino.cpp
+++ b/src/neutrino.cpp
@@ -2143,6 +2143,10 @@ void wake_up( bool &wakeup)
 
 int CNeutrinoApp::run(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+	puts("[neutrino] executing " NEUTRINO_APP_START_SCRIPT ".");
+	if (my_system(NEUTRINO_APP_START_SCRIPT) != 0)
+		perror(NEUTRINO_APP_START_SCRIPT " failed");
+
 	CmdParser(argc, argv);
 
 TIMER_START();