diff --git a/designate/hookpoints.py b/designate/hookpoints.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6e8c8a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/designate/hookpoints.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# Copyright 2015 Rackspace Hosting.
+#
+# Author: Eric Larson <eric.larson@rackspace.com>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+import functools
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+from stevedore import hook
+
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class BaseHook(object):
+
+    OPTS = [
+        cfg.BoolOpt('disabled', default=False)
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, group):
+        self.group = group
+
+    @property
+    def disabled(self):
+        return cfg.CONF[self.group].get('disabled', False)
+
+    def wrapper(self, *args, **kw):
+        return self.hook_target(*args, **kw)
+
+    def __call__(self, f):
+        # Save our hook target as an attribute for our wrapper method
+        self.hook_target = f
+
+        @functools.wraps(self.hook_target)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kw):
+            if self.disabled:
+                return self.hook_target(*args, **kw)
+            return self.hook(*args, **kw)
+        return wrapper
+
+
+class hook_point(object):
+    NAMESPACE = 'designate.hook_point'
+
+    def __init__(self, name=None):
+        self._name = name
+
+    def update_config_opts(self, group, hooks):
+        hooks_found = False
+        for hook_impl in hooks:
+            hooks_found = True
+
+            # Add any options defined by the hook
+            if hasattr(hook_impl.plugin, 'OPTS'):
+                cfg.CONF.register_opts(hook_impl.plugin.OPTS, group=group)
+
+        if not hooks_found:
+            LOG.debug('No hooks found for %s', group)
+        else:
+            LOG.debug('Created hook: %s', group)
+
+    def hook_manager(self, name):
+        LOG.debug('Looking for hooks with: %s %s', self.NAMESPACE, name)
+        return hook.HookManager(self.NAMESPACE, name)
+
+    def find_name(self, func=None):
+        """Derive the hook target path from the function name, unless
+        a name has been passed in with the constuctor.
+        """
+        if self._name:
+            return self._name
+
+        if not func:
+            return None
+
+        # derive the name from the function
+        self._name = '%s.%s' % (func.__module__, func.__name__)
+        return self._name
+
+    def init_hook(self, f):
+        """Set up our hook
+
+        Try to inspect the function for a hook target path if one
+        wasn't passed in and set up the necessary config options.
+        """
+        self.name = self.find_name(f)
+        self.group = 'hook_point:%s' % self.name
+        self.hooks = self.hook_manager(self.name)
+        self.update_config_opts(self.group, self.hooks)
+
+    def enable_hook(self, ext, f):
+        """Enable the hook.
+
+        This instantiates the hook object and decorates the original
+        function.
+        """
+        decorator = ext.plugin(self.group)
+        f = decorator(f)
+        f._hook_point = self  # add ourselves for inspection
+        return f
+
+    def __call__(self, f):
+        # Set up all our hook information based on the function or
+        # hook point
+        self.init_hook(f)
+
+        for h in self.hooks:
+            f = self.enable_hook(h, f)
+        return f
diff --git a/designate/pool_manager/service.py b/designate/pool_manager/service.py
index 25b14a82..29c10e6c 100644
--- a/designate/pool_manager/service.py
+++ b/designate/pool_manager/service.py
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ class Service(service.RPCService, service.Service):
                                   'synchronization occurred.'))
 
     # Standard Create/Update/Delete Methods
+
     def create_domain(self, context, domain):
         """
         :param context: Security context information.
diff --git a/designate/tests/test_hookpoints.py b/designate/tests/test_hookpoints.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9158e6ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/designate/tests/test_hookpoints.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+# Copyright 2015 Rackspace Hosting.
+#
+# Author: Eric Larson <eric.larson@rackspace.com>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from mock import Mock
+from mock import patch
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from stevedore.hook import HookManager
+from stevedore.extension import Extension
+
+from designate.hookpoints import hook_point
+from designate.hookpoints import BaseHook
+from designate.tests import TestCase
+
+
+class AddHook(BaseHook):
+
+    OPTS = [
+        cfg.Opt('bar'),
+    ]
+
+    @property
+    def bar(self):
+        return cfg.CONF[self.group].bar
+
+    def hook(self, *args, **kw):
+        return self.hook_target(*args, **kw) + 1
+
+
+def get_hook_manager(*hooks):
+    hooks = hooks or [AddHook]
+
+    group = 'hook_point:foo'
+    ext = [
+        Extension('designate_hook', 'foo', hook, hook(group))
+        for hook in hooks
+    ]
+    return HookManager.make_test_instance(ext, 'designate_hook')
+
+
+def inc(num):
+    return num + 1
+
+
+class TestHookpoints(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        TestCase.setUp(self)
+        group = 'hook_point:foo'
+        self.CONF.register_group(cfg.OptGroup(group))
+        self.CONF.register_opts(BaseHook.OPTS, group=group)
+
+    def test_no_hookpoint_is_noop(self):
+
+        def doit(self, name):
+            return 'done: %s' % name
+
+        self.assertEqual(doit, hook_point('foo')(doit))
+
+    def test_hook_is_decorator(self):
+        hp = hook_point('foo')
+        hp.hook_manager = Mock(return_value=get_hook_manager())
+        assert hp(inc)(1) == 3
+
+    def test_apply_N_hooks(self):
+        hp = hook_point('foo')
+        hp.hook_manager = Mock(return_value=get_hook_manager(AddHook, AddHook))
+        assert hp(inc)(1) == 4
+
+    def test_hook_init(self):
+        hp = hook_point('foo')
+
+        # Make sure we set up our object when the hook point is
+        # applied to a function / method.
+        hp.find_name = Mock(return_value='foo.bar.baz')
+        hp.hook_manager = Mock(return_value=get_hook_manager())
+        hp.find_config = Mock(return_value={'enabled': True})
+        hp.update_config_opts = Mock()
+
+        hp(inc)
+        self.assertEqual(hp.name, 'foo.bar.baz')
+        self.assertEqual(hp.group, 'hook_point:foo.bar.baz')
+        hp.update_config_opts.assert_called_with(hp.group, hp.hooks)
+
+
+class TestHookpointsConfigOpts(TestCase):
+    """Make sure hooks add the necessary config opts.
+    """
+
+    def test_hook_adds_config_opts(self):
+        hp = hook_point('foo')
+        hp.hook_manager = Mock(return_value=get_hook_manager())
+        hp(inc)
+        assert hp.group in self.CONF.keys()
+
+
+class TestHookpointsEnabling(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        TestCase.setUp(self)
+
+        # NOTE: The options need to be added here via the test classes
+        #       CONF in order to fall through
+        group = 'hook_point:foo'
+        self.CONF.register_group(cfg.OptGroup(group))
+        self.CONF.register_opts(BaseHook.OPTS, group=group)
+
+    @patch.object(hook_point, 'hook_manager',
+                  Mock(return_value=get_hook_manager()))
+    def test_hook_disabled(self):
+        hp = hook_point('foo')
+        result_func = hp(inc)
+
+        # We should now have a config option we can set to disabled
+        self.config(disabled=True, group='hook_point:foo')
+
+        # The result is 2 so no extra add hook was applied
+        self.assertEqual(result_func(1), 2)
+
+    @patch.object(hook_point, 'hook_manager',
+                  Mock(return_value=get_hook_manager()))
+    def test_hook_enabled_when_config_key_exists(self):
+        hp = hook_point('foo')
+        hp(inc)
+
+        # Add our config
+        self.config(bar='from config', group='hook_point:foo')
+
+        # reapply our hook
+        result_func = hp(inc)
+
+        # The result is 3 so the extra add hook was applied
+        self.assertEqual(result_func(1), 3)
diff --git a/etc/designate/designate.conf.sample b/etc/designate/designate.conf.sample
index 0fe35d7f..8add2b25 100644
--- a/etc/designate/designate.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/designate/designate.conf.sample
@@ -373,3 +373,24 @@ debug = False
 # Path for Oslo Concurrency to store lock files, defaults to the value
 # of the state_path setting.
 #lock_path = $state_path
+
+
+########################
+## Hook Points
+########################
+# Hook Points are enabled when added to the config and there has been
+# a package that provides the corresponding named designate.hook_point
+# entry point.
+
+# [hook_point:name_of_hook_point]
+# some_param_for_hook = 42
+# Hooks can be disabled in the config
+# enabled = False
+
+# Hook can also be applied to the import path when the hook has not
+# been given an explicit name. The name is created from the hook
+# target function / method:
+#
+#   name = '%s.%s' % (func.__module__, func.__name__)
+
+# [hook_point:designate.api.v2.controllers.zones.get_one]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a136adf9..552f0cb2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ designate.manage =
     powerdns = designate.manage.powerdns:DatabaseCommands
     tlds = designate.manage.tlds:TLDCommands
 
-
 [build_sphinx]
 all_files = 1
 build-dir = doc/build