diff --git a/src/Hook.lua b/src/Hook.lua
index 35b52ec9b..beed82879 100644
--- a/src/Hook.lua
+++ b/src/Hook.lua
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ local validT =
       reverseMapPathFilter = {}, -- This hook returns two arrays keepA, ignoreA to keep or
                                  -- ignore a path in the reverseMap mapping 
       colorize_fullName    = {}, -- Allow module avail and list to colorize name and/or version
+      add_to_module        = {}, -- Allow dynamic additions to modules. The additions are still run through the sandbox. It passes the following table as a parameter {path, name, version, contents}.
 }
 
 local s_actionT = { append = true, prepend = true, replace = true }
diff --git a/src/loadModuleFile.lua b/src/loadModuleFile.lua
index 72f8091c1..ea33f909d 100644
--- a/src/loadModuleFile.lua
+++ b/src/loadModuleFile.lua
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ require("fileOps")
 require("sandbox")
 require("string_utils")
 require("utils")
+local hook            = require("Hook")
 local dbg             = require("Dbg"):dbg()
 local concatTbl       = table.concat
 local getenv          = os.getenv
@@ -152,6 +153,11 @@ function loadModuleFile(t)
       end
    end
 
+   -- dynamic additions via hook
+   local additional_lines = hook.apply("add_to_module", {path=myFileName(), name=myModuleName(), version=myModuleVersion(), contents=whole}) or {}
+   additional_lines = concatTbl(additional_lines, "\n")
+   whole = whole .. "\n" .. additional_lines
+
    -- Use the sandbox to evaluate modulefile text.
    if (whole) then
       status, msg = sandbox_run(whole)