diff --git a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8 b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8
index fbec696..a2680cf 100644
--- a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8
+++ b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ Snapshot named filesystem and all descendants.
 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
 Print info messages.
 .TP
+\fB\-\-pre-snapshot\fR
+Command to run before snapshotting. It is passed the
+filesystem and snapshot name. If it returns non-zero,
+snapshotting this filesystem is aborted.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-post-snapshot\fR
+Command to run after snapshotting. It is passed the
+filesystem and snapshot name.
+.TP
 name
 Filesystem and volume names, or '//' for all ZFS datasets.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh
index e60a437..8ae5f53 100755
--- a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh
+++ b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ opt_setauto=''
 opt_syslog=''
 opt_skip_scrub=''
 opt_verbose=''
+opt_pre_snapshot=''
+opt_post_snapshot=''
 
 # Global summary statistics.
 DESTRUCTION_COUNT='0'
@@ -156,8 +158,10 @@ do_snapshots () # properties, flags, snapname, oldglob, [targets...]
 
 	for ii in $TARGETS
 	do
-		if do_run "zfs snapshot $PROPS $FLAGS '$ii@$NAME'" 
+		do_run "$opt_pre_snapshot $ii $NAME"
+		if [ $? -eq 0 ] && do_run "zfs snapshot $PROPS $FLAGS '$ii@$NAME'"
 		then
+			do_run "$opt_post_snapshot $ii $NAME"
 			SNAPSHOT_COUNT=$(( $SNAPSHOT_COUNT + 1 ))
 		else
 			WARNING_COUNT=$(( $WARNING_COUNT + 1 ))
@@ -198,6 +202,7 @@ GETOPT=$(getopt \
   --longoptions=default-exclude,dry-run,fast,skip-scrub,recursive \
   --longoptions=event:,keep:,label:,prefix:,sep: \
   --longoptions=debug,help,quiet,syslog,verbose \
+  --longoptions=pre-snapshot:,post-snapshot: \
   --options=dnshe:l:k:p:rs:qgv \
   -- "$@" ) \
   || exit 128
@@ -308,6 +313,14 @@ do
 			opt_verbose='1'
 			shift 1
 			;;
+		(--pre-snapshot)
+			opt_pre_snapshot="$2"
+			shift 2
+			;;
+		(--post-snapshot)
+			opt_post_snapshot="$2"
+			shift 2
+			;;
 		(--)
 			shift 1
 			break