diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1917b2fb2..f14ffd555 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,6 +149,21 @@ You may set the following parameters to customize the user id that runs transmis
 |`PUID` | Sets the user id who will run transmission | `PUID=1003`|
 |`PGID` | Sets the group id for the transmission user | `PGID=1003` |
 
+If you ever need to run custom code before or after transmission is executed or stopped, you can use the custom scripts feature.
+Custom scripts are located in the /scripts directory which is empty by default.
+To enable this feature, you'll need to mount the /scripts directory.
+
+Once /scripts is mounted you'll need to write your custom code in the following bash shell scripts:
+
+| Script | Function |
+|----------|----------|
+|/scripts/transmission-pre-start.sh | This shell script will be executed before transmission start |
+|/scripts/transmission-post-start.sh | This shell script will be executed after transmission start |
+|/scripts/transmission-pre-stop.sh | This shell script will be executed before transmission stop |
+|/scripts/transmission-post-stop.sh | This shell script will be executed after transmission stop |
+
+Don't forget to include the #!/bin/bash shebang and to make the scripts executable using chmod a+x
+
 ### RSS plugin
 
 The Transmission RSS plugin can optionally be run as a separate container. It allow to download torrents based on an RSS URL, see [Plugin page](https://github.com/nning/transmission-rss).
diff --git a/transmission/start.sh b/transmission/start.sh
index 1cda1bedf..7b742b1d9 100755
--- a/transmission/start.sh
+++ b/transmission/start.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ if [ "$4" = "" ]; then
    kill -9 $PPID
    exit 1
 fi
+
+# If transmission-pre-start.sh exists, run it
+if [ -x /scripts/transmission-pre-start.sh ]
+then
+   echo "Executing /scripts/transmission-pre-start.sh"
+   /scripts/transmission-pre-start.sh
+   echo "/scripts/transmission-pre-start.sh returned $?"
+fi
+
 echo "Updating TRANSMISSION_BIND_ADDRESS_IPV4 to the ip of $1 : $4"
 export TRANSMISSION_BIND_ADDRESS_IPV4=$4
 
@@ -52,4 +61,12 @@ else
     echo "NO PORT UPDATER FOR THIS PROVIDER"
 fi
 
+# If transmission-post-start.sh exists, run it
+if [ -x /scripts/transmission-post-start.sh ]
+then
+   echo "Executing /scripts/transmission-post-start.sh"
+   /scripts/transmission-post-start.sh
+   echo "/scripts/transmission-post-start.sh returned $?"
+fi
+
 echo "Transmission startup script complete."
diff --git a/transmission/stop.sh b/transmission/stop.sh
index 216fe5e19..5f88939d5 100755
--- a/transmission/stop.sh
+++ b/transmission/stop.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+# If transmission-pre-stop.sh exists, run it
+if [ -x /scripts/transmission-pre-stop.sh ]
+then
+   echo "Executing /scripts/transmission-pre-stop.sh"
+   /scripts/transmission-pre-stop.sh
+   echo "/scripts/transmission-pre-stop.sh returned $?"
+fi
+
 kill $(pidof transmission-daemon)
+
+# If transmission-post-stop.sh exists, run it
+if [ -x /scripts/transmission-post-stop.sh ]
+then
+   echo "Executing /scripts/transmission-post-stop.sh"
+   /scripts/transmission-post-stop.sh
+   echo "/scripts/transmission-post-stop.sh returned $?"
+fi