diff --git a/evennia/game_template/server/conf/proxy_plugins.py b/evennia/game_template/server/conf/proxy_plugins.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ac6c1969b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/game_template/server/conf/proxy_plugins.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+"""
+Proxy plugin hooks.
+"""
+
+
+def start_proxy_service(web_root):
+    """
+    This plugin module can define user-created services for the Portal to
+    start. This is necessary for exposing web-based protocols.
+
+
+    """
+    return web_root
diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/portal.py b/evennia/server/portal/portal.py
index abbdb7f3a6..3e0c64e12d 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/portal.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/portal.py
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ except Exception:
 PORTAL_SERVICES_PLUGIN_MODULES = [
     mod_import(module) for module in make_iter(settings.PORTAL_SERVICES_PLUGIN_MODULES)
 ]
+
+PROXY_PLUGIN_MODULES = [
+    mod_import(module) for module in make_iter(settings.PROXY_PLUGIN_MODULES)
+]
+
 LOCKDOWN_MODE = settings.LOCKDOWN_MODE
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -352,6 +357,9 @@ if WEBSERVER_ENABLED:
                 web_root.putChild(b"webclientdata", ajax_webclient)
                 webclientstr = "webclient (ajax only)"
 
+                for plugin_module in PROXY_PLUGIN_MODULES:
+                    web_root = plugin_module.start_proxy_service(web_root)
+
                 if WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_ENABLED and not websocket_started:
                     # start websocket client port for the webclient
                     # we only support one websocket client
diff --git a/evennia/settings_default.py b/evennia/settings_default.py
index 5ecafb75b5..fc08cacce1 100644
--- a/evennia/settings_default.py
+++ b/evennia/settings_default.py
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ PORTAL_SERVICES_PLUGIN_MODULES = ["server.conf.portal_services_plugins"]
 MSSP_META_MODULE = "server.conf.mssp"
 # Module for web plugins.
 WEB_PLUGINS_MODULE = "server.conf.web_plugins"
+# Module for Proxy plugins
+PROXY_PLUGIN_MODULES = ["server.conf.proxy_plugins"]
 # Tuple of modules implementing lock functions. All callable functions
 # inside these modules will be available as lock functions.
 LOCK_FUNC_MODULES = ("evennia.locks.lockfuncs", "server.conf.lockfuncs")