diff --git a/core/modules/server/routes/post-commands.js b/core/modules/server/routes/post-commands.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bd2137e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/server/routes/post-commands.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*\
+title: $:/core/modules/server/routes/post-commands.js
+type: application/javascript
+module-type: route
+
+POST /commands/
+
+\*/
+(function() {
+
+/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
+/*global $tw: false */
+"use strict";
+
+exports.method = "POST";
+
+exports.path = /^\/commands\/$/;
+
+exports.handler = function(request,response,state) {	
+	// Check we're enabled
+
+console.log("wikiInfo",$tw.boot.wikiInfo)
+	if(!($tw.boot.wikiInfo.config || {})["allow-remote-commands"]) {
+		response.writeHead(404);
+		response.end();
+		return;
+	}
+	// Get the job descriptor
+	var jobDescriptor = JSON.parse(state.data);
+	console.log("JOB START:",jobDescriptor)
+	// Respond OK
+	response.writeHead(204, "OK",{
+		"Content-Type": "application/json"
+	});
+	// Maintain status
+	var setStatus = function(status,message) {
+		if(jobDescriptor.statusTitle) {
+			state.wiki.addTiddler(new $tw.Tiddler({title: jobDescriptor.statusTitle,text: status,message: message}));
+		}
+	}
+	setStatus("started");
+	// Initiate the commands
+	var commander = new $tw.Commander(
+		jobDescriptor.commands || [],
+		function(err) {
+			setStatus(err ? "error" : "ok",err ? err : undefined);
+			console.log("JOB END:",err)
+		},
+		state.wiki,
+		{output: process.stdout, error: process.stderr}
+	);
+	commander.execute();
+	// Return results
+	response.end(JSON.stringify({}),"utf8"); // Nothing useful for us to return 
+};
+
+}());
diff --git a/core/modules/syncer.js b/core/modules/syncer.js
index e6d86ea61..3a0743b6e 100644
--- a/core/modules/syncer.js
+++ b/core/modules/syncer.js
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ function Syncer(options) {
 		$tw.rootWidget.addEventListener("tm-server-refresh",function() {
 			self.handleRefreshEvent();
 		});
+		$tw.rootWidget.addEventListener("tm-execute-job",function(event) {
+			if(self.syncadaptor && self.syncadaptor.executeJob) {
+				self.syncadaptor.executeJob(event);
+			}
+		});
 	}
 	// Listen out for lazyLoad events
 	if(!this.disableUI) {
diff --git a/plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb/tiddlywebadaptor.js b/plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb/tiddlywebadaptor.js
index 492909324..f5c064027 100644
--- a/plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb/tiddlywebadaptor.js
+++ b/plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb/tiddlywebadaptor.js
@@ -140,6 +140,46 @@ TiddlyWebAdaptor.prototype.getCsrfToken = function() {
 	return csrf;
 };
 
+/*
+*/
+TiddlyWebAdaptor.prototype.executeJob = function(event,callback) {
+	var paramObject = event.paramObject || {};
+	// Collect the commands
+	var commands;
+	if(paramObject.commands) {
+		commands = $tw.utils.parseStringArray(paramObject.commands);
+	} else {
+		// Get the values of the numeric parameters and sort them by their numeric name
+		commands = Object.keys(paramObject).filter(function(name) {
+			// We just include parameters that are identical to their numeric representation
+			return (parseInt(name,10) + "") === name;
+		}).map(function(name) {
+			return parseInt(name,10);
+		}).sort().map(function(index) {
+			return paramObject[index + ""];
+		});
+	}
+	// Compose the request
+	var options = {
+			url: this.host + "commands/",
+			type: "POST",
+			data: JSON.stringify({
+				commands: commands,
+				statusTitle: paramObject.statusTitle,
+				outputTitle: paramObject.outputTitle,
+				errorTitle: paramObject.errorTitle
+			}),
+			callback: function(err,data) {
+				if(callback) {
+					callback(err,data);					
+				}
+			}
+		};
+	// Send the request
+	this.logger.log("Executing job:",options);
+	$tw.utils.httpRequest(options);
+};
+
 /*
 Get an array of skinny tiddler fields from the server
 */