diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 685317efd..8674d94ff 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -945,9 +945,23 @@ sub ensure_accounting_chain( $  )
     if ( $chainref ) {
 	fatal_error "Non-accounting chain ($chain) used in accounting rule" unless $chainref->{accounting};
     } else {
-	$chainref = new_chain 'filter' , $chain unless $chainref;
+	$chainref = new_chain 'filter' , $chain;
 	$chainref->{accounting} = 1;
 	$chainref->{referenced} = 1;
+
+	my $file = find_file $chain;
+
+	if ( -f $file ) {
+	    progress_message "Processing $file...";
+
+	    my ( $level, $tag ) = ( '', '' );
+
+	    unless ( my $return = eval `cat $file` ) {
+		fatal_error "Couldn't parse $file: $@" if $@;
+		fatal_error "Couldn't do $file: $!"    unless defined $return;
+		fatal_error "Couldn't run $file"       unless $return;
+	    }
+	}
     }
 
     $chainref;
diff --git a/Shorewall/changelog.txt b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
index dafa35954..578f1fc53 100644
--- a/Shorewall/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Changes in Shorewall 4.4.2
 
 12) Change 'wait4ifup' so that it requires no PATH
 
+13) Allow extension scripts for accounting chains.
+
 Changes in Shorewall 4.4.1
 
 1)  Deleted extra 'use ...IPAddrs.pm' from Nat.pm.
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index ed7c7f8a1..cabec0d41 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -246,6 +246,14 @@ None.
     /etc/shorewall/rules and must be empty in macros invoked from an
     action.
 
+3)  Accounting chains may now have extension scripts. Simply place your
+    Perl script in the file /etc/shorewall/<chain> and when the
+    accounting chain named <chain> is created, your script will be
+    invoked.
+
+    As usual, the variable $chainref will contain a reference to the
+    chain's table entry.
+
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