diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
index 2302c6a631..6c2ea2b178 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ bool Instance::running = true;
 void Application::stop()
 {
 	cLog(lsINFO) << "Received shutdown request";
+	StopSustain();
 	mShutdown = true;
 	mIOService.stop();
 	mHashedObjectStore.bulkWrite();
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/main.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/main.cpp
index 320149a036..57aba443e1 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/main.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/main.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 		("ledger", po::value<std::string>(), "Load the specified ledger and start from .")
 		("start", "Start from a fresh Ledger.")
 		("net", "Get the initial ledger from the network.")
+		("fg", "Run in the foreground.")
 	;
 
 	// Interpret positional arguments as --parameters.
@@ -186,6 +187,13 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (HaveSustain() && !vm.count("parameters") && !vm.count("fg") && !vm.count("standalone"))
+	{
+		std::string logMe = DoSustain();
+		if (!logMe.empty())
+			Log(lsWARNING) << logMe;
+	}
+
 	if (vm.count("quiet"))
 		Log::setMinSeverity(lsFATAL, true);
 	else if (vm.count("verbose"))
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/utils.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/utils.cpp
index 62cdebb1fa..6365a862d3 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/utils.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 #ifdef __linux__
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <fstream>
@@ -373,6 +375,79 @@ extern void NameThread(const char*)
 { ; }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __unix__
+
+static pid_t pManager = static_cast<pid_t>(0);
+static pid_t pChild = static_cast<pid_t>(0);
+
+static void pass_signal(int a)
+{
+	kill(pChild, a);
+}
+
+static void stop_manager(int)
+{
+	kill(pChild, SIGINT);
+	_exit(0);
+}
+
+bool HaveSustain()
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
+std::string StopSustain()
+{
+	if (getppid() != pManager)
+		return std::string();
+	kill(pManager, SIGHUP);
+	return "Terminating monitor";
+}
+
+std::string DoSustain()
+{
+	int childCount = 0;
+	pManager = getpid();
+	signal(SIGINT, stop_manager);
+	signal(SIGHUP, stop_manager);
+	signal(SIGUSR1, pass_signal);
+	signal(SIGUSR2, pass_signal);
+	while (1)
+	{
+		++childCount;
+		pChild = fork();
+		if (pChild == -1)
+			_exit(0);
+		if (pChild == 0)
+		{
+			NameThread("child");
+			signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
+			signal(SIGHUP, SIG_DFL);
+			signal(SIGUSR1, SIG_DFL);
+			signal(SIGUSR2, SIG_DFL);
+			return str(boost::format("Launching child %d") % childCount);;
+		}
+		NameThread(boost::str(boost::format("sust%d") % childCount).c_str());
+		do
+		{
+			int i;
+			sleep(10);
+			waitpid(-1, &i, 0);
+		}
+		while (kill(pChild, 0) == 0);
+		rename("core", boost::str(boost::format("core.%d") % static_cast<int>(pChild)).c_str());
+		rename("debug.log", boost::str(boost::format("debug.log.%d") % static_cast<int>(pChild)).c_str());
+	}
+}
+
+#else
+
+bool HaveSustain()			{ return false; }
+std::string DoSustain()		{ return std::string; }
+std::string StopSustain()	{ return std::string; }
+
+#endif
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE( Utils)
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ParseUrl )
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/utils.h b/src/cpp/ripple/utils.h
index 8cc6014308..2c60a773f3 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/utils.h
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/utils.h
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ bool parseUrl(const std::string& strUrl, std::string& strScheme, std::string& st
 
 extern void NameThread(const char *);
 
+extern bool HaveSustain();
+extern std::string StopSustain();
+extern std::string DoSustain();
+
 #if (!defined(FORCE_NO_C11X) && (__cplusplus > 201100L)) || defined(FORCE_C11X)
 
 #define C11X