diff --git a/server/include/hooks.h b/server/include/hooks.h
index a8994d726..8cc8094ae 100644
--- a/server/include/hooks.h
+++ b/server/include/hooks.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ enum hook_type {
 	HOOK_PRE,		/**< Called when a new packet of messages (samples) was received. */
 	HOOK_POST,		/**< Called after each message (sample) of a packet was processed. */
 	HOOK_MSG,		/**< Called for each message (sample) in a packet. */
+	HOOK_ASYNC,		/**< Called asynchronously with fixed rate (see path::rate). */
 	
 	HOOK_PERIODIC,		/**< Called periodically. Period is set by global 'stats' option in the configuration file. */
 
diff --git a/server/src/path.c b/server/src/path.c
index 2143d68b3..7586bbb5b 100644
--- a/server/src/path.c
+++ b/server/src/path.c
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ static void * path_run_async(void *arg)
 	struct path *p = arg;
 
 	/* Block until 1/p->rate seconds elapsed */
-	while (timerfd_wait(p->tfd))
+	while (timerfd_wait(p->tfd)) {
+		if (path_run_hook(p, HOOK_ASYNC))
+			continue;
+
 		path_write(p);
+	}
 
 	return NULL;
 }