diff --git a/fine-socketio/src/com/fr/third/socketio/SocketIOServer.java b/fine-socketio/src/com/fr/third/socketio/SocketIOServer.java
index 329448eb0..7dc37c2df 100644
--- a/fine-socketio/src/com/fr/third/socketio/SocketIOServer.java
+++ b/fine-socketio/src/com/fr/third/socketio/SocketIOServer.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import io.netty.util.concurrent.GenericFutureListener;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -135,13 +136,37 @@ public class SocketIOServer implements ClientListeners {
         
         startAsync().syncUninterruptibly();
     }
-    
+
+    public void start(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super Void>> listener) {
+        startAsync(listener).syncUninterruptibly();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Start server asynchronously
      *
      * @return void
      */
     public Future<Void> startAsync() {
+        return startAsync(new FutureListener<Void>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public void operationComplete(Future<Void> future) throws Exception {
+
+                if (future.isSuccess()) {
+                    log.info("SocketIO server started at port: {}", configCopy.getPort());
+                } else {
+                    log.error("SocketIO server start failed at port: {}!", configCopy.getPort());
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Start server asynchronously
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public Future<Void> startAsync(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super Void>> listener) {
         
         log.info("Session store / pubsub factory used: {}", configCopy.getStoreFactory());
         initGroups();
@@ -164,18 +189,7 @@ public class SocketIOServer implements ClientListeners {
             addr = new InetSocketAddress(configCopy.getHostname(), configCopy.getPort());
         }
         
-        return b.bind(addr).addListener(new FutureListener<Void>() {
-            
-            @Override
-            public void operationComplete(Future<Void> future) throws Exception {
-                
-                if (future.isSuccess()) {
-                    log.info("SocketIO server started at port: {}", configCopy.getPort());
-                } else {
-                    log.error("SocketIO server start failed at port: {}!", configCopy.getPort());
-                }
-            }
-        });
+        return b.bind(addr).addListener(listener);
     }
     
     protected void applyConnectionOptions(ServerBootstrap bootstrap) {