diff --git a/plugins/examples/cln-plugin-startup.rs b/plugins/examples/cln-plugin-startup.rs
index fc3b20876..506f8fbef 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/cln-plugin-startup.rs
+++ b/plugins/examples/cln-plugin-startup.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 //! This is a test plugin used to verify that we can compile and run
 //! plugins using the Rust API against c-lightning.
-
-use cln_plugin::{options, Builder};
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_json;
+use cln_plugin::{options, Builder, Error, Plugin};
+use std::pin::Pin;
 use tokio;
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let plugin = Builder::new((), tokio::io::stdin(), tokio::io::stdout())
@@ -12,7 +13,12 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
             options::Value::Integer(42),
             "a test-option with default 42",
         ))
+        .rpcmethod("testmethod", "This is a test", Box::new(testmethod))
         .start()
         .await?;
     plugin.join().await
 }
+
+fn testmethod(_p: Plugin<()>, _v: &serde_json::Value) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error> {
+    Ok(json!("Hello"))
+}
diff --git a/plugins/src/lib.rs b/plugins/src/lib.rs
index f53ff5b02..faf929b25 100644
--- a/plugins/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use crate::codec::{JsonCodec, JsonRpcCodec};
-pub use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Error};
+pub use anyhow::{anyhow, Context};
 use futures::sink::SinkExt;
 extern crate log;
 use log::trace;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
@@ -21,11 +22,18 @@ pub mod options;
 
 use options::ConfigOption;
 
+/// Need to tell us about something that went wrong? Use this error
+/// type to do that. Use this alias to be safe from future changes in
+/// our internal error handling, since we'll implement any necessary
+/// conversions for you :-)
+pub type Error = anyhow::Error;
+
 /// Builder for a new plugin.
 pub struct Builder<S, I, O>
 where
     I: AsyncRead + Unpin,
     O: Send + AsyncWrite + Unpin,
+    S: Clone + Send,
 {
     state: S,
 
@@ -39,6 +47,7 @@ where
     subscriptions: Subscriptions,
 
     options: Vec<ConfigOption>,
+    rpcmethods: HashMap<String, RpcMethod<S>>,
 }
 
 impl<S, I, O> Builder<S, I, O>
@@ -55,6 +64,7 @@ where
             hooks: Hooks::default(),
             subscriptions: Subscriptions::default(),
             options: vec![],
+            rpcmethods: HashMap::new(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -63,6 +73,23 @@ where
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn rpcmethod(
+        mut self,
+        name: &str,
+        description: &str,
+        callback: Callback<S>,
+    ) -> Builder<S, I, O> {
+        self.rpcmethods.insert(
+            name.to_string(),
+            RpcMethod {
+                name: name.to_string(),
+                description: description.to_string(),
+                callback,
+            },
+        );
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Build and start the plugin loop. This performs the handshake
     /// and spawns a new task that accepts incoming messages from
     /// c-lightning and dispatches them to the handlers. It only
@@ -119,19 +146,31 @@ where
             o => return Err(anyhow!("Got unexpected message {:?} from lightningd", o)),
         };
 
-        let (tx, _) = tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(1);
+        let (wait_handle, _) = tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(1);
+
+        // Collect the callbacks and create the hashmap for the dispatcher.
+        let mut rpcmethods = HashMap::new();
+        for (name, callback) in self.rpcmethods.drain().map(|(k, v)| (k, v.callback)) {
+            rpcmethods.insert(name, callback);
+        }
+
+        // An MPSC pair used by anything that needs to send messages
+        // to the main daemon.
+        let (sender, receiver) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(4);
         let plugin = Plugin {
             state: self.state,
             options: self.options,
-            wait_handle: tx,
+            wait_handle,
+            sender,
         };
 
         // Start the PluginDriver to handle plugin IO
         tokio::spawn(
             PluginDriver {
                 plugin: plugin.clone(),
+                rpcmethods,
             }
-            .run(input, output),
+            .run(receiver, input, output),
         );
 
         Ok(plugin)
@@ -141,9 +180,19 @@ where
         &mut self,
         _call: messages::GetManifestCall,
     ) -> messages::GetManifestResponse {
+        let rpcmethods: Vec<_> = self
+            .rpcmethods
+            .values()
+            .map(|v| messages::RpcMethod {
+                name: v.name.clone(),
+                description: v.description.clone(),
+                usage: String::new(),
+            })
+            .collect();
+
         messages::GetManifestResponse {
             options: self.options.clone(),
-            rpcmethods: vec![],
+            rpcmethods,
         }
     }
 
@@ -171,6 +220,20 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+type Callback<S> = Box<fn(Plugin<S>, &serde_json::Value) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error>>;
+
+/// A struct collecting the metadata required to register a custom
+/// rpcmethod with the main daemon upon init. It'll get deconstructed
+/// into just the callback after the init.
+struct RpcMethod<S>
+where
+    S: Clone + Send,
+{
+    callback: Callback<S>,
+    description: String,
+    name: String,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Plugin<S>
 where
@@ -182,6 +245,8 @@ where
 
     /// A signal that allows us to wait on the plugin's shutdown.
     wait_handle: tokio::sync::broadcast::Sender<()>,
+
+    sender: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<serde_json::Value>,
 }
 
 /// The [PluginDriver] is used to run the IO loop, reading messages
@@ -195,9 +260,10 @@ where
 {
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     plugin: Plugin<S>,
+    rpcmethods: HashMap<String, Callback<S>>,
 }
 
-use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 impl<S> PluginDriver<S>
 where
     S: Send + Clone,
@@ -205,16 +271,18 @@ where
     /// Run the plugin until we get a shutdown command.
     async fn run<I, O>(
         self,
+        mut receiver: tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<serde_json::Value>,
         mut input: FramedRead<I, JsonRpcCodec>,
-        _output: Arc<Mutex<FramedWrite<O, JsonCodec>>>,
+        output: Arc<Mutex<FramedWrite<O, JsonCodec>>>,
     ) -> Result<(), Error>
     where
         I: Send + AsyncReadExt + Unpin,
-        O: Send,
+        O: Send + AsyncWriteExt + Unpin,
     {
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
-                _ = PluginDriver::dispatch_one(&mut input, &self.plugin) => {},
+                _ = self.dispatch_one(&mut input, &self.plugin) => {},
+		v = receiver.recv() => {output.lock().await.send(v.unwrap()).await?},
             }
         }
     }
@@ -222,6 +290,7 @@ where
     /// Dispatch one server-side event and then return. Just so we
     /// have a nicer looking `select` statement in `run` :-)
     async fn dispatch_one<I>(
+        &self,
         input: &mut FramedRead<I, JsonRpcCodec>,
         plugin: &Plugin<S>,
     ) -> Result<(), Error>
@@ -238,6 +307,31 @@ where
                     messages::JsonRpc::Notification(n) => {
                         PluginDriver::<S>::dispatch_notification(n, plugin).await
                     }
+                    messages::JsonRpc::CustomRequest(id, p) => {
+                        match self.dispatch_custom_request(id, p, plugin).await {
+                            Ok(v) => plugin
+                                .sender
+                                .send(json!({
+                                "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+                                "id": id,
+                                "result": v
+                                }))
+                                .await
+                                .context("returning custom result"),
+                            Err(e) => plugin
+                                .sender
+                                .send(json!({
+                                "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+                                "id": id,
+                                "error": e.to_string(),
+                                }))
+                                .await
+                                .context("returning custom error"),
+                        }
+                    }
+                    messages::JsonRpc::CustomNotification(n) => {
+                        PluginDriver::<S>::dispatch_custom_notification(n, plugin).await
+                    }
                 }
             }
             Some(Err(e)) => Err(anyhow!("Error reading command: {}", e)),
@@ -263,6 +357,44 @@ where
         trace!("Dispatching notification {:?}", notification);
         unimplemented!()
     }
+    async fn dispatch_custom_request(
+        &self,
+        _id: usize,
+        request: serde_json::Value,
+        plugin: &Plugin<S>,
+    ) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error> {
+        let method = request
+            .get("method")
+            .context("Missing 'method' in request")?
+            .as_str()
+            .context("'method' is not a string")?;
+
+        let params = request
+            .get("params")
+            .context("Missing 'params' field in request")?;
+        let callback = self
+            .rpcmethods
+            .get(method)
+            .with_context(|| anyhow!("No handler for method '{}' registered", method))?;
+
+        trace!(
+            "Dispatching custom request: method={}, params={}",
+            method,
+            params
+        );
+        callback(plugin.clone(), params)
+    }
+
+    async fn dispatch_custom_notification(
+        notification: serde_json::Value,
+        _plugin: &Plugin<S>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error>
+    where
+        S: Send + Clone,
+    {
+        trace!("Dispatching notification {:?}", notification);
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<S> Plugin<S>
diff --git a/plugins/src/messages.rs b/plugins/src/messages.rs
index b966446dc..f32cb2086 100644
--- a/plugins/src/messages.rs
+++ b/plugins/src/messages.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ pub(crate) struct InitCall {
 pub enum JsonRpc<N, R> {
     Request(usize, R),
     Notification(N),
+    CustomRequest(usize, Value),
+    CustomNotification(Value),
 }
 
 /// This function disentangles the various cases:
@@ -103,55 +105,29 @@ where
         let v = Value::deserialize(deserializer)?;
         let helper = IdHelper::deserialize(&v).map_err(de::Error::custom)?;
         match helper.id {
-            Some(id) => {
-                let r = R::deserialize(v).map_err(de::Error::custom)?;
-                Ok(JsonRpc::Request(id, r))
-            }
-            None => {
-                let n = N::deserialize(v).map_err(de::Error::custom)?;
-                Ok(JsonRpc::Notification(n))
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-use serde::ser::{SerializeStruct, Serializer};
-
-impl<N, R> Serialize for JsonRpc<N, R>
-where
-    N: Serialize + Debug,
-    R: Serialize + Debug,
-{
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        match self {
-            JsonRpc::Notification(r) => {
-                let r = serde_json::to_value(r).unwrap();
-                let mut s = serializer.serialize_struct("Notification", 3)?;
-                s.serialize_field("jsonrpc", "2.0")?;
-                s.serialize_field("method", &r["method"])?;
-                s.serialize_field("params", &r["params"])?;
-                s.end()
-            }
-            JsonRpc::Request(id, r) => {
-                let r = serde_json::to_value(r).unwrap();
-                let mut s = serializer.serialize_struct("Request", 4)?;
-                s.serialize_field("jsonrpc", "2.0")?;
-                s.serialize_field("id", id)?;
-                s.serialize_field("method", &r["method"])?;
-                s.serialize_field("params", &r["params"])?;
-                s.end()
-            }
+            Some(id) => match R::deserialize(v.clone()) {
+                Ok(r) => Ok(JsonRpc::Request(id, r)),
+                Err(_) => Ok(JsonRpc::CustomRequest(id, v)),
+            },
+            None => match N::deserialize(v.clone()) {
+                Ok(n) => Ok(JsonRpc::Notification(n)),
+                Err(_) => Ok(JsonRpc::CustomNotification(v)),
+            },
         }
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Default, Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct RpcMethod {
+    pub(crate) name: String,
+    pub(crate) description: String,
+    pub(crate) usage: String,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Default, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct GetManifestResponse {
     pub(crate) options: Vec<ConfigOption>,
-    pub(crate) rpcmethods: Vec<()>,
+    pub(crate) rpcmethods: Vec<RpcMethod>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Default, Debug)]
diff --git a/plugins/src/options.rs b/plugins/src/options.rs
index 7ac6f3d7f..587686c24 100644
--- a/plugins/src/options.rs
+++ b/plugins/src/options.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ mod test {
                 "name": "name",
                         "description":"description",
                         "default": true,
-                        "type": "booltes",
+                        "type": "bool",
                     }),
             ),
         ];
diff --git a/tests/test_cln_rs.py b/tests/test_cln_rs.py
index 08dee44c9..c336c294d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cln_rs.py
+++ b/tests/test_cln_rs.py
@@ -37,3 +37,18 @@ def test_plugin_start(node_factory):
         'path': None
     }
     assert expected == p
+
+    # Now check that the `testmethod was registered ok
+    l1.rpc.help("testmethod") == {
+        'help': [
+            {
+                'command': 'testmethod ',
+                'category': 'plugin',
+                'description': 'This is a test',
+                'verbose': 'This is a test'
+            }
+        ],
+        'format-hint': 'simple'
+    }
+
+    assert l1.rpc.testmethod() == "Hello"