diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 70b1c32..e0736fc 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ Runge, David  / dvzrv (new-session-manager fork)
 # Individual Contributions in alphabetical surname order
 
 Meyer, Hermann / brummer 
-Picot, Mathieu  / houston 
+Picot, Mathieu  / houston
+Berkelder, Rik
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1a44831..7f69f96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 v1.4
+nsmd command line option --load-session to directly load one (Berkelder, Rik)
 Better detection of clients that failed to launch leads to faster session startup (by 5 seconds)
 Users get informed by label if an executable is not present on the system or permission denied
 Fixed reply for listing sessions from a plain "Done." to proper reply path with empty string as terminal symbol  "/reply", "/nsm/server/list", ""  
diff --git a/src/nsmd.cpp b/src/nsmd.cpp
index 301348e..161c9a8 100644
--- a/src/nsmd.cpp
+++ b/src/nsmd.cpp
@@ -2305,9 +2305,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         srand( (unsigned int) seconds );
     }
 
-//    char *osc_port = "6666";
+    //Command line parameters
     char *osc_port = NULL;
     const char *gui_url = NULL;
+    const char *load_session = NULL;
 
     static struct option long_options[] =
     {
@@ -2316,6 +2317,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         { "osc-port", required_argument, 0, 'p' },
         { "gui-url", required_argument, 0, 'g' },
         { "help", no_argument, 0, 'h' },
+        { "load-session", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
         { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
     };
 
@@ -2349,8 +2351,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 DMESSAGE( "Going to connect to GUI at: %s", optarg );
                 gui_url = optarg;
                 break;
+            case 'l':
+                DMESSAGE( "Loading existing session file %s", optarg);
+                load_session = optarg;
+                break;
             case 'h':
-                printf( "Usage: %s [--osc-port portnum] [--session-root path]\n\n", argv[0] );
+                printf( "Usage: %s [--osc-port portnum] [--session-root path]  [--load-session session-name]\n\n", argv[0] );
                 exit(0);
                 break;
         }
@@ -2425,6 +2431,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     osc_server->add_method( NULL, NULL, OSC_NAME( null ),NULL, "" );
 
+   if ( load_session )
+   {
+        char *spath;
+        asprintf( &spath, "%s/%s", session_root, load_session); // Build the session path. --load-session works with --session-root
+        MESSAGE( "LOAD SESSION %s", spath);
+        load_session_file( spath );
+    }
+
     if ( detach )
     {
         MESSAGE( "Detaching from console" );