diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1d1763ad..0935d2e4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([chown])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strcasestr])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gethostname])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([uname])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([setenv])
 
 dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 XIPH_C__FUNC__
diff --git a/src/cfgfile.c b/src/cfgfile.c
index a7f0bb92..c27f5740 100644
--- a/src/cfgfile.c
+++ b/src/cfgfile.c
@@ -67,12 +67,14 @@
 #define CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOG_DIR "/usr/local/icecast/logs"
 #define CONFIG_DEFAULT_WEBROOT_DIR "/usr/local/icecast/webroot"
 #define CONFIG_DEFAULT_ADMINROOT_DIR "/usr/local/icecast/admin"
+#define CONFIG_DEFAULT_NULL_FILE "/dev/null"
 #define MIMETYPESFILE "/etc/mime.types"
 #else
 #define CONFIG_DEFAULT_BASE_DIR ".\\"
 #define CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOG_DIR ".\\logs"
 #define CONFIG_DEFAULT_WEBROOT_DIR ".\\webroot"
 #define CONFIG_DEFAULT_ADMINROOT_DIR ".\\admin"
+#define CONFIG_DEFAULT_NULL_FILE "nul:"
 #define MIMETYPESFILE ".\\mime.types"
 #endif
 
@@ -434,6 +436,7 @@ static void _set_defaults(ice_config_t *configuration)
     configuration->base_dir = (char *)xmlCharStrdup (CONFIG_DEFAULT_BASE_DIR);
     configuration->log_dir = (char *)xmlCharStrdup (CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOG_DIR);
     configuration->cipher_list = (char *)xmlCharStrdup (CONFIG_DEFAULT_CIPHER_LIST);
+    configuration->null_device = (char *)xmlCharStrdup (CONFIG_DEFAULT_NULL_FILE);
     configuration->webroot_dir = (char *)xmlCharStrdup (CONFIG_DEFAULT_WEBROOT_DIR);
     configuration->adminroot_dir = (char *)xmlCharStrdup (CONFIG_DEFAULT_ADMINROOT_DIR);
     configuration->playlist_log = (char *)xmlCharStrdup (CONFIG_DEFAULT_PLAYLIST_LOG);
@@ -1177,6 +1180,9 @@ static void _parse_paths(xmlDocPtr doc, xmlNodePtr node,
         } else if (xmlStrcmp (node->name, XMLSTR("pidfile")) == 0) {
             if (configuration->pidfile) xmlFree(configuration->pidfile);
             configuration->pidfile = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, node->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
+        } else if (xmlStrcmp (node->name, XMLSTR("nulldevice")) == 0) {
+            if (configuration->null_device) xmlFree(configuration->null_device);
+            configuration->null_device = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, node->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
         } else if (xmlStrcmp (node->name, XMLSTR("deny-ip")) == 0) {
             if (configuration->banfile) xmlFree(configuration->banfile);
             configuration->banfile = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, node->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
diff --git a/src/cfgfile.h b/src/cfgfile.h
index 845685aa..3c94dfc6 100644
--- a/src/cfgfile.h
+++ b/src/cfgfile.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ typedef struct ice_config_tag {
     char *base_dir;
     char *log_dir;
     char *pidfile;
+    char *null_device;
     char *banfile;
     char *allowfile;
     char *cert_file;
diff --git a/src/source.c b/src/source.c
index 0ffd65db..abc51cdc 100644
--- a/src/source.c
+++ b/src/source.c
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ static int _free_client(void *key);
 static void _parse_audio_info (source_t *source, const char *s);
 static void source_shutdown (source_t *source);
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#define source_run_script(x,y)  ICECAST_LOG_WARN("on [dis]connect scripts disabled");
+#define source_run_script(w,x,y,z)  ICECAST_LOG_WARN("on [dis]connect scripts disabled");
 #else
-static void source_run_script (char *command, char *mountpoint);
+static void source_run_script (const char *command, source_t *source, mount_proxy *mountinfo, const char *action);
 #endif
 
 /* Allocate a new source with the stated mountpoint, if one already
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static void source_init (source_t *source)
     if (mountinfo)
     {
         if (mountinfo->on_connect)
-            source_run_script (mountinfo->on_connect, source->mount);
+            source_run_script (mountinfo->on_connect, source, mountinfo, "source-connect");
         auth_stream_start (mountinfo, source->mount);
     }
     config_release_config();
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static void source_shutdown (source_t *source)
     if (mountinfo)
     {
         if (mountinfo->on_disconnect)
-            source_run_script (mountinfo->on_disconnect, source->mount);
+            source_run_script (mountinfo->on_disconnect, source, mountinfo, "source-disconnect");
         auth_stream_end (mountinfo, source->mount);
     }
     config_release_config();
@@ -1323,7 +1323,15 @@ void source_client_callback (client_t *client, void *arg)
 /* this sets up the new environment for script execution.
  * We ignore most failtures as we can not handle them anyway.
  */
-static inline void __setup_empty_script_environment(void) {
+#ifdef HAVE_SETENV
+static inline void __update_environ(const char *name, const char *value) {
+    if (!name || !value) return;
+    setenv(name, value, 1);
+}
+#else
+#define __update_environ(x,y)
+#endif
+static inline void __setup_empty_script_environment(ice_config_t * config, source_t *source, mount_proxy *mountinfo, const char *action) {
     int i;
 
     /* close at least the first 1024 handles */
@@ -1331,7 +1339,7 @@ static inline void __setup_empty_script_environment(void) {
         close(i);
 
     /* open null device */
-    i = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+    i = open(config->null_device, O_RDWR);
     if (i != -1) {
         /* attach null device to stdin, stdout and stderr */
         if (i != 0)
@@ -1345,11 +1353,25 @@ static inline void __setup_empty_script_environment(void) {
         if (i > 2)
             close(i);
     }
+
+    __update_environ("ICECAST_VERSION",   ICECAST_VERSION_STRING);
+    __update_environ("ICECAST_HOSTNAME",  config->hostname);
+    __update_environ("ICECAST_ADMIN",     config->admin);
+    __update_environ("ICECAST_LOGDIR",    config->log_dir);
+    __update_environ("SOURCE_ACTION",     action);
+    __update_environ("SOURCE_MOUNTPOINT", source->mount);
+    __update_environ("SOURCE_PUBLIC",     source->yp_public ? "true" : "false");
+    __update_environ("SROUCE_HIDDEN",     source->hidden    ? "true" : "false");
+    __update_environ("MOUNT_NAME",        mountinfo->stream_name);
+    __update_environ("MOUNT_DESCRIPTION", mountinfo->stream_description);
+    __update_environ("MOUNT_URL",         mountinfo->stream_url);
+    __update_environ("MOUNT_GENRE",       mountinfo->stream_genre);
 }
 
-static void source_run_script (char *command, char *mountpoint)
-{
+static void source_run_script (const char *command, source_t *source, mount_proxy *mountinfo, const char *action) {
+    const char *mountpoint = source->mount;
     pid_t pid, external_pid;
+    ice_config_t * config;
 
     /* do a fork twice so that the command has init as parent */
     external_pid = fork();
@@ -1367,7 +1389,9 @@ static void source_run_script (char *command, char *mountpoint)
                         exit(1);
                     }
                     ICECAST_LOG_DEBUG("Starting command %s", command);
-                    __setup_empty_script_environment();
+                    config = config_get_config();
+                    __setup_empty_script_environment(config, source, mountinfo, action);
+                    config_release_config();
                     /* consider to add action here as well */
                     execl(command, command, mountpoint, (char *)NULL);
                     exit(1);