diff --git a/lualib/skynet.lua b/lualib/skynet.lua
index db060b36..9ef95974 100644
--- a/lualib/skynet.lua
+++ b/lualib/skynet.lua
@@ -627,4 +627,9 @@ function skynet.context_ptr()
 	return c.context()
 end
 
+function skynet.monitor(service)
+	local monitor = skynet.uniqueservice(true, service)
+	c.command("MONITOR", string.format(":%08x", monitor))
+end
+
 return skynet
diff --git a/service/main.lua b/service/main.lua
index e63760fc..31ab2a31 100644
--- a/service/main.lua
+++ b/service/main.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ skynet.start(function()
 	print("Server start")
 	skynet.launch("socket",128)
 	local service = skynet.newservice("service_mgr")
+	skynet.monitor "simplemonitor"
 	local lualog = skynet.newservice("lualog")
 	local console = skynet.newservice("console")
 	local remoteroot = skynet.newservice("remote_root")
diff --git a/service/main_log.lua b/service/main_log.lua
index b4655929..500e8dab 100644
--- a/service/main_log.lua
+++ b/service/main_log.lua
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ local skynet = require "skynet"
 
 skynet.start(function()
 	print("Log server start")
-	-- local connection = skynet.launch("connection","256")
 	skynet.launch("socket",128)
-	local lualog = skynet.launch("snlua","lualog")
-	local console = skynet.launch("snlua","console")
-	local log = skynet.launch("snlua","globallog")
+	local service = skynet.newservice("service_mgr")
+	skynet.monitor "simplemonitor"
+	local lualog = skynet.newservice("lualog")
+	local console = skynet.newservice("console")
+	local log = skynet.newservice("globallog")
 --	skynet.launch("snlua","testgroup_c 11 1")
 	skynet.exit()
 end)
diff --git a/service/simplemonitor.lua b/service/simplemonitor.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e6453c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/simplemonitor.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+local skynet = require "skynet"
+
+-- It's a simple service exit monitor, you can do something more when a service exit.
+
+skynet.register_protocol {
+	name = "client",
+	id = 3,
+	unpack = function() end,
+	dispatch = function(_, address)
+		print(string.format("[:%x] exit", address))
+	end
+}
+
+skynet.start(function() end)
diff --git a/skynet-src/skynet_server.c b/skynet-src/skynet_server.c
index 671358f1..5a7b06d4 100644
--- a/skynet-src/skynet_server.c
+++ b/skynet-src/skynet_server.c
@@ -49,21 +49,26 @@ struct skynet_context {
 	CHECKCALLING_DECL
 };
 
-static int g_total_context = 0;
+struct skynet_node {
+	int total;
+	uint32_t monitor_exit;
+};
+
+static struct skynet_node G_NODE = { 0,0 };
 
 int 
 skynet_context_total() {
-	return g_total_context;
+	return G_NODE.total;
 }
 
 static void
 _context_inc() {
-	__sync_fetch_and_add(&g_total_context,1);
+	__sync_fetch_and_add(&G_NODE.total,1);
 }
 
 static void
 _context_dec() {
-	__sync_fetch_and_sub(&g_total_context,1);
+	__sync_fetch_and_sub(&G_NODE.total,1);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -348,6 +353,17 @@ skynet_queryname(struct skynet_context * context, const char * name) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+handle_exit(struct skynet_context * context, uint32_t handle) {
+	if (G_NODE.monitor_exit) {
+		skynet_send(context,  handle, G_NODE.monitor_exit, PTYPE_CLIENT, 0, NULL, 0);
+	}
+	if (handle == 0) {
+		handle = context->handle;
+	}
+	skynet_handle_retire(handle);
+}
+
 const char * 
 skynet_command(struct skynet_context * context, const char * cmd , const char * param) {
 	if (strcmp(cmd,"TIMEOUT") == 0) {
@@ -422,7 +438,7 @@ skynet_command(struct skynet_context * context, const char * cmd , const char *
 	}
 
 	if (strcmp(cmd,"EXIT") == 0) {
-		skynet_handle_retire(context->handle);
+		handle_exit(context, 0);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -437,7 +453,7 @@ skynet_command(struct skynet_context * context, const char * cmd , const char *
 			// todo : kill global service
 		}
 		if (handle) {
-			skynet_handle_retire(handle);
+			handle_exit(context, handle);
 		}
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -512,6 +528,24 @@ skynet_command(struct skynet_context * context, const char * cmd , const char *
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(cmd,"MONITOR") == 0) {
+		uint32_t handle;
+		if (param == NULL || param[0] == '\0') {
+			handle = context->handle;
+		} else {
+			if (param[0] == ':') {
+				handle = strtoul(param+1, NULL, 16);
+			} else if (param[0] == '.') {
+				handle = skynet_handle_findname(param+1);
+			} else {
+				skynet_error(context, "Can't monitor %s",param);
+				// todo : monitor global service
+			}
+		}
+		G_NODE.monitor_exit = handle;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	return NULL;
 }