diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES
index a8ccf5a..a44b47b 100644
--- a/NOTES
+++ b/NOTES
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ it uses select(), I'm not sure how I would honor Thread.interrupt() or
 whatever.  It's not guaranteed to interrupt select(), and I'm not keen on
 adding an arbitrary timeout/polling feature to it.
 
-XXX - implement extra commandline for dropbear
+XXX - make start stop natives static
+XXX - try without 0.0.0.0
 XXX - implement start on boot
 
 XXX - scp
diff --git a/jni/interface.c b/jni/interface.c
index 992854c..85cb260 100644
--- a/jni/interface.c
+++ b/jni/interface.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 const char *conf_path = "", *conf_shell = "", *conf_home = "";
 
@@ -52,6 +53,52 @@ jni_init(JNIEnv *env_)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/* split str into argv entries, honoring " and \ (but nothing else) */
+static int
+process_extra(const char *in, char **argv, int max_argc)
+{
+	char curr[1000];
+	int curr_len = 0;
+	int in_quotes = 0;
+	int argc = 0;
+
+	if (!in) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	while (1) {
+		char c = *in++;
+		if (!c || (curr_len+10 >= sizeof curr) ||
+		    (!in_quotes && isspace(c))) {
+			if (curr_len) {
+				curr[curr_len] = 0;
+				if (argc+1 >= max_argc) {
+					break;
+				}
+				argv[argc++] = strdup(curr);
+				curr_len = 0;
+			}
+			if (!c) {
+				break;
+			}
+		} else if (c == '"') {
+			in_quotes = !in_quotes;
+		} else {
+			if (c == '\\') {
+				c = *in++;
+				switch (c) {
+					case 'n': c = '\n'; break;
+					case 'r': c = '\r'; break;
+					case 'b': c = '\b'; break;
+					case 't': c = '\t'; break;
+					case 0: in--; break;
+				}
+			}
+			curr[curr_len++] = c;
+		}
+	}
+	return argc;
+}
+
 static const char *
 from_java_string(jobject s)
 {
@@ -68,9 +115,10 @@ from_java_string(jobject s)
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
 Java_org_galexander_sshd_SimpleSSHDService_start_1sshd(JNIEnv *env_,
 	jobject this,
-	jint port, jobject jpath, jobject jshell, jobject jhome)
+	jint port, jobject jpath, jobject jshell, jobject jhome, jobject jextra)
 {
 	pid_t pid;
+	const char *extra;
 
 	if (!jni_init(env_)) {
 		return;
@@ -78,6 +126,7 @@ Java_org_galexander_sshd_SimpleSSHDService_start_1sshd(JNIEnv *env_,
 	conf_path = from_java_string(jpath);
 	conf_shell = from_java_string(jshell);
 	conf_home = from_java_string(jhome);
+	extra = from_java_string(jextra);
 
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid == 0) {
@@ -103,6 +152,8 @@ Java_org_galexander_sshd_SimpleSSHDService_start_1sshd(JNIEnv *env_,
 			sprintf(argv[argc], "0.0.0.0:%d", (int)port);
 			argc++;
 		}
+		argc += process_extra(extra, &argv[argc],
+				(sizeof argv / sizeof *argv) - argc);
 		fprintf(stderr, "starting dropbear\n");
 		retval = dropbear_main(argc, argv);
 		fprintf(stderr, "dropbear finished (%d)\n", retval);
diff --git a/src/org/galexander/sshd/Prefs.java b/src/org/galexander/sshd/Prefs.java
index b7f86ca..0018295 100644
--- a/src/org/galexander/sshd/Prefs.java
+++ b/src/org/galexander/sshd/Prefs.java
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ public class Prefs {
 	public static String get_home() {
 		return pref.getString("home", "/sdcard/ssh");
 	}
+	public static String get_extra() {
+		return pref.getString("extra", "");
+	}
 
 	public static SharedPreferences.Editor edit() {
 		return pref.edit();
diff --git a/src/org/galexander/sshd/SimpleSSHDService.java b/src/org/galexander/sshd/SimpleSSHDService.java
index 4e3fae0..e726962 100644
--- a/src/org/galexander/sshd/SimpleSSHDService.java
+++ b/src/org/galexander/sshd/SimpleSSHDService.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class SimpleSSHDService extends Service {
 		}
 		start_sshd(Prefs.get_port(),
 			Prefs.get_path(), Prefs.get_shell(),
-			Prefs.get_home());
+			Prefs.get_home(), Prefs.get_extra());
 
 		if (sshd_pid != 0) {
 			final int pid = sshd_pid;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class SimpleSSHDService extends Service {
 	}
 
 	private native void start_sshd(int port, String path,
-			String shell, String home);
+			String shell, String home, String extra);
 	private native void stop_sshd();
 	private static native int waitpid(int pid);
 	static {