}
 }
 
+proc power_restore {} {
+       puts "Sensed power restore."
+       reset init
+}
+
+add_help_text power_restore "Overridable procedure run when power restore is detected. Runs 'reset init' by default."
+
+proc power_dropout {} {
+       puts "Sensed power dropout."
+}
+
+proc srst_deasserted {} {
+       puts "Sensed nSRST deasserted."
+       reset init
+}
+add_help_text srst_deasserted "Overridable procedure run when srst deassert is detected. Runs 'reset init' by default."
+
+proc srst_asserted {} {
+       puts "Sensed nSRST asserted."
+}
 
 static int powerDropout;
 static int srstAsserted;
 
+static int runPowerRestore;
+static int runPowerDropout;
+static int runSrstAsserted;
+static int runSrstDeasserted;
+
 static int sense_handler()
 {
        static int prevSrstAsserted = 0;
        powerRestored = prevPowerdropout && !powerDropout;
        if (powerRestored)
        {
-               LOG_USER("Sensed power restore.");
+               runPowerRestore = 1;
        }
 
        long long current = timeval_ms();
        int waitMore = lastPower + 2000 > current;
        if (powerDropout && !waitMore)
        {
-               LOG_USER("Sensed power dropout.");
+               runPowerDropout = 1;
                lastPower = current;
        }
 
        waitMore = lastSrst + 2000 > current;
        if (srstDeasserted && !waitMore)
        {
-               LOG_USER("Sensed nSRST deasserted");
+               runSrstDeasserted = 1;
                lastSrst = current;
        }
 
        if (!prevSrstAsserted && srstAsserted)
        {
-               LOG_USER("Sensed nSRST asserted");
+               runSrstAsserted = 1;
        }
 
        prevSrstAsserted = srstAsserted;
 int handle_target(void *priv)
 {
        int retval = ERROR_OK;
+
+       /* we do not want to recurse here... */
+       static int recursive = 0;
+       if (! recursive)
+       {
+               recursive = 1;
+               sense_handler();
+               /* danger! running these procedures can trigger srst assertions and power dropouts.
+                * We need to avoid an infinite loop/recursion here and we do that by
+                * clearing the flags after running these events.
+                */
+               int did_something = 0;
+               if (runSrstAsserted)
+               {
+                       Jim_Eval( interp, "srst_asserted");
+                       did_something = 1;
+               }
+               if (runSrstDeasserted)
+               {
+                       Jim_Eval( interp, "srst_deasserted");
+                       did_something = 1;
+               }
+               if (runPowerDropout)
+               {
+                       Jim_Eval( interp, "power_dropout");
+                       did_something = 1;
+               }
+               if (runPowerRestore)
+               {
+                       Jim_Eval( interp, "power_restore");
+                       did_something = 1;
+               }
+
+               if (did_something)
+               {
+                       /* clear detect flags */
+                       sense_handler();
+               }
+
+               /* clear action flags */
+
+               runSrstAsserted=0;
+               runSrstDeasserted=0;
+               runPowerRestore=0;
+               runPowerDropout=0;
+
+               recursive = 0;
+       }
+
        target_t *target = all_targets;
 
        while (target)
        {
-               sense_handler();
 
                /* only poll target if we've got power and srst isn't asserted */
                if (target_continous_poll&&!powerDropout&&!srstAsserted)
                target = target->next;
        }
 
+
        return retval;
 }