diff --git a/bumblebee-ctl b/bumblebee-ctl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c470d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bumblebee-ctl
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import argparse
+import json
+import glob
+import socket
+
+button = {
+    'left-mouse': 1,
+    'middle-mouse': 2,
+    'right-mouse': 3,
+    'wheel-up': 4,
+    'wheel-down': 5,
+}
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='send commands to bumblebee-status')
+    parser.add_argument('-b', '--button', choices=['left-mouse', 'right-mouse', 'middle-mouse', 'wheel-up', 'wheel-down'], help='button to emulate', default='left-mouse')
+    parser.add_argument('-i', '--id', help='ID of widget to trigger')
+    parser.add_argument('-m', '--module', help='name of the module to trigger', required=True)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    for f in glob.glob('/tmp/.bumblebee-status.*'):
+        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        try:
+            s.connect(f)
+            s.sendall(json.dumps({
+                'name': args.module,
+                'instance': args.id, 
+                'button': button[args.button],
+            }).encode('ascii'))
+        except Exception as e:
+            os.remove(f)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
diff --git a/bumblebee-status b/bumblebee-status
index c516fdd..e9cd545 100755
--- a/bumblebee-status
+++ b/bumblebee-status
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import json
+import socket
 import select
 import logging
 import threading
@@ -13,30 +14,53 @@ import core.module
 import core.input
 import core.event
 
+class CommandSocket(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.__name = '/tmp/.bumblebee-status.{}'.format(os.getpid())
+        self.__socket = None
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.__socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.__socket.bind(self.__name)
+        self.__socket.listen(5)
+        return self.__socket
+
+    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+        self.__socket.close()
+        os.unlink(self.__name)
+
 def handle_input(output):
-    poll = select.poll()
-    poll.register(sys.stdin.fileno(), select.POLLIN)
+    with CommandSocket() as cmdsocket:
+        poll = select.poll()
+        poll.register(sys.stdin.fileno(), select.POLLIN)
+        poll.register(cmdsocket, select.POLLIN)
 
-    while True:
-        events = poll.poll()
+        while True:
+            events = poll.poll()
 
-        modules = {}
-        for fileno, event in events:
-            line = '['
-            while line.startswith('['):
-                line = sys.stdin.readline().strip(',').strip()
-            logging.info('input event: {}'.format(line))
-            try:
-                event = json.loads(line)
-                core.input.trigger(event)
-                if 'name' in event:
-                    modules[event['name']] = True
-            except ValueError:
-                pass
-        core.event.trigger('update', modules.keys())
-        core.event.trigger('draw')
+            modules = {}
+            for fileno, event in events:
+                if fileno == cmdsocket.fileno():
+                    tmp, _ = cmdsocket.accept()
+                    line = tmp.recv(4096).decode()
+                    tmp.close()
+                    logging.debug('socket event  {}'.format(line))
+                else:
+                    line = '['
+                    while line.startswith('['):
+                        line = sys.stdin.readline().strip(',').strip()
+                    logging.info('input event: {}'.format(line))
+                try:
+                    event = json.loads(line)
+                    core.input.trigger(event)
+                    if 'name' in event:
+                        modules[event['name']] = True
+                except ValueError:
+                    pass
+            core.event.trigger('update', modules.keys())
+            core.event.trigger('draw')
 
-    poll.unregister(sys.stdin.fileno())
+        poll.unregister(sys.stdin.fileno())
 
 def main():
     config = core.config.Config(sys.argv[1:])