diff --git a/_sqlmap.py b/_sqlmap.py
index f3a9bbf3f..b05c9f4b0 100755
--- a/_sqlmap.py
+++ b/_sqlmap.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from lib.core.settings import LEGAL_DISCLAIMER
 from lib.core.testing import smokeTest
 from lib.core.testing import liveTest
 from lib.parse.cmdline import cmdLineParser
+from lib.utils.xmlrpc import XMLRPCServer
 
 def modulePath():
     """
@@ -61,16 +62,20 @@ def main():
         # Store original command line options for possible later restoration
         cmdLineOptions.update(cmdLineParser().__dict__)
 
-        init(cmdLineOptions)
-
-        if conf.profile:
-            profile()
-        elif conf.smokeTest:
-            smokeTest()
-        elif conf.liveTest:
-            liveTest()
+        if cmdLineOptions.xmlRpc:
+            server = XMLRPCServer()
+            server.serve()
         else:
-            start()
+            init(cmdLineOptions)
+
+            if conf.profile:
+                profile()
+            elif conf.smokeTest:
+                smokeTest()
+            elif conf.liveTest:
+                liveTest()
+            else:
+                start()
 
     except SqlmapUserQuitException:
         errMsg = "user quit"
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 0d00ad6b7..8d4b4adcf 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ EVENTVALIDATION_REGEX = r'(?i)(?P<name>__EVENTVALIDATION[^"]*)[^>]+value="(?P<re
 # Number of rows to generate inside the full union test for limited output (mustn't be too large to prevent payload length problems)
 LIMITED_ROWS_TEST_NUMBER = 15
 
+# Default TCP port used for XML-RPC server instance
+XML_RPC_SERVER_PORT = 8776
+
 # Regular expression for SOAP-like POST data
 SOAP_RECOGNITION_REGEX = r"(?s)\A(<\?xml[^>]+>)?\s*<([^> ]+)( [^>]+)?>.+</\2.*>\s*\Z"
 
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 8c4d19755..f5ab6ad12 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -682,6 +682,9 @@ def cmdLineParser():
         parser.add_option("--run-case", dest="runCase", type="int",
                           help=SUPPRESS_HELP)
 
+        parser.add_option("--xmlrpc", dest="xmlRpc", action="store_true",
+                          help=SUPPRESS_HELP)
+
         parser.add_option_group(target)
         parser.add_option_group(request)
         parser.add_option_group(optimization)
diff --git a/lib/utils/xmlrpc.py b/lib/utils/xmlrpc.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21e44b2a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/xmlrpc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2006-2012 sqlmap developers (http://sqlmap.org/)
+See the file 'doc/COPYING' for copying permission
+"""
+
+from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
+
+from lib.controller.controller import start
+from lib.core.datatype import AttribDict
+from lib.core.data import cmdLineOptions
+from lib.core.data import logger
+from lib.core.option import init
+from lib.core.settings import XML_RPC_SERVER_PORT
+from lib.core.settings import UNICODE_ENCODING
+
+class XMLRPCServer:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.reset()
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.options = AttribDict(cmdLineOptions)
+
+    def set_option(self, name, value):
+        self.options[name] = value
+
+    def get_option(self, name):
+        return self.options[name]
+
+    def get_option_names(self):
+        return self.options.keys()
+
+    def run(self):
+        init(self.options, True)
+        return start()
+
+    def serve(self):
+        server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(addr=("", XML_RPC_SERVER_PORT), logRequests=False, allow_none=True, encoding=UNICODE_ENCODING)
+        server.register_introspection_functions()
+        server.register_function(self.reset)
+        server.register_function(self.set_option)
+        server.register_function(self.get_option)
+        server.register_function(self.get_option_names)
+        server.register_function(self.run)
+        server.serve_forever()