diff --git a/src/growlFactory.js b/src/growlFactory.js
index d3e5329..ed6e64c 100644
--- a/src/growlFactory.js
+++ b/src/growlFactory.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").provider("growl", function() {
 		_messagesKey = 'messages',
 		_messageTextKey = 'text',
 		_messageSeverityKey = 'severity',
-		_onlyUniqueMessages = true;
+		_onlyUniqueMessages = true,
+		_callback = null;
 
 	/**
 	 * set a global timeout (time to live) after which messages will be automatically closed
@@ -57,6 +58,16 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").provider("growl", function() {
 	this.onlyUniqueMessages = function(onlyUniqueMessages) {
 		_onlyUniqueMessages = onlyUniqueMessages;
 	};
+	
+	/**
+	 * defines a callback that would be called with the message object as parameter
+	 * this callback can be use to process the message in the angular app, e.g. write the message to a status bar
+	 * 
+	 * @param {function} callback default: null
+	 */
+	 this.registerCallback = function (callback) {
+        _callback = callback;
+    };
 
 	/**
 	 * $http interceptor that can be added to array of $http interceptors during config phase of application
@@ -112,6 +123,9 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").provider("growl", function() {
 			};
 
 			broadcastMessage(message);
+			if (_callback) {
+                  _callback(message);
+            }
 		}
 
 		/**