diff --git a/luigi/worker.py b/luigi/worker.py
index a6e59c75fd..a051dcf88c 100644
--- a/luigi/worker.py
+++ b/luigi/worker.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 import collections
 import getpass
+import importlib
 import logging
 import multiprocessing
 import os
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@
 from luigi.task import Task, flatten, getpaths, Config
 from luigi.task_register import TaskClassException
 from luigi.task_status import RUNNING
-from luigi.parameter import FloatParameter, IntParameter, BoolParameter
+from luigi.parameter import BoolParameter, FloatParameter, IntParameter, Parameter
 
 try:
     import simplejson as json
@@ -258,6 +259,27 @@ def terminate(self):
             return super(TaskProcess, self).terminate()
 
 
+# TODO be composable with arbitrarily many custom context managers?
+# Introduce a convention shared for extension points other than TaskProcess?
+# Use https://docs.openstack.org/stevedore?
+class ContextManagedTaskProcess(TaskProcess):
+    def __init__(self, context, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(ContextManagedTaskProcess, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.context = context
+
+    def run(self):
+        if self.context:
+            logger.debug('Instantiating ' + self.context)
+            module_path, class_name = self.context.rsplit('.', 1)
+            module = importlib.import_module(module_path)
+            cls = getattr(module, class_name)
+
+            with cls(self):
+                super(ContextManagedTaskProcess, self).run()
+        else:
+            super(ContextManagedTaskProcess, self).run()
+
+
 class TaskStatusReporter(object):
     """
     Reports task status information to the scheduler.
@@ -419,6 +441,12 @@ class worker(Config):
     force_multiprocessing = BoolParameter(default=False,
                                           description='If true, use multiprocessing also when '
                                           'running with 1 worker')
+    task_process_context = Parameter(default=None,
+                                     description='If set to a fully qualified class name, the class will '
+                                     'be instantiated with a TaskProcess as its constructor parameter and '
+                                     'applied as a context manager around its run() call, so this can be '
+                                     'used for obtaining high level customizable monitoring or logging of '
+                                     'each individual Task run.')
 
 
 class KeepAliveThread(threading.Thread):
@@ -966,7 +994,8 @@ def _create_task_process(self, task):
         message_queue = multiprocessing.Queue() if task.accepts_messages else None
         reporter = TaskStatusReporter(self._scheduler, task.task_id, self._id, message_queue)
         use_multiprocessing = self._config.force_multiprocessing or bool(self.worker_processes > 1)
-        return TaskProcess(
+        return ContextManagedTaskProcess(
+            self._config.task_process_context,
             task, self._id, self._task_result_queue, reporter,
             use_multiprocessing=use_multiprocessing,
             worker_timeout=self._config.timeout,
diff --git a/test/worker_task_process_test.py b/test/worker_task_process_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79c245ad77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/worker_task_process_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2012-2015 Spotify AB
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+from helpers import LuigiTestCase, temporary_unloaded_module
+import luigi
+from luigi.worker import Worker
+import multiprocessing
+
+
+class ContextManagedTaskProcessTest(LuigiTestCase):
+
+    def _test_context_manager(self, force_multiprocessing):
+        CONTEXT_MANAGER_MODULE = b'''
+class MyContextManager(object):
+    def __init__(self, task_process):
+        self.task = task_process.task
+    def __enter__(self):
+        assert not self.task.run_event.is_set(), "the task should not have run yet"
+        self.task.enter_event.set()
+        return self
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type=None, exc_value=None, traceback=None):
+        assert self.task.run_event.is_set(), "the task should have run"
+        self.task.exit_event.set()
+'''
+
+        class DummyEventRecordingTask(luigi.Task):
+            def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+                self.enter_event = multiprocessing.Event()
+                self.exit_event = multiprocessing.Event()
+                self.run_event = multiprocessing.Event()
+                super(DummyEventRecordingTask, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+            def run(self):
+                assert self.enter_event.is_set(), "the context manager should have been entered"
+                assert not self.exit_event.is_set(), "the context manager should not have been exited yet"
+                assert not self.run_event.is_set(), "the task should have run yet"
+                self.run_event.set()
+
+            def complete(self):
+                return self.run_event.is_set()
+
+        with temporary_unloaded_module(CONTEXT_MANAGER_MODULE) as module_name:
+            t = DummyEventRecordingTask()
+            w = Worker(task_process_context=module_name + '.MyContextManager',
+                       force_multiprocessing=force_multiprocessing)
+            w.add(t)
+            self.assertTrue(w.run())
+            self.assertTrue(t.complete())
+            self.assertTrue(t.enter_event.is_set())
+            self.assertTrue(t.exit_event.is_set())
+
+    def test_context_manager_without_multiprocessing(self):
+        self._test_context_manager(False)
+
+    def test_context_manager_with_multiprocessing(self):
+        self._test_context_manager(True)
diff --git a/test/worker_test.py b/test/worker_test.py
index 5658a0531c..cf8d37a77a 100644
--- a/test/worker_test.py
+++ b/test/worker_test.py
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ def complete(self):
 
 class WorkerPurgeEventHandlerTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    @mock.patch('luigi.worker.TaskProcess')
+    @mock.patch('luigi.worker.ContextManagedTaskProcess')
     def test_process_killed_handler(self, task_proc):
         result = []