diff --git a/_examples/ssh-remoteforward/portforward.go b/_examples/ssh-remoteforward/portforward.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33bb1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_examples/ssh-remoteforward/portforward.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/gliderlabs/ssh"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	log.Println("starting ssh server on port 2222...")
+
+	server := ssh.Server{
+		LocalPortForwardingCallback: ssh.LocalPortForwardingCallback(func(ctx ssh.Context, dhost string, dport uint32) bool {
+			log.Println("Accepted forward", dhost, dport)
+			return true
+		}),
+		Addr: ":2222",
+		Handler: ssh.Handler(func(s ssh.Session) {
+			io.WriteString(s, "Remote forwarding available...\n")
+			select {}
+		}),
+		ReversePortForwardingCallback: ssh.ReversePortForwardingCallback(func(ctx ssh.Context, host string, port uint32) bool {
+			log.Println("attempt to bind", host, port, "granted")
+			return true
+		}),
+	}
+
+	log.Fatal(server.ListenAndServe())
+}
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 008ab5b..31531f4 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var (
 	ContextKeyServer = &contextKey{"ssh-server"}
 
 	// ContextKeyConn is a context key for use with Contexts in this package.
-	// The associated value will be of type gossh.Conn.
+	// The associated value will be of type gossh.ServerConn.
 	ContextKeyConn = &contextKey{"ssh-conn"}
 
 	// ContextKeyPublicKey is a context key for use with Contexts in this package.
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 0361fb9..5a10393 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /*
-
 Package ssh wraps the crypto/ssh package with a higher-level API for building
 SSH servers. The goal of the API was to make it as simple as using net/http, so
 the API is very similar.
@@ -42,6 +41,5 @@ exposed to you via the Session interface.
 
 The one big feature missing from the Session abstraction is signals. This was
 started, but not completed. Pull Requests welcome!
-
 */
 package ssh
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 09739e1..31e3353 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -24,16 +24,18 @@ type Server struct {
 	HostSigners []Signer // private keys for the host key, must have at least one
 	Version     string   // server version to be sent before the initial handshake
 
-	PasswordHandler             PasswordHandler             // password authentication handler
-	PublicKeyHandler            PublicKeyHandler            // public key authentication handler
-	PtyCallback                 PtyCallback                 // callback for allowing PTY sessions, allows all if nil
-	ConnCallback                ConnCallback                // optional callback for wrapping net.Conn before handling
-	LocalPortForwardingCallback LocalPortForwardingCallback // callback for allowing local port forwarding, denies all if nil
+	PasswordHandler               PasswordHandler               // password authentication handler
+	PublicKeyHandler              PublicKeyHandler              // public key authentication handler
+	PtyCallback                   PtyCallback                   // callback for allowing PTY sessions, allows all if nil
+	ConnCallback                  ConnCallback                  // optional callback for wrapping net.Conn before handling
+	LocalPortForwardingCallback   LocalPortForwardingCallback   // callback for allowing local port forwarding, denies all if nil
+	ReversePortForwardingCallback ReversePortForwardingCallback //callback for allowing reverse port forwarding, denies all if nil
 
 	IdleTimeout time.Duration // connection timeout when no activity, none if empty
 	MaxTimeout  time.Duration // absolute connection timeout, none if empty
 
 	channelHandlers map[string]channelHandler
+	requestHandlers map[string]RequestHandler
 
 	listenerWg sync.WaitGroup
 	mu         sync.Mutex
@@ -42,6 +44,9 @@ type Server struct {
 	connWg     sync.WaitGroup
 	doneChan   chan struct{}
 }
+type RequestHandler interface {
+	HandleRequest(ctx Context, srv *Server, req *gossh.Request) (ok bool, payload []byte)
+}
 
 // internal for now
 type channelHandler func(srv *Server, conn *gossh.ServerConn, newChan gossh.NewChannel, ctx Context)
@@ -57,6 +62,19 @@ func (srv *Server) ensureHostSigner() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (srv *Server) ensureHandlers() {
+	srv.mu.Lock()
+	defer srv.mu.Unlock()
+	srv.requestHandlers = map[string]RequestHandler{
+		"tcpip-forward":        forwardedTCPHandler{},
+		"cancel-tcpip-forward": forwardedTCPHandler{},
+	}
+	srv.channelHandlers = map[string]channelHandler{
+		"session":      sessionHandler,
+		"direct-tcpip": directTcpipHandler,
+	}
+}
+
 func (srv *Server) config(ctx Context) *gossh.ServerConfig {
 	config := &gossh.ServerConfig{}
 	for _, signer := range srv.HostSigners {
@@ -144,6 +162,7 @@ func (srv *Server) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 //
 // Serve always returns a non-nil error.
 func (srv *Server) Serve(l net.Listener) error {
+	srv.ensureHandlers()
 	defer l.Close()
 	if err := srv.ensureHostSigner(); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -217,7 +236,8 @@ func (srv *Server) handleConn(newConn net.Conn) {
 
 	ctx.SetValue(ContextKeyConn, sshConn)
 	applyConnMetadata(ctx, sshConn)
-	go gossh.DiscardRequests(reqs)
+	//go gossh.DiscardRequests(reqs)
+	go srv.handleRequests(ctx, reqs)
 	for ch := range chans {
 		handler, found := srv.channelHandlers[ch.ChannelType()]
 		if !found {
@@ -228,6 +248,22 @@ func (srv *Server) handleConn(newConn net.Conn) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (srv *Server) handleRequests(ctx Context, in <-chan *gossh.Request) {
+	for req := range in {
+		handler, found := srv.requestHandlers[req.Type]
+		if !found && req.WantReply {
+			req.Reply(false, nil)
+			continue
+		}
+		/*reqCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+		defer cancel() */
+		ret, payload := handler.HandleRequest(ctx, srv, req)
+		if req.WantReply {
+			req.Reply(ret, payload)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // ListenAndServe listens on the TCP network address srv.Addr and then calls
 // Serve to handle incoming connections. If srv.Addr is blank, ":22" is used.
 // ListenAndServe always returns a non-nil error.
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index b745477..c3db354 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ func (sess *session) handleRequests(reqs <-chan *gossh.Request) {
 			req.Reply(true, nil)
 		default:
 			// TODO: debug log
+			req.Reply(false, nil)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/session_test.go b/session_test.go
index f23a4fb..06c7724 100644
--- a/session_test.go
+++ b/session_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (srv *Server) serveOnce(l net.Listener) error {
+	srv.ensureHandlers()
 	if err := srv.ensureHostSigner(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/ssh.go b/ssh.go
index 0173775..88cf934 100644
--- a/ssh.go
+++ b/ssh.go
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ type ConnCallback func(conn net.Conn) net.Conn
 // LocalPortForwardingCallback is a hook for allowing port forwarding
 type LocalPortForwardingCallback func(ctx Context, destinationHost string, destinationPort uint32) bool
 
+// ReversePortForwardingCallback is a hook for allowing reverse port forwarding
+type ReversePortForwardingCallback func(ctx Context, bindHost string, bindPort uint32) bool
+
 // Window represents the size of a PTY window.
 type Window struct {
 	Width  int
diff --git a/tcpip.go b/tcpip.go
index 3c8280f..64542ff 100644
--- a/tcpip.go
+++ b/tcpip.go
@@ -2,35 +2,41 @@ package ssh
 
 import (
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 
 	gossh "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 )
 
-// direct-tcpip data struct as specified in RFC4254, Section 7.2
-type forwardData struct {
-	DestinationHost string
-	DestinationPort uint32
+const (
+	forwardedTCPChannelType = "forwarded-tcpip"
+)
 
-	OriginatorHost string
-	OriginatorPort uint32
+// direct-tcpip data struct as specified in RFC4254, Section 7.2
+type localForwardChannelData struct {
+	DestAddr string
+	DestPort uint32
+
+	OriginAddr string
+	OriginPort uint32
 }
 
 func directTcpipHandler(srv *Server, conn *gossh.ServerConn, newChan gossh.NewChannel, ctx Context) {
-	d := forwardData{}
+	d := localForwardChannelData{}
 	if err := gossh.Unmarshal(newChan.ExtraData(), &d); err != nil {
 		newChan.Reject(gossh.ConnectionFailed, "error parsing forward data: "+err.Error())
 		return
 	}
 
-	if srv.LocalPortForwardingCallback == nil || !srv.LocalPortForwardingCallback(ctx, d.DestinationHost, d.DestinationPort) {
+	if srv.LocalPortForwardingCallback == nil || !srv.LocalPortForwardingCallback(ctx, d.DestAddr, d.DestPort) {
 		newChan.Reject(gossh.Prohibited, "port forwarding is disabled")
 		return
 	}
 
-	dest := net.JoinHostPort(d.DestinationHost, strconv.FormatInt(int64(d.DestinationPort), 10))
-	
+	dest := net.JoinHostPort(d.DestAddr, strconv.FormatInt(int64(d.DestPort), 10))
+
 	var dialer net.Dialer
 	dconn, err := dialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", dest)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -56,3 +62,127 @@ func directTcpipHandler(srv *Server, conn *gossh.ServerConn, newChan gossh.NewCh
 		io.Copy(dconn, ch)
 	}()
 }
+
+type remoteForwardRequest struct {
+	BindAddr string
+	BindPort uint32
+}
+
+type remoteForwardSuccess struct {
+	BindPort uint32
+}
+
+type remoteForwardCancelRequest struct {
+	BindAddr string
+	BindPort uint32
+}
+
+type remoteForwardChannelData struct {
+	DestAddr   string
+	DestPort   uint32
+	OriginAddr string
+	OriginPort uint32
+}
+
+type forwardedTCPHandler struct {
+	forwards map[string]net.Listener
+	sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (h forwardedTCPHandler) HandleRequest(ctx Context, srv *Server, req *gossh.Request) (bool, []byte) {
+	h.Lock()
+	if h.forwards == nil {
+		h.forwards = make(map[string]net.Listener)
+	}
+	h.Unlock()
+	conn := ctx.Value(ContextKeyConn).(*gossh.ServerConn)
+	switch req.Type {
+	case "tcpip-forward":
+		var reqPayload remoteForwardRequest
+		if err := gossh.Unmarshal(req.Payload, &reqPayload); err != nil {
+			// TODO: log parse failure
+			return false, []byte{}
+		}
+		if srv.ReversePortForwardingCallback == nil || !srv.ReversePortForwardingCallback(ctx, reqPayload.BindAddr, reqPayload.BindPort) {
+			return false, []byte("port forwarding is disabled")
+		}
+		addr := net.JoinHostPort(reqPayload.BindAddr, strconv.Itoa(int(reqPayload.BindPort)))
+		ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", addr)
+		if err != nil {
+			// TODO: log listen failure
+			return false, []byte{}
+		}
+		_, destPortStr, _ := net.SplitHostPort(ln.Addr().String())
+		destPort, _ := strconv.Atoi(destPortStr)
+		h.Lock()
+		h.forwards[addr] = ln
+		h.Unlock()
+		go func() {
+			<-ctx.Done()
+			h.Lock()
+			ln, ok := h.forwards[addr]
+			h.Unlock()
+			if ok {
+				ln.Close()
+			}
+		}()
+		go func() {
+			for {
+				c, err := ln.Accept()
+				if err != nil {
+					// TODO: log accept failure
+					break
+				}
+				originAddr, orignPortStr, _ := net.SplitHostPort(c.RemoteAddr().String())
+				originPort, _ := strconv.Atoi(orignPortStr)
+				payload := gossh.Marshal(&remoteForwardChannelData{
+					DestAddr:   reqPayload.BindAddr,
+					DestPort:   uint32(destPort),
+					OriginAddr: originAddr,
+					OriginPort: uint32(originPort),
+				})
+				go func() {
+					ch, reqs, err := conn.OpenChannel(forwardedTCPChannelType, payload)
+					if err != nil {
+						// TODO: log failure to open channel
+						log.Println(err)
+						c.Close()
+						return
+					}
+					go gossh.DiscardRequests(reqs)
+					go func() {
+						defer ch.Close()
+						defer c.Close()
+						io.Copy(ch, c)
+					}()
+					go func() {
+						defer ch.Close()
+						defer c.Close()
+						io.Copy(c, ch)
+					}()
+				}()
+			}
+			h.Lock()
+			delete(h.forwards, addr)
+			h.Unlock()
+		}()
+		return true, gossh.Marshal(&remoteForwardSuccess{uint32(destPort)})
+
+	case "cancel-tcpip-forward":
+		var reqPayload remoteForwardCancelRequest
+		if err := gossh.Unmarshal(req.Payload, &reqPayload); err != nil {
+			// TODO: log parse failure
+			return false, []byte{}
+		}
+		addr := net.JoinHostPort(reqPayload.BindAddr, strconv.Itoa(int(reqPayload.BindPort)))
+		h.Lock()
+		ln, ok := h.forwards[addr]
+		h.Unlock()
+		if ok {
+			ln.Close()
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	default:
+		return false, nil
+	}
+}