diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 41ba87e..dc61fb4 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ func (f RequestHandlerFunc) HandleSSHRequest(ctx Context, srv *Server, req *goss
 	return f(ctx, srv, req)
 }
 
+var DefaultRequestHandlers = map[string]RequestHandler{}
+
 type ChannelHandler interface {
 	HandleSSHChannel(srv *Server, conn *gossh.ServerConn, newChan gossh.NewChannel, ctx Context)
 }
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ func (f ChannelHandlerFunc) HandleSSHChannel(srv *Server, conn *gossh.ServerConn
 	f(srv, conn, newChan, ctx)
 }
 
+var DefaultChannelHandlers = map[string]ChannelHandler{
+	"session": ChannelHandlerFunc(DefaultSessionHandler),
+}
+
 func (srv *Server) ensureHostSigner() error {
 	if len(srv.HostSigners) == 0 {
 		signer, err := generateSigner()
@@ -90,15 +96,15 @@ func (srv *Server) ensureHandlers() {
 	srv.mu.Lock()
 	defer srv.mu.Unlock()
 	if srv.RequestHandlers == nil {
-		srv.RequestHandlers = map[string]RequestHandler{
-			"tcpip-forward":        forwardedTCPHandler{},
-			"cancel-tcpip-forward": forwardedTCPHandler{},
+		srv.RequestHandlers = map[string]RequestHandler{}
+		for k, v := range DefaultRequestHandlers {
+			srv.RequestHandlers[k] = v
 		}
 	}
 	if srv.ChannelHandlers == nil {
-		srv.ChannelHandlers = map[string]ChannelHandler{
-			"session":      ChannelHandlerFunc(sessionHandler),
-			"direct-tcpip": ChannelHandlerFunc(directTcpipHandler),
+		srv.ChannelHandlers = map[string]ChannelHandler{}
+		for k, v := range DefaultChannelHandlers {
+			srv.ChannelHandlers[k] = v
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index 19ddda6..a6085f3 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ type Session interface {
 // when there is no signal channel specified
 const maxSigBufSize = 128
 
-func sessionHandler(srv *Server, conn *gossh.ServerConn, newChan gossh.NewChannel, ctx Context) {
+func DefaultSessionHandler(srv *Server, conn *gossh.ServerConn, newChan gossh.NewChannel, ctx Context) {
 	ch, reqs, err := newChan.Accept()
 	if err != nil {
 		// TODO: trigger event callback
diff --git a/session_test.go b/session_test.go
index 4396c5a..f47ff8a 100644
--- a/session_test.go
+++ b/session_test.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ func (srv *Server) serveOnce(l net.Listener) error {
 		return e
 	}
 	srv.ChannelHandlers = map[string]ChannelHandler{
-		"session":      ChannelHandlerFunc(sessionHandler),
-		"direct-tcpip": ChannelHandlerFunc(directTcpipHandler),
+		"session":      ChannelHandlerFunc(DefaultSessionHandler),
+		"direct-tcpip": ChannelHandlerFunc(DirectTCPIPHandler),
 	}
 	srv.handleConn(conn)
 	return nil
diff --git a/tcpip.go b/tcpip.go
index 4afbf2d..2a7f33d 100644
--- a/tcpip.go
+++ b/tcpip.go
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ type localForwardChannelData struct {
 	OriginPort uint32
 }
 
-func directTcpipHandler(srv *Server, conn *gossh.ServerConn, newChan gossh.NewChannel, ctx Context) {
+// DirectTCPIPHandler can be enabled by adding it to the server's
+// ChannelHandlers under direct-tcpip.
+func DirectTCPIPHandler(srv *Server, conn *gossh.ServerConn, newChan gossh.NewChannel, ctx Context) {
 	d := localForwardChannelData{}
 	if err := gossh.Unmarshal(newChan.ExtraData(), &d); err != nil {
 		newChan.Reject(gossh.ConnectionFailed, "error parsing forward data: "+err.Error())
@@ -84,12 +86,15 @@ type remoteForwardChannelData struct {
 	OriginPort uint32
 }
 
-type forwardedTCPHandler struct {
+// ForwardedTCPHandler can be enabled by creating a ForwardedTCPHandler and
+// adding it to the server's RequestHandlers under tcpip-forward and
+// cancel-tcpip-forward.
+type ForwardedTCPHandler struct {
 	forwards map[string]net.Listener
 	sync.Mutex
 }
 
-func (h forwardedTCPHandler) HandleSSHRequest(ctx Context, srv *Server, req *gossh.Request) (bool, []byte) {
+func (h ForwardedTCPHandler) HandleSSHRequest(ctx Context, srv *Server, req *gossh.Request) (bool, []byte) {
 	h.Lock()
 	if h.forwards == nil {
 		h.forwards = make(map[string]net.Listener)