diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index a39f8ee4..43e80f24 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -760,6 +760,23 @@ Return value: `true` if data has been sent, `false` otherwise
 
 Usage example: see [examples/multi-threaded](https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/tree/master/examples/multi-threaded).
 
+### mg\_hello()
+
+```c
+void mg_hello(const char *url);
+```
+
+A convenience function that starts a simple web server on a given listening
+URL. This function does not return until a "/quit" request is received. A
+server handles the following URIs:
+
+- `/quit` - quit the server, and exit the function
+- `/debug` - set debug level, expect `{"level": 3}` as a POST payload
+- For all other URIs, `hi` is returned as a response
+
+Parameters:
+- `url` - a listening URL, for example `http://0.0.0.0:8000`
+
 
 ## HTTP
 
diff --git a/mongoose.c b/mongoose.c
index 845355bc..49a70a21 100644
--- a/mongoose.c
+++ b/mongoose.c
@@ -3488,6 +3488,34 @@ struct mg_timer *mg_timer_add(struct mg_mgr *mgr, uint64_t milliseconds,
   return t;
 }
 
+static void mg_hfn(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data, void *fnd) {
+  if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_MSG) {
+    struct mg_http_message *hm = (struct mg_http_message *) ev_data;
+    if (mg_http_match_uri(hm, "/quit")) {
+      mg_http_reply(c, 200, "", "ok\n");
+      c->is_draining = 1;
+      c->label[0] = 'X';
+    } else if (mg_http_match_uri(hm, "/debug")) {
+      int level = (int) mg_json_get_long(hm->body, "$.level", MG_LL_DEBUG);
+      mg_log_set(level);
+      mg_http_reply(c, 200, "", "Debug level set to %d\n", level);
+    } else {
+      mg_http_reply(c, 200, "", "hi\n");
+    }
+  } else if (ev == MG_EV_CLOSE) {
+    if (c->label[0] == 'X') *(bool *) fnd = true;
+  }
+}
+
+void mg_hello(const char *url) {
+  struct mg_mgr mgr;
+  bool done = false;
+  mg_mgr_init(&mgr);
+  if (mg_http_listen(&mgr, url, mg_hfn, &done) == NULL) done = true;
+  while (done == false) mg_mgr_poll(&mgr, 100);
+  mg_mgr_free(&mgr);
+}
+
 void mg_mgr_free(struct mg_mgr *mgr) {
   struct mg_connection *c;
   struct mg_timer *tmp, *t = mgr->timers;
diff --git a/mongoose.h b/mongoose.h
index 699beddb..45431248 100644
--- a/mongoose.h
+++ b/mongoose.h
@@ -1103,6 +1103,7 @@ char *mg_straddr(struct mg_addr *, char *, size_t);
 bool mg_aton(struct mg_str str, struct mg_addr *addr);
 char *mg_ntoa(const struct mg_addr *addr, char *buf, size_t len);
 int mg_mkpipe(struct mg_mgr *, mg_event_handler_t, void *, bool udp);
+void mg_hello(const char *url);
 
 // These functions are used to integrate with custom network stacks
 struct mg_connection *mg_alloc_conn(struct mg_mgr *);
diff --git a/src/net.c b/src/net.c
index c0a9e5fe..b8dcb286 100644
--- a/src/net.c
+++ b/src/net.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#include "net.h"
 #include "dns.h"
 #include "fmt.h"
 #include "log.h"
+#include "net.h"
 #include "timer.h"
 #include "tls.h"
 
@@ -230,6 +230,34 @@ struct mg_timer *mg_timer_add(struct mg_mgr *mgr, uint64_t milliseconds,
   return t;
 }
 
+static void mg_hfn(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data, void *fnd) {
+  if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_MSG) {
+    struct mg_http_message *hm = (struct mg_http_message *) ev_data;
+    if (mg_http_match_uri(hm, "/quit")) {
+      mg_http_reply(c, 200, "", "ok\n");
+      c->is_draining = 1;
+      c->label[0] = 'X';
+    } else if (mg_http_match_uri(hm, "/debug")) {
+      int level = (int) mg_json_get_long(hm->body, "$.level", MG_LL_DEBUG);
+      mg_log_set(level);
+      mg_http_reply(c, 200, "", "Debug level set to %d\n", level);
+    } else {
+      mg_http_reply(c, 200, "", "hi\n");
+    }
+  } else if (ev == MG_EV_CLOSE) {
+    if (c->label[0] == 'X') *(bool *) fnd = true;
+  }
+}
+
+void mg_hello(const char *url) {
+  struct mg_mgr mgr;
+  bool done = false;
+  mg_mgr_init(&mgr);
+  if (mg_http_listen(&mgr, url, mg_hfn, &done) == NULL) done = true;
+  while (done == false) mg_mgr_poll(&mgr, 100);
+  mg_mgr_free(&mgr);
+}
+
 void mg_mgr_free(struct mg_mgr *mgr) {
   struct mg_connection *c;
   struct mg_timer *tmp, *t = mgr->timers;
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index b01b0fbf..d58a6f5e 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ char *mg_straddr(struct mg_addr *, char *, size_t);
 bool mg_aton(struct mg_str str, struct mg_addr *addr);
 char *mg_ntoa(const struct mg_addr *addr, char *buf, size_t len);
 int mg_mkpipe(struct mg_mgr *, mg_event_handler_t, void *, bool udp);
+void mg_hello(const char *url);
 
 // These functions are used to integrate with custom network stacks
 struct mg_connection *mg_alloc_conn(struct mg_mgr *);