diff --git a/server/service.go b/server/service.go
index 78427a59e..123cbf74f 100644
--- a/server/service.go
+++ b/server/service.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
@@ -105,3 +106,9 @@ func (h ContextHandlerFunc) ServeHTTPContext(ctx context.Context, rw http.Respon
 type ContextHandler interface {
 	ServeHTTPContext(context.Context, http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
 }
+
+// GorillaService lets you define a gorilla configured
+// Router as the main service for SimpleServer
+type GorillaService interface {
+	Gorilla() *mux.Router
+}
diff --git a/server/simple_server.go b/server/simple_server.go
index 7adef2878..c8a80a058 100644
--- a/server/simple_server.go
+++ b/server/simple_server.go
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ func (s *SimpleServer) Register(svcI Service) error {
 		ss  SimpleService
 		cs  ContextService
 		mcs MixedContextService
+		gs  GorillaService
 	)
 
 	switch svc := svcI.(type) {
@@ -216,6 +217,8 @@ func (s *SimpleServer) Register(svcI Service) error {
 		cs = svc
 	case ContextService:
 		cs = svc
+	case GorillaService:
+		gs = svc
 	default:
 		return errors.New("services for SimpleServers must implement the SimpleService, JSONService or MixedService interfaces")
 	}
@@ -259,6 +262,11 @@ func (s *SimpleServer) Register(svcI Service) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if gs != nil {
+		s.mux = &GorillaRouter{gs.Gorilla()}
+		s.h = svcI.Middleware(s.mux)
+	}
+
 	RegisterProfiler(s.cfg, s.mux)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/server/simple_server_test.go b/server/simple_server_test.go
index 9f3ec559f..7986e7c2c 100644
--- a/server/simple_server_test.go
+++ b/server/simple_server_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
 
 type benchmarkContextService struct {
@@ -494,3 +496,35 @@ func TestNotFoundHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected response body to be \"\", got %q", gotBody)
 	}
 }
+
+type gorillaService struct {
+	mux *mux.Router
+}
+
+func (gs *gorillaService) Prefix() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (gs *gorillaService) Middleware(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return h
+}
+
+func (gs *gorillaService) Gorilla() *mux.Router {
+	return gs.mux
+}
+
+func TestGorillaService(t *testing.T) {
+	r := mux.NewRouter()
+	var called bool
+	r.HandleFunc("/svc", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		called = true
+	})
+	ss := NewSimpleServer(nil)
+	ss.Register(&gorillaService{mux: r})
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/svc", nil)
+	ss.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+	if !called {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected gorilla router to be called: %v", w.Result().Status)
+	}
+}