diff --git a/lib/sse.js b/lib/sse.js
index 44b0b3b..451b011 100644
--- a/lib/sse.js
+++ b/lib/sse.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ module.exports.Client = SSEClient;
 function SSE(httpServer, options) {
   options = new Options({
     path          : '/sse',
-    verifyRequest : null
+    verifyRequest : null,
+    verifyRequestPromise: null
   }).merge(options);
   this.server = httpServer;
   var oldListeners = this.server.listeners('request');
@@ -24,13 +25,30 @@ function SSE(httpServer, options) {
   this.server.on('request', function(req, res) {
     var u = url.parse(req.url);
     var pathname = u.pathname.replace(/^\/{2,}/, '/');
-    if (self.matchesPath(pathname, options.value.path) && (options.value.verifyRequest == null || options.value.verifyRequest(req))) {
-      self.handleRequest(req, res, u.query);
-    }
-    else {
-      for (var i = 0, l = oldListeners.length; i < l; ++i) {
-        oldListeners[i].call(self.server, req, res);
-      }
+    if (self.matchesPath(pathname, options.value.path)) {
+        if (options.value.verifyRequestPromise == null) {
+            if (options.value.verifyRequest == null || options.value.verifyRequest(req)) {
+               self.handleRequest(req, res, u.query);
+            } else {
+               for (var i = 0, l = oldListeners.length; i < l; ++i) {
+                  oldListeners[i].call(self.server, req, res);
+              }
+            }
+        } else {
+          options.value.verifyRequestPromise(req)
+          .then (function () {
+             self.handleRequest(req, res, u.query);
+          })
+          .catch (function (e) {
+            for (var i = 0, l = oldListeners.length; i < l; ++i) {
+              oldListeners[i].call(self.server, req, res);
+             }
+          });
+        }
+    } else {
+        for (var i = 0, l = oldListeners.length; i < l; ++i) {
+          oldListeners[i].call(self.server, req, res);
+        }       
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 627972f..e2f504f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "author": "Einar Otto Stangvik <einaros@gmail.com> (http://2x.io)",
-  "name": "sse",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
+  "name": "fastx-sse",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
   "keywords": [
     "real-time",
     "server-sent-events",
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   ],
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git://github.com/einaros/sse.js.git"
+    "url": "git://github.com/cintolas/sse.js.git"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.4.0"