diff --git a/storm-core/src/clj/backtype/storm/daemon/drpc.clj b/storm-core/src/clj/backtype/storm/daemon/drpc.clj
index f6c907385..9f4c2b4ca 100644
--- a/storm-core/src/clj/backtype/storm/daemon/drpc.clj
+++ b/storm-core/src/clj/backtype/storm/daemon/drpc.clj
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
   (:import [backtype.storm.daemon Shutdownable])
   (:import [java.net InetAddress])
   (:use [backtype.storm bootstrap config log])
+  (:use compojure.core)
+  (:use ring.middleware.reload)
+  (:use [ring.adapter.jetty :only [run-jetty]])
   (:gen-class))
 
 (bootstrap)
@@ -97,35 +100,63 @@
         (.interrupt clear-thread))
       )))
 
+(defn handle-request [handler]
+  (fn [request]
+    (handler request)))
+
+(defn webapp [handler]
+  (->(def http-routes
+      (routes
+        (GET "/drpc/:func/:args" [func args & m]
+          (.execute handler func args))
+        (GET "/drpc/:func/" [func & m]
+          (.execute handler func ""))
+        (GET "/drpc/:func" [func & m]
+          (.execute handler func ""))))
+    (wrap-reload '[backtype.storm.daemon.drpc])
+    handle-request))
+
 (defn launch-server!
   ([]
     (let [conf (read-storm-config)
-          worker-threads (int (conf DRPC-WORKER-THREADS))
+          worker-threads (int (conf DRPC-WORKER-THREADS))
           queue-size (int (conf DRPC-QUEUE-SIZE))
-          service-handler (service-handler)
+          drpc-http-port (if (conf DRPC-HTTP-PORT) (int (conf DRPC-HTTP-PORT)) 0)
+          drpc-port (int (conf DRPC-PORT))
+          drpc-service-handler (service-handler)
           ;; requests and returns need to be on separate thread pools, since calls to
           ;; "execute" don't unblock until other thrift methods are called. So if 
           ;; 64 threads are calling execute, the server won't accept the result
           ;; invocations that will unblock those threads
-          handler-server (THsHaServer. (-> (TNonblockingServerSocket. (int (conf DRPC-PORT)))
+          handler-server (when (> drpc-port 0)
+                           (THsHaServer. (-> (TNonblockingServerSocket. drpc-port)
                                              (THsHaServer$Args.)
                                              (.workerThreads 64)
-                                             (.executorService (ThreadPoolExecutor. worker-threads worker-threads 
+                                             (.executorService (ThreadPoolExecutor. worker-threads worker-threads 
                                                                  60 TimeUnit/SECONDS (ArrayBlockingQueue. queue-size)))
                                              (.protocolFactory (TBinaryProtocol$Factory.))
-                                             (.processor (DistributedRPC$Processor. service-handler))
+                                             (.processor (DistributedRPC$Processor. drpc-service-handler))
                                              ))
+                           )
           invoke-server (THsHaServer. (-> (TNonblockingServerSocket. (int (conf DRPC-INVOCATIONS-PORT)))
                                              (THsHaServer$Args.)
                                              (.workerThreads 64)
                                              (.protocolFactory (TBinaryProtocol$Factory.))
-                                             (.processor (DistributedRPCInvocations$Processor. service-handler))
+                                             (.processor (DistributedRPCInvocations$Processor. drpc-service-handler))
                                              ))]
-      
-      (.addShutdownHook (Runtime/getRuntime) (Thread. (fn [] (.stop handler-server) (.stop invoke-server))))
+      (.addShutdownHook (Runtime/getRuntime) (Thread. (fn []
+                                                        (if handler-server (.stop handler-server))
+                                                        (.stop invoke-server))))
       (log-message "Starting Distributed RPC servers...")
       (future (.serve invoke-server))
-      (.serve handler-server))))
+      (when (> drpc-http-port 0)
+        (run-jetty (webapp drpc-service-handler)
+            {:port drpc-http-port :join? false})
+        )
+      (when handler-server
+        (.serve handler-server)
+        )
+      )))
 
 (defn -main []
   (launch-server!))
diff --git a/storm-core/src/jvm/backtype/storm/Config.java b/storm-core/src/jvm/backtype/storm/Config.java
index 89e17d27e..f8ba198b2 100644
--- a/storm-core/src/jvm/backtype/storm/Config.java
+++ b/storm-core/src/jvm/backtype/storm/Config.java
@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ public class Config extends HashMap<String, Object> {
     public static final String DRPC_SERVERS = "drpc.servers";
     public static final Object DRPC_SERVERS_SCHEMA = ConfigValidation.StringsValidator;
 
+    /**
+     * This port is used by Storm DRPC for receiving HTTP DPRC requests from clients.
+     */
+    public static final String DRPC_HTTP_PORT = "drpc.http.port";
+    public static final Object DRPC_HTTP_PORT_SCHEMA = Number.class;
+
     /**
      * This port is used by Storm DRPC for receiving DPRC requests from clients.
      */