diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/Makefile b/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/Makefile
index 8c7140390..2affde029 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/Makefile
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as
 #     Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
 # EPICS BASE is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
-# in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution. 
+# in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
 #*************************************************************************
 
 # This is a Makefile fragment, see src/ioc/Makefile.
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SRC_DIRS += $(IOCDIR)/misc
 
 DBD += system.dbd
 DBD += dlload.dbd
+DBD += afterInit.dbd
 DBD += dbCore.dbd
 
 INC += epicsRelease.h
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ dbCore_SRCS += iocInit.c
 dbCore_SRCS += miscIocRegister.c
 dbCore_SRCS += dlload.c
 dbCore_SRCS += iocshRegisterCommon.c
+dbCore_SRCS += afterInit.c
 dbCore_SRCS += registerAllRecordDeviceDrivers.cpp
 
 miscIocRegister_CFLAGS_iOS = -DSYSTEM_UNAVAILABLE
diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/afterInit.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/afterInit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb634bfda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/afterInit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2020 Dirk Zimoch */
+/* Copyright (C) 2020-2023 European Spallation Source, ERIC */
+
+#include <dbAccess.h>
+#include <epicsExport.h>
+#include <epicsStdio.h>
+#include <epicsString.h>
+#include <errlog.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <initHooks.h>
+#include <iocsh.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+struct cmditem {
+  struct cmditem *next;
+  char *cmd;
+};
+
+struct cmditem *cmdlist, **cmdlast = &cmdlist;
+
+void afterInitHook(initHookState state) {
+  if (state != initHookAfterIocRunning) return;
+
+  struct cmditem *item = cmdlist;
+  struct cmditem *next = NULL;
+  while (item) {
+    printf("%s\n", item->cmd);
+    if (iocshCmd(item->cmd)) {
+      errlogPrintf("afterInit: Command '%s' failed to run\n", item->cmd);
+    };
+    next = item->next;
+    free(item->cmd);
+    free(item);
+    item = next;
+  }
+}
+
+static struct cmditem *newItem(char *cmd) {
+  struct cmditem *item;
+  item = malloc(sizeof(struct cmditem));
+  if (item == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  item->cmd = epicsStrDup(cmd);
+  item->next = NULL;
+
+  *cmdlast = item;
+  cmdlast = &item->next;
+  return item;
+}
+
+static const iocshFuncDef afterInitDef = {
+    "afterInit", 1,
+    (const iocshArg *[]){
+        &(iocshArg){"commandline", iocshArgString},
+    }};
+
+static void afterInitFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args) {
+  static int first_time = 1;
+  char *cmd;
+
+  if (first_time) {
+    first_time = 0;
+    initHookRegister(afterInitHook);
+  }
+  if (interruptAccept) {
+    errlogPrintf("afterInit can only be used before iocInit\n");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  cmd = args[0].sval;
+  if (!cmd || !cmd[0]) {
+    errlogPrintf("Usage: afterInit \"command\"\n");
+    return;
+  }
+  struct cmditem *item = newItem(cmd);
+
+  if (!item)
+    errlogPrintf("afterInit: error adding command %s; %s", cmd,
+                 strerror(errno));
+}
+
+static void afterInitRegister(void) {
+  static int firstTime = 1;
+  if (firstTime) {
+    firstTime = 0;
+    iocshRegister(&afterInitDef, afterInitFunc);
+  }
+}
+epicsExportRegistrar(afterInitRegister);
diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/afterInit.dbd b/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/afterInit.dbd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27957a4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/afterInit.dbd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+registrar(afterInitRegister)
diff --git a/modules/database/src/std/softIoc/Makefile b/modules/database/src/std/softIoc/Makefile
index 35ef6cb34..b30a6d602 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/std/softIoc/Makefile
+++ b/modules/database/src/std/softIoc/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ DBD += softIoc.dbd
 
 softIoc_DBD += base.dbd
 softIoc_DBD += dlload.dbd
+softIoc_DBD += afterInit.dbd
 softIoc_DBD += system.dbd
 
 softIoc_SRCS += softIoc_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp
@@ -29,4 +30,3 @@ softIoc_LIBS = $(EPICS_BASE_IOC_LIBS)
 DB += softIocExit.db
 
 CLEANS += epicsInstallDir.h
-