diff --git a/src/openocd.c b/src/openocd.c
index b6b217df3cef91cd3b75a1bb7a6641ed8f394069..5439ece08c91f83fdf682566ea260355f8e97add 100644
--- a/src/openocd.c
+++ b/src/openocd.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ int handle_init_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **arg
 	/* initialize telnet subsystem */
 	telnet_init("Open On-Chip Debugger");
 	gdb_init();
+	tcl_init(); /* allows tcl to just connect without going thru telnet */
 
 	return ERROR_OK;
 }
@@ -641,6 +642,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	server_register_commands(cmd_ctx);
 	telnet_register_commands(cmd_ctx);
 	gdb_register_commands(cmd_ctx);
+	tcl_register_commands(cmd_ctx); /* tcl server commands */
 	log_register_commands(cmd_ctx);
 	jtag_register_commands(cmd_ctx);
 	interpreter_register_commands(cmd_ctx);
diff --git a/src/server/Makefile.am b/src/server/Makefile.am
index 77256093ae3e4a7d3cc420b5fd75710f46b93763..63bcc04300796379b8d41a200c601c631bf2b047 100644
--- a/src/server/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/server/Makefile.am
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ METASOURCES = AUTO
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libserver.a
 noinst_HEADERS = server.h telnet_server.h gdb_server.h
 libserver_a_SOURCES = server.c telnet_server.c gdb_server.c
+
+# tcl server addons
+noinst_HEADERS += tcl_server.h
+libserver_a_SOURCES += tcl_server.c
diff --git a/src/server/tcl_server.c b/src/server/tcl_server.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b0073091e2dfb6a82ab61da65b0cdb3120d90dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/tcl_server.c
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2008                                                    *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "tcl_server.h"
+
+#include "../jim.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "command.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#define TCL_SERVER_VERSION     "TCL Server 0.1"
+#define TCL_MAX_LINE           (4096)
+
+typedef struct tcl_connection_s {
+       int tc_linedrop;
+       int tc_lineoffset;
+       char tc_line[TCL_MAX_LINE];
+
+       int tc_outerror; /* flag an output error */
+} tcl_connection_t;
+
+extern Jim_Interp *interp;
+static unsigned short tcl_port = 0;
+
+/* commands */
+static int handle_tcl_port_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc);
+
+/* handlers */
+static int tcl_new_connection(connection_t *connection);
+static int tcl_input(connection_t *connection);
+static int tcl_output(connection_t *connection, const void *buf, ssize_t len);
+static int tcl_closed(connection_t *connection);
+
+/* write data out to a socket.
+ *
+ * this is a blocking write, so the return value must equal the length, if
+ * that is not the case then flag the connection with an output error.
+ */
+int tcl_output(connection_t *connection, const void *data, ssize_t len)
+{
+       ssize_t wlen;
+       tcl_connection_t *tclc;
+
+       tclc = connection->priv;
+       if (tclc->tc_outerror)
+               return ERROR_SERVER_REMOTE_CLOSED;
+
+       wlen = write_socket(connection->fd, data, len);
+       if (wlen == len)
+               return ERROR_OK;
+
+       LOG_ERROR("error during write: %d != %d", wlen, len);
+       tclc->tc_outerror = 1;
+       return ERROR_SERVER_REMOTE_CLOSED;
+}
+
+
+/* connections */
+static int tcl_new_connection(connection_t *connection)
+{
+       int i;
+       tcl_connection_t *tclc;
+
+       tclc = malloc(sizeof(tcl_connection_t));
+       if (tclc == NULL)
+               return ERROR_CONNECTION_REJECTED;
+
+       memset(tclc, 0, sizeof(tcl_connection_t));
+       connection->priv = tclc;
+       return ERROR_OK;
+}
+
+static int tcl_input(connection_t *connection)
+{
+       int retval;
+       int i;
+       ssize_t rlen;
+       const char *result;
+       int reslen;
+       tcl_connection_t *tclc;
+       char in[256];
+
+       rlen = read_socket(connection->fd, &in, sizeof(in));
+       if (rlen <= 0) {
+               if (rlen < 0)
+                       LOG_ERROR("error during read: %s", strerror(errno));
+               return ERROR_SERVER_REMOTE_CLOSED;
+       }
+
+       tclc = connection->priv;
+       if (tclc == NULL)
+               return ERROR_CONNECTION_REJECTED;
+
+       /* push as much data into the line as possible */
+       for (i = 0; i < rlen; i++)
+       {
+               if (!isprint(in[i]) && !isspace(in[i]))
+               {
+                       /* drop this line */
+                       tclc->tc_linedrop = 1;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               /* buffer the data */
+               tclc->tc_line[tclc->tc_lineoffset] = in[i];
+               if (tclc->tc_lineoffset < TCL_MAX_LINE)
+                       tclc->tc_lineoffset++;
+               else
+                       tclc->tc_linedrop = 1;
+
+               if (in[i] != '\n')
+                       continue;
+
+               /* process the line */
+               if (tclc->tc_linedrop) {
+#define ESTR "line too long\n"
+                       retval = tcl_output(connection, ESTR, sizeof(ESTR));
+                       if (retval != ERROR_OK)
+                               return retval;
+#undef ESTR
+               } else {
+                       tclc->tc_line[tclc->tc_lineoffset-1] = '\0';
+                       retval = Jim_Eval(interp, tclc->tc_line);
+                       result = Jim_GetString(Jim_GetResult(interp), &reslen);
+                       retval = tcl_output(connection, result, reslen);
+                       if (retval != ERROR_OK)
+                               return retval;
+                       if (memchr(result, '\n', reslen) == NULL)
+                               tcl_output(connection, "\n", 1);
+               }
+               tclc->tc_lineoffset = 0;
+               tclc->tc_linedrop = 0;
+       }
+
+       return ERROR_OK;
+}
+
+static int tcl_closed(connection_t *connection)
+{
+       /* cleanup connection context */
+       if (connection->priv) {
+               free(connection->priv);
+               connection->priv = NULL;
+       }
+       return ERROR_OK;
+}
+
+int tcl_init(void)
+{
+       int retval;
+
+       if (tcl_port == 0)
+       {
+               LOG_WARNING("no tcl port specified, using default port 5555");
+               tcl_port = 5555;
+       }
+
+       retval = add_service("tcl", CONNECTION_TCL, tcl_port, 1, tcl_new_connection, tcl_input, tcl_closed, NULL);
+       return retval;
+}
+
+
+int tcl_register_commands(command_context_t *cmd_ctx)
+{
+       register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "tcl_port", handle_tcl_port_command, COMMAND_CONFIG, "");
+       return ERROR_OK;
+}
+
+static int handle_tcl_port_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc)
+{
+       if (argc == 1) {
+               tcl_port = strtoul(args[0], NULL, 0);
+       }
+       return ERROR_OK;
+}
diff --git a/src/server/tcl_server.h b/src/server/tcl_server.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7ce8f2fba7c5923a02d097a6e8c4ec9997a88f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/tcl_server.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2008                                                    *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _TCL_SERVER_H_
+#define _TCL_SERVER_H_
+
+#include "server.h"
+
+extern int tcl_init(void);
+extern int tcl_register_commands(command_context_t *cmd_ctx);
+
+#endif /* _TCL_SERVER_H_ */