diff --git a/mininet_deployer.py b/mininet_deployer.py
index 41bb9ce..6c276a2 100755
--- a/mininet_deployer.py
+++ b/mininet_deployer.py
@@ -243,9 +243,14 @@ def topo(topology):
         if verbose:         
             print "*** VSs Properties", vss_properties[i]
         i = i + 1
-    
+
+    # Cycle over all nodes and start grpc servers
+    if parser.path_grpc != "":
+        net.grpc_path = parser.path_grpc
+
     my_info = net.start()
     store_overall_info(my_info)
+
     if tf_version == 1:
         CLI(net)
         net.stop()
diff --git a/mininet_extensions.py b/mininet_extensions.py
index c788ea3..fc00210 100644
--- a/mininet_extensions.py
+++ b/mininet_extensions.py
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ def __init__(self, verbose=False):
         self.node_to_node = {}
         self.node_to_default_via = {}
         self.coex = {}
+
+        self.grpc_path = ""
         
 
         self.verbose = verbose
@@ -824,6 +826,15 @@ def start(self):
         vllcfg_file.write(json.dumps(vllcfg, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
         vllcfg_file.close()
 
+        if self.grpc_path != "":
+            all_nodes = self.cr_oshis + self.pe_oshis + self.ce_routers
+            start_server = ["python",self.grpc_path,"&"]
+            print "Starting grpc servers with %s" % start_server
+            for node in all_nodes: 
+                node_name = node.name
+                node.popen(start_server)
+                print "*** Starting grpc server on %s at %s" % (node_name, node.IP())
+
         mylog("*** Nodes are running sshd at the following addresses\n")
 
         for host in self.hosts: