diff --git a/lib/less/parse-tree.js b/lib/less/parse-tree.js
index 1ae303ff..b7531b81 100644
--- a/lib/less/parse-tree.js
+++ b/lib/less/parse-tree.js
@@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ ParseTree.prototype.toCSS = function(options) {
         throw new LessError(e, this.imports);
     }
 
-    if (options.compress) {
-        return css.replace(/(^(\s)+)|((\s)+$)/g, "");
-    } else {
-        return css;
+    if (options.plugins) {
+        var postProcessors = options.plugins.getPostProcessors();
+        for(var i = 0; i < postProcessors.length; i++) {
+            // TODO - pass source maps
+            // TODO - async
+            css = postProcessors.process(css);
+        }
     }
+    return css;
 };
 return ParseTree;
 };
diff --git a/lib/less/plugin-manager.js b/lib/less/plugin-manager.js
index c4be752f..38bdb965 100644
--- a/lib/less/plugin-manager.js
+++ b/lib/less/plugin-manager.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 var PluginManager = function(less) {
     this.less = less;
     this.visitors = [];
+    this.postProcessors = [];
 };
 PluginManager.prototype.addPlugin = function(plugin) {
     plugin.install(this.less, this);
@@ -11,6 +12,27 @@ PluginManager.prototype.addPlugin = function(plugin) {
 PluginManager.prototype.addVisitor = function(visitor) {
     this.visitors.push(visitor);
 };
+/**
+ * Adds a post processor object
+ * @param {object} postProcessor
+ * @param {number} priority - guidelines 1 = before compression, 1000 = compression, 2000 = after compression
+ */
+PluginManager.prototype.addPostProcessor = function(postProcessor, priority) {
+    var indexToInsertAt;
+    for(indexToInsertAt = 0; indexToInsertAt < this.postProcessors.length; indexToInsertAt++) {
+        if (this.postProcessors[indexToInsertAt].priority >= priority) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    this.postProcessors.splice(indexToInsertAt, 0, {postProcessor: postProcessor, priority: priority});
+};
+PluginManager.prototype.getPostProcessors = function() {
+    var postProcessors = [];
+    for(var i = 0; i < this.postProcessors.length; i++) {
+        postProcessors.push(this.postProcessors[i].postProcessor);
+    }
+    return postProcessors;
+};
 PluginManager.prototype.getVisitors = function() {
     return this.visitors;
 };
diff --git a/lib/less/render.js b/lib/less/render.js
index 16912075..dde6eb84 100644
--- a/lib/less/render.js
+++ b/lib/less/render.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ var PromiseConstructor = typeof Promise === 'undefined' ? require('promise') : P
     getImportManager = require("./imports"),
     Parser = require('./parser/parser');
 
-var render = function(environment) {
+module.exports = function(environment) {
     var ParseTree = require("./parse-tree")(environment);
-    return function (input, options, callback) {
+    var render = function (input, options, callback) {
         options = options || {};
 
         if (typeof(options) === 'function') {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var render = function(environment) {
         }
 
         if (callback) {
-            render(input.options)
+            render(input, options)
                 .then(function(css) {
                     callback(null, css);
                 },
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ var render = function(environment) {
                     if (e) { return reject(e); }
                     try {
                         var parseTree = new ParseTree(root, imports);
-                        resolve(parseTree.toCSS(options));
+                        var css = parseTree.toCSS(options);
+                        resolve(css);
                     }
                     catch (err) { reject( err); }
                 }, options);
             });
         }
     };
+    return render;
 };
-module.exports = render;