diff --git a/packages/spiderable/package.js b/packages/spiderable/package.js
index 7d4236ed52..939ffac0bc 100644
--- a/packages/spiderable/package.js
+++ b/packages/spiderable/package.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Makes the application crawlable to web spiders",
-  version: "1.0.7"
+  version: "1.0.8"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
   api.use('webapp', 'server');
+  api.use(['ddp'], 'client');
+  api.use(['callback-hook'], 'client');
   api.use(['templating'], 'client');
   api.use(['underscore'], ['client', 'server']);
 
@@ -20,5 +22,6 @@ Package.onUse(function (api) {
 
 Package.onTest(function (api) {
   api.use(['spiderable', 'tinytest']);
-  api.addFiles('spiderable_tests.js', 'server');
+  api.addFiles('spiderable_client_tests.js', 'client');
+  api.addFiles('spiderable_server_tests.js', 'server');
 });
diff --git a/packages/spiderable/phantom_script.js b/packages/spiderable/phantom_script.js
index 13ebed89df..733807d3a5 100644
--- a/packages/spiderable/phantom_script.js
+++ b/packages/spiderable/phantom_script.js
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ var isReady = function () {
     }
     if (typeof Package === 'undefined'
         || Package.spiderable === undefined
-        || Package.spiderable.Spiderable === undefined
-        || !Package.spiderable.Spiderable._initialSubscriptionsStarted) {
+        || Package.spiderable.Spiderable === undefined) {
       return false;
     }
-    Tracker.flush();
-    return DDP._allSubscriptionsReady();
+    return Package.spiderable.Spiderable.isReady();
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/spiderable/spiderable_client.js b/packages/spiderable/spiderable_client.js
index f3100c85b4..138aa49b4b 100644
--- a/packages/spiderable/spiderable_client.js
+++ b/packages/spiderable/spiderable_client.js
@@ -17,14 +17,50 @@
 
 Spiderable._initialSubscriptionsStarted = false;
 
+Spiderable._onReadyHook = new Hook({
+  debugPrintExceptions: "Spiderable.addReadyCondition callback"
+});
+
+// register a new onReady hook for validation
+Spiderable.addReadyCondition = function (fn) {
+  return Spiderable._onReadyHook.register(fn);
+};
+
+//
+// register default hooks
+
+// top level code ready
+Spiderable.addReadyCondition(function () {
+  // subs & top level code (startup) completed
+  return Spiderable._initialSubscriptionsStarted;
+})
 var startupCallbacksDone = function () {
   Spiderable._initialSubscriptionsStarted = true;
 };
-
 // This extra indirection is how we get called last
 var topLevelCodeDone = function () {
   // We'd like to use Meteor.startup here I think, but docs/behaviour of that is wrong
   Meteor._setImmediate(function () { startupCallbacksDone(); });
 };
-
 Meteor.startup(function () { topLevelCodeDone(); });
+
+// all ddp subs ready
+Spiderable.addReadyCondition(function () {
+  Tracker.flush();
+  return DDP._allSubscriptionsReady();
+})
+
+// run all hooks and return true if they all pass
+Spiderable.isReady = function () {
+  var isReady = true;
+  Spiderable._onReadyHook.each(function (callback) {
+    if (callback()) {
+      return true; // next callback
+    } else {
+      isReady = false;
+      return false; // stop immediately
+    }
+  });
+  return isReady;
+};
+
diff --git a/packages/spiderable/spiderable_client_tests.js b/packages/spiderable/spiderable_client_tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c46c591ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/spiderable/spiderable_client_tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+Tinytest.add("spiderable - default hooks registered", function (test, expect) {
+  test.equal(
+    _.keys(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks).length,
+    2
+  );
+});
+
+Tinytest.add("spiderable - is not ready while initial subscriptions aren't started", function (test, expect) {
+  var original = Spiderable._initialSubscriptionsStarted;
+
+  Spiderable._initialSubscriptionsStarted = false;
+  test.isFalse(Spiderable.isReady());
+
+  Spiderable._initialSubscriptionsStarted = original;
+});
+
+Tinytest.add("spiderable - is not ready while DDP Subscriptions aren't ready", function (test, expect) {
+  var original = DDP._allSubscriptionsReady;
+
+  Spiderable._initialSubscriptionsStarted = true;
+  DDP._allSubscriptionsReady = function () { return false; };
+
+  test.isFalse(Spiderable.isReady());
+
+  // restore original
+  DDP._allSubscriptionsReady = original;
+});
+
+Tinytest.add("spiderable - default hooks can ready", function (test, expect) {
+  var original = DDP._allSubscriptionsReady;
+
+  Spiderable._initialSubscriptionsStarted = true;
+  DDP._allSubscriptionsReady = function () { return true; };
+
+  test.isTrue(Spiderable.isReady());
+
+  // restore original
+  DDP._allSubscriptionsReady = original;
+});
+
+Tinytest.add("spiderable - is not ready with a custom hook", function (test, expect) {
+  var callbacks = {}
+  test.equal(
+    _.keys(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks).length,
+    2
+  );
+
+  //clear all/default callbacks
+  _.each(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks, function (value,key,list) {
+    callbacks[key] = value;
+    delete list[key];
+  });
+  test.equal(
+    _.keys(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks).length,
+    0
+  );
+
+
+  // actually test not ready
+  Spiderable.addReadyCondition(function () { return false; });
+  test.isFalse(Spiderable.isReady());
+
+
+  // clear new callback
+  _.each(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks, function (value,key,list) {
+    delete list[key];
+  });
+  test.equal(
+    _.keys(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks).length,
+    0
+  );
+
+  // restore callbacks
+  _.each(callbacks, function (value,key,list) {
+    Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks[key] = value;
+  });
+  test.equal(
+    _.keys(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks).length,
+    2
+  );
+});
+
+Tinytest.add("spiderable - is ready with a custom hook", function (test, expect) {
+  var callbacks = {}
+  test.equal(
+    _.keys(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks).length,
+    2
+  );
+
+  //clear all callbacks
+  _.each(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks, function (value,key,list) {
+    callbacks[key] = value;
+    delete list[key];
+  });
+  test.equal(
+    _.keys(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks).length,
+    0
+  );
+
+
+  // actually test ready
+  Spiderable.addReadyCondition(function () { return true; });
+  test.isTrue(Spiderable.isReady());
+
+
+  // clear new callback
+  _.each(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks, function (value,key,list) {
+    delete list[key];
+  });
+  test.equal(
+    _.keys(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks).length,
+    0
+  );
+
+  // restore callbacks
+  _.each(callbacks, function (value,key,list) {
+    Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks[key] = value;
+  });
+  test.equal(
+    _.keys(Spiderable._onReadyHook.callbacks).length,
+    2
+  );
+});
diff --git a/packages/spiderable/spiderable_tests.js b/packages/spiderable/spiderable_server_tests.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/spiderable/spiderable_tests.js
rename to packages/spiderable/spiderable_server_tests.js