diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 442d431..494bad5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Released 2.4.17 2014-xx-xx
 Changes since 2.4.16:
 
 Lib/
-* 
+* New hook syncrepl_refreshdone() in ldap.syncrepl.SyncReplConsumer
+  (thanks to Petr Spacek)
 
 Modules/
 * Added support for getting file descriptor of connection
@@ -1122,4 +1123,4 @@ Released 2.0.0pre02 2002-02-01
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 Released 1.10alpha3 2000-09-19
 
-$Id: CHANGES,v 1.326 2014/09/12 12:02:21 stroeder Exp $
+$Id: CHANGES,v 1.327 2014/09/25 16:31:00 stroeder Exp $
diff --git a/Demo/pyasn1/syncrepl.py b/Demo/pyasn1/syncrepl.py
index cc9bdea..c1185e6 100644
--- a/Demo/pyasn1/syncrepl.py
+++ b/Demo/pyasn1/syncrepl.py
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ def syncrepl_present(self,uuids,refreshDeletes=False):
             for uuid in uuids:
                     self.__presentUUIDs[uuid] = True
 
+    def syncrepl_refreshdone(self):
+        print 'Initial synchronization is now done, persist phase begins'
+
     def perform_application_sync(self,dn,attributes,previous_attributes):
         print 'Performing application sync for:', dn
         return True
@@ -135,8 +138,8 @@ def commenceShutdown(signum, stack):
                        'X-BINDPW=password\' db.shelve'
     sys.exit(1)
 except ValueError,e:
-    print 'Error parsing command-line arguments:',str(e)
-    sys.exit(1)
+  print 'Error parsing command-line arguments:',str(e)
+  sys.exit(1)
 
 while watcher_running:
     print 'Connecting to LDAP server now...'
diff --git a/Lib/ldap/syncrepl.py b/Lib/ldap/syncrepl.py
index 1d79bef..928aef5 100644
--- a/Lib/ldap/syncrepl.py
+++ b/Lib/ldap/syncrepl.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 See http://www.python-ldap.org/ for project details.
 
-$Id: syncrepl.py,v 1.3 2012/08/09 07:18:31 stroeder Exp $
+$Id: syncrepl.py,v 1.4 2014/09/25 16:31:00 stroeder Exp $
 """
 
 #__all__ = [
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ def syncrepl_search(self, base, scope, mode='refreshOnly', cookie=None, **search
         self.__refreshDone = False
         return self.search_ext(base, scope, **search_args)
 
+    def _syncrepl_update_refreshdone(self, newvalue):
+        callback = newvalue and not self.__refreshDone
+        self.__refreshDone = newvalue
+        if callback:
+            self.syncrepl_refreshdone()
 
     def syncrepl_poll(self, msgid=-1, timeout=None, all=0):
         """
@@ -394,12 +399,12 @@ def syncrepl_poll(self, msgid=-1, timeout=None, all=0):
                         self.syncrepl_present(None, refreshDeletes=False)
                         if 'cookie' in sim.refreshPresent:
                             self.syncrepl_set_cookie(sim.refreshPresent['cookie'])
-                        self.__refreshDone=sim.refreshPresent['refreshDone']
+                        self._syncrepl_update_refreshdone(sim.refreshPresent['refreshDone'])
                     elif sim.refreshDelete is not None:
                         self.syncrepl_present(None, refreshDeletes=True)
                         if 'cookie' in sim.refreshDelete:
                             self.syncrepl_set_cookie(sim.refreshDelete['cookie'])
-                        self.__refreshDone=sim.refreshDelete['refreshDone']
+                        self._syncrepl_update_refreshdone(sim.refreshDelete['refreshDone'])
                     elif sim.syncIdSet is not None:
                         if sim.syncIdSet['refreshDeletes'] is True:
                             self.syncrepl_delete(sim.syncIdSet['syncUUIDs'])
@@ -467,3 +472,12 @@ def syncrepl_entry(self, dn, attrs, uuid):
 
         """
         pass
+
+    def syncrepl_refreshdone(self):
+        """
+        Called by syncrepl_poll() between refresh and persist phase.
+
+        It indicates that initial synchronization is done and persist phase
+        follows.
+        """
+        pass