diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/bunny/subscriber.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/bunny/subscriber.rb
index d4a1ebd..69419fd 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/bunny/subscriber.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/bunny/subscriber.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def auto_pop!
               :message_id => nil,
               :routing_key => delivery_info.routing_key,
               :queue => queue.name,
+              :middleware => route.middleware
             }
             env = ::ActionSubscriber::Middleware::Env.new(route.subscriber, encoded_payload, properties)
             enqueue_env(route.threadpool, env)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ def auto_subscribe!
               :message_id => properties.message_id,
               :routing_key => delivery_info.routing_key,
               :queue => queue.name,
+              :middleware => route.middleware
             }
             env = ::ActionSubscriber::Middleware::Env.new(route.subscriber, encoded_payload, properties)
             enqueue_env(route.threadpool, env)
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ def enqueue_env(threadpool, env)
         logger.info "RECEIVED #{env.message_id} from #{env.queue}"
         threadpool.async(env) do |env|
           ::ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument "process_event.action_subscriber", :subscriber => env.subscriber.to_s, :routing_key => env.routing_key, :queue => env.queue do
-            ::ActionSubscriber.config.middleware.call(env)
+            env.middleware.call(env)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/march_hare/subscriber.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/march_hare/subscriber.rb
index a6be0fd..c820ab9 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/march_hare/subscriber.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/march_hare/subscriber.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def auto_pop!
               :message_id => metadata.message_id,
               :routing_key => metadata.routing_key,
               :queue => queue.name,
+              :middleware => route.middleware
             }
             env = ::ActionSubscriber::Middleware::Env.new(route.subscriber, encoded_payload, properties)
             enqueue_env(route.threadpool, env)
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ def auto_subscribe!
               :message_id => metadata.message_id,
               :routing_key => metadata.routing_key,
               :queue => queue.name,
+              :middleware => route.middleware
             }
             env = ::ActionSubscriber::Middleware::Env.new(route.subscriber, encoded_payload, properties)
             enqueue_env(route.threadpool, env)
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ def enqueue_env(threadpool, env)
         logger.info "RECEIVED #{env.message_id} from #{env.queue}"
         threadpool.async(env) do |env|
           ::ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument "process_event.action_subscriber", :subscriber => env.subscriber.to_s, :routing_key => env.routing_key, :queue => env.queue do
-            ::ActionSubscriber.config.middleware.call(env)
+            env.middleware.call(env)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/middleware.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/middleware.rb
index 883762d..6c33c1f 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/middleware.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/middleware.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 require "action_subscriber/middleware/error_handler"
 require "action_subscriber/middleware/router"
 require "action_subscriber/middleware/runner"
+require "action_subscriber/middleware/stack"
 
 module ActionSubscriber
   module Middleware
     def self.initialize_stack
-      builder = ::Middleware::Builder.new(:runner_class => ::ActionSubscriber::Middleware::Runner)
+      builder = ::ActionSubscriber::Middleware::Stack.new(:runner_class => ::ActionSubscriber::Middleware::Runner)
 
       builder.use ErrorHandler
       builder.use Decoder
diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/env.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/env.rb
index bef420c..5528b6f 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/env.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/env.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ class Env
                   :message_id,
                   :routing_key,
                   :queue,
-                  :subscriber
+                  :subscriber,
+                  :middleware
 
       ##
       # @param subscriber [Class] the class that will handle this message
@@ -38,6 +39,16 @@ def initialize(subscriber, encoded_payload, properties)
         @queue = properties.fetch(:queue)
         @routing_key = properties.fetch(:routing_key)
         @subscriber = subscriber
+        @middleware = properties.fetch(:middleware) { ::ActionSubscriber.config.middleware.forked }
+      end
+
+      #allow env to be get/set from outside, like rack middleware allows
+      def [](key)
+        instance_variable_get(:"@#{key}")
+      end
+
+      def []=(key, value)
+        instance_variable_set(:"@#{key}", value)
       end
 
       def acknowledge
diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/stack.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/stack.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95a4a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/stack.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require 'middleware/builder'
+
+module ActionSubscriber
+  module Middleware
+    class Stack < ::Middleware::Builder
+      def forked
+        forked_stack = self.class.new(:runner_class => @runner_class)
+        forked_stack.instance_variable_set(:@stack, @stack.dup)
+        forked_stack
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/route.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/route.rb
index cf7cd05..8753b9d 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/route.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/route.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ module ActionSubscriber
   class Route
     attr_reader :acknowledgements,
                 :action,
-                :durable, 
+                :durable,
                 :exchange,
                 :prefetch,
                 :queue,
                 :routing_key,
                 :subscriber,
-                :threadpool
+                :threadpool,
+                :middleware
 
     def initialize(attributes)
       @acknowledgements = attributes.fetch(:acknowledgements)
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ def initialize(attributes)
       @routing_key = attributes.fetch(:routing_key)
       @subscriber = attributes.fetch(:subscriber)
       @threadpool = attributes.fetch(:threadpool) { ::ActionSubscriber::Threadpool.pool(:default) }
+      @middleware = attributes.fetch(:middleware) { ::ActionSubscriber.config.middleware.forked }
     end
 
     def acknowledgements?
@@ -29,5 +31,10 @@ def acknowledgements?
     def queue_subscription_options
       { :manual_ack => acknowledgements? }
     end
+
+    delegate :use, :to => :middleware
+    delegate :insert, :to => :middleware
+    delegate :insert_after, :to => :middleware
+    delegate :insert_before, :to => :middleware
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/router.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/router.rb
index ce4e540..5793e13 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/router.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/router.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module ActionSubscriber
   class Router
     def self.draw_routes(&block)
       router = self.new
+      ::ActiveSupport.run_load_hooks(:action_subscriber_routes, router)
       router.instance_eval(&block)
       router.routes
     end
@@ -39,11 +40,22 @@ def resource_name(route_settings)
       route_settings[:subscriber].name.underscore.gsub(/_subscriber/, "").to_s
     end
 
-    def route(subscriber, action, options = {})
+    def stack(name, &block)
+      stacks[name] ||= ::ActionSubscriber.config.middleware.forked.instance_eval(&block)
+    end
+
+    def stacks
+      @stacks ||= {}
+    end
+
+    def route(subscriber, action, options = {}, &block)
       route_settings = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.merge(options).merge(:subscriber => subscriber, :action => action)
       route_settings[:routing_key] ||= default_routing_key_for(route_settings)
       route_settings[:queue] ||= default_queue_for(route_settings)
-      routes << Route.new(route_settings)
+      route_settings[:middleware] = stacks[options[:stack]] if options.key?(:stack)
+      _route = Route.new(route_settings)
+      _route.instance_eval(&block) if block_given?
+      routes << _route
     end
 
     def routes
diff --git a/routing.md b/routing.md
index 246205a..a554692 100644
--- a/routing.md
+++ b/routing.md
@@ -38,9 +38,26 @@ The `route` method supports the following options:
 * `exchange` specify which exchange you expect messages to be published to (default `"events"`)
   * This is the equivalent of calling `exchange :actions` in your subscriber
 * `publisher` this will prefix your queue and routing key with the publishers name
-  * This is the equivalent of puting `publisher :foo` in your subscriber
+  * This is the equivalent of putting `publisher :foo` in your subscriber
 * `queue` specifies which queue you will subscribe to rather than letting ActionSubscriber infer it from the name of the subscriber and action
 * `routing_key` specifies the routing key that will be bound to your queue
+* `stack` Lets you use a custom middleware stack you already defined using the stack method
+
+## Middleware Stacks
+
+This give you the ability to build and apply a middleware stack on a per route basis.
+
+``` ruby
+::ActionSubscriber.draw_routes do
+  stack :resourceful do
+    use ParseResourcePayload
+    use LoadResource
+  end
+
+  default_routes_for ::UserSubscriber
+  route ::NotificationSubscriber, :created, :publisher => :newman, :exchange => :events, :stack => :resourceful
+end
+```
 
 <h3 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h3>
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/env_spec.rb b/spec/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/env_spec.rb
index 2bdcaa6..334fb8e 100644
--- a/spec/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/env_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/env_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
   specify { expect(subject.routing_key).to eq(properties[:routing_key]) }
   specify { expect(subject.queue).to eq(properties[:queue]) }
 
+  describe "#[]" do
+    it "gets instance variable" do
+      expect(subject[:action]).to eq :created
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#[]=" do
+    it "sets instance variable" do
+      subject[:whatever] = :something
+      expect(subject[:whatever]).to eq :something
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#acknowledge" do
     it "sends an acknowledgement to rabbitmq" do
       expect(channel).to receive(:ack).with(properties[:delivery_tag], false)
diff --git a/spec/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/stack_spec.rb b/spec/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/stack_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5417561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/action_subscriber/middleware/stack_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+describe ActionSubscriber::Middleware::Stack do
+  subject { ::ActionSubscriber::Middleware.initialize_stack }
+
+  context "#forked" do
+    let(:forked_stack) { subject.forked }
+
+    it "duplicates the stack without modifying original" do
+      class A; end;
+      forked_stack.use(A)
+      expect(forked_stack.instance_variable_get(:@stack).object_id).to_not eq subject.instance_variable_get(:@stack).object_id
+      expect(forked_stack.instance_variable_get(:@stack).map(&:first)).to include(A)
+      expect(subject.instance_variable_get(:@stack).map(&:first)).to_not include(A)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/action_subscriber/router_spec.rb b/spec/lib/action_subscriber/router_spec.rb
index 24eeee8..f8e013c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/action_subscriber/router_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/action_subscriber/router_spec.rb
@@ -139,4 +139,28 @@ def dim; end
     expect(routes.last.subscriber).to eq(SparkleSubscriber)
     expect(routes.last.queue).to eq("alice.tommy.sparkle.dim")
   end
+
+  it "can define a stack of middleware and use on a per route basis" do
+    class FakeMiddleware
+      def initialize(app)
+        @app = app
+      end
+
+      def call(env)
+        env
+      end
+    end
+
+    routes = described_class.draw_routes do
+      stack :fake_stack do
+        use FakeMiddleware
+      end
+
+      route FakeSubscriber, :foo, :stack => :fake_stack
+      route FakeSubscriber, :bar
+    end
+
+    expect(routes.first.middleware.instance_variable_get(:@stack).last.first).to eq(FakeMiddleware)
+    expect(routes.last.middleware.instance_variable_get(:@stack).last.first).to_not eq(FakeMiddleware)
+  end
 end