diff --git a/platypush/__init__.py b/platypush/__init__.py
index 54f4769343..71fa36abb0 100644
--- a/platypush/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/__init__.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ from .bus import Bus
 from .config import Config
 from .context import register_backends
 from .event.processor import EventProcessor
-from .utils import get_or_load_plugin, get_module_and_name_from_action
 from .message.event import Event, StopEvent
 from .message.request import Request
 from .message.response import Response
+from .procedure import Procedure
 
 __author__ = 'Fabio Manganiello <blacklight86@gmail.com>'
 __version__ = '0.6'
@@ -75,9 +75,15 @@ class Daemon(object):
                 msg -- platypush.message.Message instance """
 
             if isinstance(msg, Request):
-                logging.info('Processing request: {}'.format(msg))
-                msg.execute(n_tries=self.n_tries)
+                if msg.action.startswith('procedure.'):
+                    logging.info('Executing procedure request: {}'.format(msg))
+                    proc_name = msg.action.split('.')[-1]
+                    proc_config = Config.get_procedures()[proc_name]
+                    msg = Procedure.build(name=proc_name, requests=proc_config, backend=msg.backend, id=msg.id)
+                else:
+                    logging.info('Processing request: {}'.format(msg))
 
+                msg.execute(n_tries=self.n_tries)
                 self.processed_requests += 1
                 if self.requests_to_process \
                         and self.processed_requests >= self.requests_to_process:
diff --git a/platypush/config/__init__.py b/platypush/config/__init__.py
index 66d3ae6a4d..6828ebee80 100644
--- a/platypush/config/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/config/__init__.py
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ class Config(object):
         if 'device_id' not in self._config:
             self._config['device_id'] = socket.gethostname()
 
+        self.backends = {}
+        self.plugins = {}
+        self.event_hooks = {}
+        self.procedures = {}
         self._init_components()
 
 
     def _init_components(self):
-        self.backends = {}
-        self.plugins = {}
-        self.event_hooks = {}
-
         for key in self._config.keys():
             if key.startswith('backend.'):
                 backend_name = '.'.join(key.split('.')[1:])
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ class Config(object):
             elif key.startswith('event.hook.'):
                 hook_name = '.'.join(key.split('.')[2:])
                 self.event_hooks[hook_name] = self._config[key]
+            elif key.startswith('procedure.'):
+                procedure_name = '.'.join(key.split('.')[1:])
+                self.procedures[procedure_name] = self._config[key]
             else:
                 self.plugins[key] = self._config[key]
 
@@ -98,6 +101,12 @@ class Config(object):
         if _default_config_instance is None: _default_config_instance = Config()
         return _default_config_instance.event_hooks
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_procedures():
+        global _default_config_instance
+        if _default_config_instance is None: _default_config_instance = Config()
+        return _default_config_instance.procedures
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_default_pusher_backend():
         """
diff --git a/platypush/message/request/__init__.py b/platypush/message/request/__init__.py
index cb92b0d002..0526cbcc45 100644
--- a/platypush/message/request/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/message/request/__init__.py
@@ -5,22 +5,21 @@ import traceback
 
 from threading import Thread
 
-from threading import Thread
-
 from platypush.message import Message
 from platypush.message.response import Response
-from platypush.utils import get_or_load_plugin, get_module_and_name_from_action
+from platypush.utils import get_or_load_plugin, get_module_and_method_from_action
 
 class Request(Message):
     """ Request message class """
 
-    def __init__(self, target, action, origin=None, id=None, args={}):
+    def __init__(self, target, action, origin=None, id=None, backend=None, args={}):
         """
         Params:
             target -- Target node [String]
             action -- Action to be executed (e.g. music.mpd.play) [String]
             origin -- Origin node [String]
                 id -- Message ID, or None to get it auto-generated
+           backend -- Backend connected to the request, where the response will be delivered
               args -- Additional arguments for the action [Dict]
         """
 
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ class Request(Message):
         self.action  = action
         self.origin  = origin
         self.args    = args
-        self.backend = None
+        self.backend = backend
 
     @classmethod
     def build(cls, msg):
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ class Request(Message):
             n_tries -- Number of tries in case of failure before raising a RuntimeError
         """
         def _thread_func(n_tries):
-            (module_name, method_name) = get_module_and_name_from_action(self.action)
+            (module_name, method_name) = get_module_and_method_from_action(self.action)
 
             plugin = get_or_load_plugin(module_name)
 
diff --git a/platypush/procedure/__init__.py b/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e2a6880bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import logging
+
+from ..config import Config
+from ..message.request import Request
+
+class Procedure(object):
+    """ Procedure class. A procedure is a pre-configured list of requests """
+
+    def __init__(self, name, requests, backend=None):
+        """
+        Params:
+            name     -- Procedure name
+            requests -- List of platylist.message.request.Request objects
+        """
+
+        self.name     = name
+        self.requests = requests
+        self.backend  = backend
+
+        for req in requests:
+            req.backend = self.backend
+
+    @classmethod
+    def build(cls, name, requests, backend=None, id=None, **kwargs):
+        reqs = []
+        for request_config in requests:
+            request_config['origin'] = Config.get('device_id')
+            request_config['id'] = id
+            if 'target' not in request_config:
+                request_config['target'] = request_config['origin']
+
+            request = Request.build(request_config)
+            reqs.append(request)
+
+        return cls(name=name, requests=reqs, backend=backend, **kwargs)
+
+    def execute(self, n_tries=1):
+        """
+        Execute the requests in the procedure
+        Params:
+            n_tries -- Number of tries in case of failure before raising a RuntimeError
+        """
+
+        logging.info('Executing request {}'.format(self.name))
+        for request in self.requests:
+            request.execute(n_tries)
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
+
diff --git a/platypush/utils/__init__.py b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
index 45683d8da1..5ec5849837 100644
--- a/platypush/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
@@ -35,14 +35,13 @@ def get_or_load_plugin(plugin_name, reload=False):
         plugin = plugin_class(**plugin_conf)
         modules[plugin_name] = plugin
     except AttributeError as e:
-        logging.warning('No such class in {}: {}'.format(
-            plugin_name, cls_name))
+        logging.warning('No such class in {}: {}'.format(plugin_name, cls_name))
         raise RuntimeError(e)
 
     return plugin
 
 
-def get_module_and_name_from_action(action):
+def get_module_and_method_from_action(action):
     """ Input  : action=music.mpd.play
         Output : ('music.mpd', 'play') """