diff --git a/library/Director/Core/CoreApi.php b/library/Director/Core/CoreApi.php
index c12296654..10c527dfa 100644
--- a/library/Director/Core/CoreApi.php
+++ b/library/Director/Core/CoreApi.php
@@ -845,17 +845,19 @@ public function dumpConfig(IcingaConfig $config, Db $db, $packageName = null)
             // 'username'       => Util::getUsername(),
             // 'module_name'    => $moduleName,
         ));
+        $files = $config->getFileContents();
 
         /** @var DeploymentHook[] $hooks */
         $hooks = Hook::all('director/Deployment');
         foreach ($hooks as $hook) {
             $hook->beforeDeploy($deployment);
+            $files = $hook->beforeDump($files);
         }
 
         $this->assertPackageExists($packageName);
 
         $response = $this->client()->post('config/stages/' . \rawurlencode($packageName), [
-            'files' => $config->getFileContents()
+            'files' => $files
         ]);
 
         $duration = (int) ((microtime(true) - $start) * 1000);
diff --git a/library/Director/Hook/BeforeStoreIcingaObjectHook.php b/library/Director/Hook/BeforeStoreIcingaObjectHook.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04d19ce60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Director/Hook/BeforeStoreIcingaObjectHook.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Director\Hook;
+
+abstract class BeforeStoreIcingaObjectHook
+{
+    /**
+     * The method manipulates the IcingaObject
+     *
+     * @param $object
+     */
+    public static function manipulateIcingaObject($object){
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/library/Director/Hook/DeploymentHook.php b/library/Director/Hook/DeploymentHook.php
index c8a834bb3..c1132ab47 100644
--- a/library/Director/Hook/DeploymentHook.php
+++ b/library/Director/Hook/DeploymentHook.php
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ public function beforeDeploy(DirectorDeploymentLog $deployment)
     {
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * Please override this method if you want to change the deployed files before writing them to disk
+     *
+     * @param $files
+     * @return array with $files
+     */
+    public function beforeDump($files){
+        return $files;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Please override this method if you want to trigger custom actions
      * on a successful dump of the Icinga configuration
diff --git a/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObject.php b/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObject.php
index 869ac2cde..c1f9e3f0f 100644
--- a/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObject.php
+++ b/library/Director/Objects/IcingaObject.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Icinga\Module\Director\CustomVariable\CustomVariables;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\Data\Db\DbDataFormatter;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\Data\Db\DbObjectTypeRegistry;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Hook\BeforeStoreIcingaObjectHook;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\IcingaConfig\AssignRenderer;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\Data\Db\DbObject;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\Db\Cache\PrefetchCache;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 use Icinga\Module\Director\IcingaConfig\IcingaConfigHelper as c;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\IcingaConfig\IcingaLegacyConfigHelper as c1;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\Repository\IcingaTemplateRepository;
+use Icinga\Web\Hook;
 use LogicException;
 use RuntimeException;
 
@@ -1560,6 +1562,12 @@ protected function storeRelatedObjects()
      */
     protected function beforeStore()
     {
+        /** @var BeforeStoreIcingaObjectHook[] $hooks */
+        $hooks = Hook::all('director/BeforeStoreIcingaObject');
+        foreach ($hooks as $hook) {
+            $hook::manipulateIcingaObject($this);
+        }
+
         $this->resolveUnresolvedRelatedProperties();
         if ($this->gotImports()) {
             $this->imports()->getObjects();