diff --git a/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp b/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp
index 535113fd..a4e30448 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp
@@ -684,6 +684,11 @@ void DeviceHandlerBase::doGetWrite() {
 void DeviceHandlerBase::doSendRead() {
     ReturnValue_t result;
 
+    result = doSendReadHook();
+    if (result != RETURN_OK){
+        return;
+    }
+
     size_t replyLen = 0;
     if(cookieInfo.pendingCommand != deviceCommandMap.end()) {
         replyLen = getNextReplyLength(cookieInfo.pendingCommand->first);
@@ -950,6 +955,10 @@ void DeviceHandlerBase::commandSwitch(ReturnValue_t onOff) {
     }
 }
 
+ReturnValue_t DeviceHandlerBase::doSendReadHook() {
+    return RETURN_OK;
+}
+
 ReturnValue_t DeviceHandlerBase::getSwitches(const uint8_t **switches,
         uint8_t *numberOfSwitches) {
     return DeviceHandlerBase::NO_SWITCH;
diff --git a/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.h b/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.h
index 4bc54ac4..1de70ad5 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.h
@@ -1094,6 +1094,12 @@ protected:
      */
     void commandSwitch(ReturnValue_t onOff);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief   This function can be used to insert device specific code during the do-send-read
+     *          step.
+     */
+    virtual ReturnValue_t doSendReadHook();
+
 private:
 
     /**