diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index bba7aea8..1bec3827 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ class Config(object):
     DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = 'gunicorn.conf.py'
     
     DEFAULTS = dict(
+            arbiter="egg:gunicorn",
         backlog=2048,
         bind='127.0.0.1:8000',
         daemon=False,
         debug=False,
         default_proc_name = os.getcwd(),
         group=None,
+        keepalive=2,
         logfile='-',
         loglevel='info',
         pidfile=None,
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ class Config(object):
         umask="0",
         user=None,
         workers=1,
+        worker_connections=1000,
         
         after_fork=lambda server, worker: server.log.info(
             "Worker spawned (pid: %s)" % worker.pid),
@@ -93,7 +96,16 @@ class Config(object):
         
     def __iter__(self):
         return self.conf.iteritems()
-     
+
+    @property
+    def arbiter(self):
+        uri = self.conf.get('arbiter', 'egg:gunicorn')
+        arbiter = util.parse_arbiter_uri(uri)
+        print arbiter
+        if hasattr(arbiter, 'setup'):
+            arbiter.setup()
+        return arbiter
+
     @property   
     def workers(self):
         if not self.conf.get('workers'):
diff --git a/gunicorn/main.py b/gunicorn/main.py
index eebf5622..d1f16dd9 100644
--- a/gunicorn/main.py
+++ b/gunicorn/main.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ def options():
             help='Adress to listen on. Ex. 127.0.0.1:8000 or unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock'),
         op.make_option('-w', '--workers', dest='workers',
             help='Number of workers to spawn. [1]'),
+        op.make_option('-a', '--arbiter', dest='arbiter',
+            help="gunicorn arbiter entry point or module "+
+            "[egg:gunicorn#main]"),
         op.make_option('-p','--pid', dest='pidfile',
             help='set the background PID FILE'),
         op.make_option('-D', '--daemon', dest='daemon', action="store_true",
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ def main(usage, get_app):
     
     app = get_app(parser, opts, args)
     conf = Config(opts.__dict__, opts.config)
-    arbiter = Arbiter(conf.address, conf.workers, app, config=conf, 
+    arbiter = conf.arbiter(conf.address, conf.workers, app, config=conf, 
                 debug=conf['debug'], pidfile=conf['pidfile'])
     if conf['daemon']:
         daemonize()
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ def paste_server(app, global_conf=None, host="127.0.0.1", port=None,
         options['default_proc_name'] = options['__file__']
            
     conf = Config(options)
-    arbiter = Arbiter(conf.address, conf.workers, app, debug=conf["debug"], 
+    arbiter = conf.arbiter(conf.address, conf.workers, app, debug=conf["debug"], 
                     pidfile=conf["pidfile"], config=conf)
     if conf["daemon"] :
         daemonize()
diff --git a/gunicorn/util.py b/gunicorn/util.py
index 4f809571..75224f82 100644
--- a/gunicorn/util.py
+++ b/gunicorn/util.py
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 # This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license. 
 # See the NOTICE for more information.
 
+
 import ctypes
 import fcntl
 import os
+import pkg_resources
 import resource
 import socket
 import textwrap
@@ -35,7 +37,30 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     def _setproctitle(title):
         return
-             
+
+def parse_arbiter_uri(uri):
+    if uri.startswith("egg:"):
+        # uses entry points
+        entry_str = uri.split("egg:")[1]
+        parsed_ept = entry_str.split("#", 1)
+        try:
+            dist, name = entry_str.rsplit("#",1)
+        except:
+            dist = entry_str
+            name = "main"
+
+        return pkg_resources.load_entry_point(dist, "gunicorn.arbiter",
+                name)
+    else:
+        components = uri.split('.')
+        if len(components) == 1:
+            raise RuntimeError("arbiter uri invalid")
+        klass = components.pop(-1)
+        mod = __import__('.'.join(components))
+        for comp in components[1:]:
+            mod = getattr(mod, comp)
+        return getattr(mod, klass)
+
 def set_owner_process(uid,gid):
     """ set user and group of workers processes """
     if gid:
@@ -76,9 +101,8 @@ def get_maxfd():
     return maxfd
 
 def close_on_exec(fd):
-    flags = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFD)
-    flags |= fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC
-    fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFD, flags)
+    flags = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFD) | fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC
+    fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, flags)
     
 def set_non_blocking(fd):
     flags = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFL) | os.O_NONBLOCK
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1804f7bb..2fe84c4a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ setup(
     gunicorn=gunicorn.main:run
     gunicorn_django=gunicorn.main:run_django
     gunicorn_paster=gunicorn.main:run_paster
+
+    [gunicorn.arbiter]
+    main=gunicorn.arbiter:Arbiter
+    
     
     [paste.server_runner]
     main=gunicorn.main:paste_server
     """,
     test_suite = 'nose.collector',
-)
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+)