diff --git a/minecraft-server/start-minecraft.sh b/minecraft-server/start-minecraft.sh
index 3dbfa371..a98238ac 100755
--- a/minecraft-server/start-minecraft.sh
+++ b/minecraft-server/start-minecraft.sh
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ do
     cp -rf "$c" /data/config
   fi
 done
+
 if [ "$TYPE" = "SPIGOT" ]; then
   echo Copying any Bukkit plugins over
   if [ -d /plugins ]; then
@@ -320,4 +321,12 @@ if [ "$TYPE" = "SPIGOT" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
+# If we have a bootstrap.txt file... feed that in to the server stdin
+if [ -f /data/bootstrap.txt ];
+then
+    exec java $JVM_OPTS -jar $SERVER < /data/bootstrap.txt
+else
+    exec java $JVM_OPTS -jar $SERVER
+fi
+
 exec java $JVM_OPTS -jar $SERVER