diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py b/daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py
index 69722796..f60b1084 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ from core.misc import utils
 from core.misc.ipaddress import MacAddress
 from core.xml import xmlutils
 
+_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
 # EMANE 0.7.4/0.8.1
 try:
     import emaneeventservice
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ class EmaneManager(ConfigurableManager):
         self._modelclsmap = {
             self.emane_config.name: self.emane_config
         }
-        self.loadmodels()
+        self.load_models(_PATH)
 
     def logversion(self):
         """
@@ -192,6 +194,21 @@ class EmaneManager(ConfigurableManager):
             self.session.add_config_object(emane_model.name, emane_model.config_type,
                                            emane_model.configure_emane)
 
+    def load_models(self, path):
+        """
+        Loads EMANE models into the manager for usage within CORE.
+
+        :param str path: path to retrieve model from
+        :return: nothing
+        """
+        emane_models = utils.load_classes(path, EmaneModel)
+        for emane_model in emane_models:
+            logger.info("loading emane model: (%s) %s - %s",
+                        emane_model, emane_model.name, RegisterTlvs(emane_model.config_type))
+            self._modelclsmap[emane_model.name] = emane_model
+            self.session.add_config_object(emane_model.name, emane_model.config_type,
+                                           emane_model.configure_emane)
+
     def addobj(self, obj):
         """
         add a new EmaneNode object to this Emane controller object
diff --git a/daemon/core/misc/utils.py b/daemon/core/misc/utils.py
index 62dccd0c..7eb9281c 100644
--- a/daemon/core/misc/utils.py
+++ b/daemon/core/misc/utils.py
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 Miscellaneous utility functions, wrappers around some subprocess procedures.
 """
 
+import importlib
+import inspect
 import os
 import subprocess
+import sys
 
 import fcntl
 import resource
@@ -445,3 +448,88 @@ def checkforkernelmodule(name):
             if line.startswith(name + " "):
                 return line.rstrip()
     return None
+
+
+def _valid_module(path, file_name):
+    """
+    Check if file is a valid python module.
+
+    :param str path: path to file
+    :param str file_name: file name to check
+    :return: True if a valid python module file, False otherwise
+    :rtype: bool
+    """
+    file_path = os.path.join(path, file_name)
+    if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
+        return False
+
+    if file_name.startswith("_"):
+        return False
+
+    if not file_name.endswith(".py"):
+        return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+def _is_class(module, member, clazz):
+    """
+    Validates if a module member is a class and an instance of a CoreService.
+
+    :param module: module to validate for service
+    :param member: member to validate for service
+    :param clazz: clazz type to check for validation
+    :return: True if a valid service, False otherwise
+    :rtype: bool
+    """
+    if not inspect.isclass(member):
+        return False
+
+    if not issubclass(member, clazz):
+        return False
+
+    if member.__module__ != module.__name__:
+        return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+def load_classes(path, clazz):
+    """
+    Dynamically load classes for use within CORE.
+
+    :param path: path to load classes from
+    :param clazz: class type expected to be inherited from for loading
+    :return: list of classes loaded
+    """
+    # validate path exists
+    logger.info("attempting to load modules from path: %s", path)
+    if not os.path.isdir(path):
+        logger.warn("invalid custom module directory specified" ": %s" % path)
+    # check if path is in sys.path
+    parent_path = os.path.dirname(path)
+    if parent_path not in sys.path:
+        logger.info("adding parent path to allow imports: %s", parent_path)
+        sys.path.append(parent_path)
+
+    # retrieve potential service modules, and filter out invalid modules
+    base_module = os.path.basename(path)
+    module_names = os.listdir(path)
+    module_names = filter(lambda x: _valid_module(path, x), module_names)
+    module_names = map(lambda x: x[:-3], module_names)
+
+    # import and add all service modules in the path
+    classes = []
+    for module_name in module_names:
+        import_statement = "%s.%s" % (base_module, module_name)
+        logger.info("importing custom module: %s", import_statement)
+        try:
+            module = importlib.import_module(import_statement)
+            members = inspect.getmembers(module, lambda x: _is_class(module, x, clazz))
+            for member in members:
+                clazz = member[1]
+                classes.append(clazz)
+        except:
+            logger.exception("unexpected error during import, skipping: %s", import_statement)
+
+    return classes