diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d01781e..68aacc7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ Help:
 
 `retry -?`
 
-    Usage: retry [options] -e execute command
+    Usage: retry [options] [-f fail_script +commands] -e execute command
         -h, -?, --help
+        -f                               Execute fail script after all retries are exhausted
         -t, --tries=#                    Set max retries: Default 10
         -s, --sleep=secs                 Constant sleep amount (seconds)
         -m, --min=secs                   Exponenetial Backoff: minimum sleep amount (seconds): Default 0.3
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ Test functionality:
     y u no work
     Before retry #10: sleeping 60.0 seconds
     y u no work
+    etc..
 
 Limit retries:
 
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ Limit retries:
     y u no work
     Before retry #4: sleeping 2.4 seconds
     y u no work
+    Retries exhausted
 
 Bad command:
 
@@ -76,6 +79,20 @@ Bad command:
 
     Command Failed: poop
 
+Fail command:
+
+`retry -t 3 -f echo "oh poopsickles" -e 'echo "y u no work"; false'`
+
+    y u no work
+    Before retry #1: sleeping 0.3 seconds
+    y u no work
+    Before retry #2: sleeping 0.6 seconds
+    y u no work
+    Before retry #3: sleeping 1.2 seconds
+    y u no work
+    Retries exhausted, running fail script
+    oh poopsickles
+
 ### License
 
 Apache 2.0 - go nuts
diff --git a/lib/retryit.rb b/lib/retryit.rb
index a74d8cf..39506c9 100644
--- a/lib/retryit.rb
+++ b/lib/retryit.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class RetryIt
     return if args.size < 1
 
     optparser = OptionParser.new do |opts|
-      opts.banner = "Usage: retry [options] -e execute command"
+      opts.banner = "Usage: retry [options] [-f fail_script +commands] -e execute command"
 
       opts.on("-h", "-?", "--help") do |v|
         puts opts
@@ -58,12 +58,24 @@ class RetryIt
       load_options(["-?"])
     end
 
-    idx = args.find_index("-e")
+    fail_command = nil
+
+    idx = args.find_index("-f") || args.find_index("-e")
     if !idx.nil?
       load_options(args[0...idx])
+      if (args[idx] == "-f")
+        e_idx = args.find_index("-e")
+        raise "fail script (-f) must be combined with execution script (-e)" if e_idx.nil?
+        raise "fail script not defined" if idx == e_idx
+        fail_command = args[(idx+1)..(e_idx-1)]
+        idx = e_idx
+      end
       args = args[(idx+1)..-1]
     end
 
+    #log_out("Run script #{args[0]} #{args[1..-1]}")
+    #log_out("Fail script #{fail_command[0]} #{fail_command[1..-1]}") unless fail_command.nil?
+
     raise "max_tries must be greater than 0" unless @max_tries > 0
     raise "minimum sleep cannot be greater than maximum sleep" unless @max_sleep >= @min_sleep
     raise "unknown execute command" unless args.size > 0
@@ -82,7 +94,16 @@ class RetryIt
       attempts += 1
     end
 
-    log_out("Command Failed: #{args[0]}") if success.nil?
+    if success.nil?
+      log_out("Command Failed: #{args[0]}")
+    elsif attempts > @max_tries
+      if !fail_command.nil?
+        log_out("Retries exhausted, running fail script")
+        system(fail_command[0], *fail_command[1..-1])
+      else
+        log_out("Retries exhausted")
+      end
+    end
     exit process.exitstatus
   end