diff --git a/britney.py b/britney.py
index 8350111..5b41e8b 100755
--- a/britney.py
+++ b/britney.py
@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@ class Britney(object):
         self.policies.append(AgePolicy(self.options, MINDAYS))
         self.policies.append(RCBugPolicy(self.options))
 
+        for policy in self.policies:
+            policy.register_hints(self._hint_parser)
+
     @property
     def hints(self):
         return self._hint_parser.hints
diff --git a/policies/policy.py b/policies/policy.py
index 5e8329f..c49dd01 100644
--- a/policies/policy.py
+++ b/policies/policy.py
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ class BasePolicy(object):
         if self.options.verbose or type in ("E", "W"):
             print("%s: [%s] - %s" % (type, time.asctime(), msg))
 
+    def register_hints(self, hint_parser):
+        """Register new hints that this policy accepts
+
+        :param hint_parser: An instance of HintParser (see HintParser.register_hint_type)
+        """
+        pass
+
     def initialise(self, britney):
         """Called once to make the policy initialise any data structures