diff --git a/classes/pluginhost.php b/classes/pluginhost.php
index bc5dc96be..9ac1789f5 100644
--- a/classes/pluginhost.php
+++ b/classes/pluginhost.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class PluginHost {
 	const HOOK_ARTICLE_LEFT_BUTTON = 19;
 	const HOOK_PREFS_EDIT_FEED = 20;
 	const HOOK_PREFS_SAVE_FEED = 21;
+	const HOOK_FETCH_FEED = 22;
 
 	const KIND_ALL = 1;
 	const KIND_SYSTEM = 2;
diff --git a/include/rssfuncs.php b/include/rssfuncs.php
index 70414ccaa..217bc2bf3 100644
--- a/include/rssfuncs.php
+++ b/include/rssfuncs.php
@@ -242,9 +242,16 @@
 
 		$cache_filename = CACHE_DIR . "/simplepie/" . sha1($fetch_url) . ".xml";
 
+		$pluginhost = new PluginHost();
+		$pluginhost->set_debug($debug_enabled);
+		$user_plugins = get_pref("_ENABLED_PLUGINS", $owner_uid);
+
+		$pluginhost->load(PLUGINS, PluginHost::KIND_ALL);
+		$pluginhost->load($user_plugins, PluginHost::KIND_USER, $owner_uid);
+		$pluginhost->load_data();
+
 		$rss = false;
 		$rss_hash = false;
-		$cache_timestamp = file_exists($cache_filename) ? filemtime($cache_filename) : 0;
 
 		$force_refetch = isset($_REQUEST["force_refetch"]);
 
@@ -267,6 +274,10 @@
 
 		if (!$rss) {
 
+			foreach ($pluginhost->get_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_FETCH_FEED) as $plugin) {
+				$feed_data = $plugin->hook_fetch_feed($feed_data, $fetch_url, $owner_uid);
+			}
+
 			if (!$feed_data) {
 				_debug("fetching [$fetch_url]...", $debug_enabled);
 				_debug("If-Modified-Since: ".gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s \G\M\T', $last_article_timestamp), $debug_enabled);
@@ -330,14 +341,6 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		$pluginhost = new PluginHost();
-		$pluginhost->set_debug($debug_enabled);
-		$user_plugins = get_pref("_ENABLED_PLUGINS", $owner_uid);
-
-		$pluginhost->load(PLUGINS, PluginHost::KIND_ALL);
-		$pluginhost->load($user_plugins, PluginHost::KIND_USER, $owner_uid);
-		$pluginhost->load_data();
-
 		foreach ($pluginhost->get_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_FEED_FETCHED) as $plugin) {
 			$feed_data = $plugin->hook_feed_fetched($feed_data, $fetch_url, $owner_uid);
 		}