diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e8327b..c0bb338 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -293,6 +293,6 @@ setting the `PROG` variable to the name of your program:
 ## Contribution Guidelines
 Feel free to put up a pull request to fix a bug or maybe add a feature. I will give it a code review and make sure that it does not break backwards compatibility. If I or any other collaborators agree that it is in line with the vision of the project, we will work with you to get the code into a mergeable state and merge it into the master branch.
 
-If you are have contributed something significant to the project, I will most likely add you as a collaborator. As a collaborator you are given the ability to merge others pull requests. It is very important that new code does not break existing code, so be careful about what code you do choose to merge. If you have any questions feel free to link @codegangsta to the issue in question and we can review it together.
+If you have contributed something significant to the project, I will most likely add you as a collaborator. As a collaborator you are given the ability to merge others pull requests. It is very important that new code does not break existing code, so be careful about what code you do choose to merge. If you have any questions feel free to link @codegangsta to the issue in question and we can review it together.
 
 If you feel like you have contributed to the project but have not yet been added as a collaborator, I probably forgot to add you. Hit @codegangsta up over email and we will get it figured out.
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 2898356..3e7d5a6 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ type App struct {
 	// An action to execute before any subcommands are run, but after the context is ready
 	// If a non-nil error is returned, no subcommands are run
 	Before func(context *Context) error
+	// An action to execute after any subcommands are run, but after the subcommand has finished
+	// It is run even if Action() panics
+	After func(context *Context) error
 	// The action to execute when no subcommands are specified
 	Action func(context *Context)
 	// Execute this function if the proper command cannot be found
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ func NewApp() *App {
 }
 
 // Entry point to the cli app. Parses the arguments slice and routes to the proper flag/args combination
-func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) error {
+func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) (err error) {
 	if a.Author != "" && a.Author != "" {
 		a.Authors = append(a.Authors, Author{a.Author, a.Email})
 	}
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) error {
 	// parse flags
 	set := flagSet(a.Name, a.Flags)
 	set.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
-	err := set.Parse(arguments[1:])
+	err = set.Parse(arguments[1:])
 	nerr := normalizeFlags(a.Flags, set)
 	if nerr != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(a.Writer, nerr)
@@ -148,6 +151,15 @@ func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if a.After != nil {
+		defer func() {
+			// err is always nil here.
+			// There is a check to see if it is non-nil
+			// just few lines before.
+			err = a.After(context)
+		}()
+	}
+
 	if a.Before != nil {
 		err := a.Before(context)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -178,7 +190,7 @@ func (a *App) RunAndExitOnError() {
 }
 
 // Invokes the subcommand given the context, parses ctx.Args() to generate command-specific flags
-func (a *App) RunAsSubcommand(ctx *Context) error {
+func (a *App) RunAsSubcommand(ctx *Context) (err error) {
 	// append help to commands
 	if len(a.Commands) > 0 {
 		if a.Command(helpCommand.Name) == nil && !a.HideHelp {
@@ -197,7 +209,7 @@ func (a *App) RunAsSubcommand(ctx *Context) error {
 	// parse flags
 	set := flagSet(a.Name, a.Flags)
 	set.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
-	err := set.Parse(ctx.Args().Tail())
+	err = set.Parse(ctx.Args().Tail())
 	nerr := normalizeFlags(a.Flags, set)
 	context := NewContext(a, set, ctx.globalSet)
 
@@ -232,6 +244,15 @@ func (a *App) RunAsSubcommand(ctx *Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if a.After != nil {
+		defer func() {
+			// err is always nil here.
+			// There is a check to see if it is non-nil
+			// just few lines before.
+			err = a.After(context)
+		}()
+	}
+
 	if a.Before != nil {
 		err := a.Before(context)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/app_test.go b/app_test.go
index be95845..6143d36 100644
--- a/app_test.go
+++ b/app_test.go
@@ -449,6 +449,71 @@ func TestApp_BeforeFunc(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestApp_AfterFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	afterRun, subcommandRun := false, false
+	afterError := fmt.Errorf("fail")
+	var err error
+
+	app := cli.NewApp()
+
+	app.After = func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		afterRun = true
+		s := c.String("opt")
+		if s == "fail" {
+			return afterError
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
+		cli.Command{
+			Name: "sub",
+			Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
+				subcommandRun = true
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
+		cli.StringFlag{Name: "opt"},
+	}
+
+	// run with the After() func succeeding
+	err = app.Run([]string{"command", "--opt", "succeed", "sub"})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Run error: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if afterRun == false {
+		t.Errorf("After() not executed when expected")
+	}
+
+	if subcommandRun == false {
+		t.Errorf("Subcommand not executed when expected")
+	}
+
+	// reset
+	afterRun, subcommandRun = false, false
+
+	// run with the Before() func failing
+	err = app.Run([]string{"command", "--opt", "fail", "sub"})
+
+	// should be the same error produced by the Before func
+	if err != afterError {
+		t.Errorf("Run error expected, but not received")
+	}
+
+	if afterRun == false {
+		t.Errorf("After() not executed when expected")
+	}
+
+	if subcommandRun == false {
+		t.Errorf("Subcommand not executed when expected")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAppNoHelpFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	oldFlag := cli.HelpFlag
 	defer func() {
diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index ffd3ef8..5747e52 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ type Command struct {
 	// An action to execute before any sub-subcommands are run, but after the context is ready
 	// If a non-nil error is returned, no sub-subcommands are run
 	Before func(context *Context) error
+	// An action to execute after any subcommands are run, but after the subcommand has finished
+	// It is run even if Action() panics
+	After func(context *Context) error
 	// The function to call when this command is invoked
 	Action func(context *Context)
 	// List of child commands
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ type Command struct {
 // Invokes the command given the context, parses ctx.Args() to generate command-specific flags
 func (c Command) Run(ctx *Context) error {
 
-	if len(c.Subcommands) > 0 || c.Before != nil {
+	if len(c.Subcommands) > 0 || c.Before != nil || c.After != nil {
 		return c.startApp(ctx)
 	}
 
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ func (c Command) startApp(ctx *Context) error {
 
 	// set the actions
 	app.Before = c.Before
+	app.After = c.After
 	if c.Action != nil {
 		app.Action = c.Action
 	} else {