diff --git a/ipmininet/router/__router.py b/ipmininet/router/__router.py
index 963f06c5..bd7f5f10 100644
--- a/ipmininet/router/__router.py
+++ b/ipmininet/router/__router.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from ipmininet.link import IPIntf
 from .config import BasicRouterConfig, NodeConfig, RouterConfig
 
+
 import mininet.clean
 from mininet.node import Node, Host
 from mininet.log import lg
@@ -126,7 +127,11 @@ def start(self):
             self._old_sysctl[opt] = self._set_sysctl(opt, val)
         # Fire up all daemons
         for d in self.nconfig.daemons:
-            self._processes.popen(shlex.split(d.startup_line))
+            if (hasattr(d,'logfile')):
+                with open(d.logfile,"w") as err:
+                    self._processes.popen(shlex.split(d.startup_line),stderr=err)
+            else:
+                self._processes.popen(shlex.split(d.startup_line))
             # Busy-wait if the daemon needs some time before being started
             while not d.has_started():
                 time.sleep(.001)
diff --git a/ipmininet/router/config/__init__.py b/ipmininet/router/config/__init__.py
index b96c9969..1dc97625 100644
--- a/ipmininet/router/config/__init__.py
+++ b/ipmininet/router/config/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from .ripng import RIPng
 from .openrd import OpenrDaemon
 from .openr import Openr, OpenrDomain
+from .pimd_troglobit import Pimd
 
 __all__ = ['BasicRouterConfig', 'NodeConfig', 'Zebra', 'OSPF', 'OSPF6',
            'OSPFArea', 'BGP', 'AS', 'SHARE', 'CLIENT_PROVIDER',
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@
            'OpenrDaemon', 'Openr', 'OpenrDomain', 'AF_INET', 'AF_INET6',
            'BorderRouterConfig', 'Rule', 'Chain', 'ChainRule', 'NOT',
            'PortClause', 'InterfaceClause', 'AddressClause', 'Filter',
-           'InputFilter', 'OutputFilter', 'TransitFilter', 'Allow', 'Deny']
+           'InputFilter', 'OutputFilter', 'TransitFilter', 'Allow', 'Deny','Pimd']
diff --git a/ipmininet/router/config/pimd_troglobit.py b/ipmininet/router/config/pimd_troglobit.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b9119f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipmininet/router/config/pimd_troglobit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from .base import RouterDaemon
+
+class Pimd(RouterDaemon):
+    """ This class configure the pim Daemon which can be found here:
+        https://github.com/troglobit/pimd
+    """
+    NAME = 'pimd'
+    KILL_PATTERNS = (NAME,)
+
+    def __init__(self,node,*args,**kwargs):
+        super().__init__(node=node,*args,**kwargs)
+        # add some custom attr
+        if "cfg" in kwargs:
+            self.custom_config = kwargs["cfg"]
+        if "log_file" in kwargs: 
+            self.logfile = kwargs["log_file"]
+
+
+    @property
+    def startup_line(self):
+        if hasattr(self,'custom_config'):
+            return '{name} -f --config={cfg}'.format(name=self.NAME,cfg=self.custom_config)
+        else:
+            return '{name} -f --config={cfg}'.format(name=self.NAME,cfg=self.cfg_filename)
+
+    @property
+    def dry_run(self):
+        return 'echo 2BeOrNot2Be > /dev/null'
+
+    def set_defaults(self,defaults):
+        super().set_defaults(defaults)
+
+    def build(self):
+        cfg = super().build()
+        return cfg
diff --git a/ipmininet/router/config/templates/pimd.mako b/ipmininet/router/config/templates/pimd.mako
index b9f4161b..e69de29b 100644
--- a/ipmininet/router/config/templates/pimd.mako
+++ b/ipmininet/router/config/templates/pimd.mako
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-hostname ${node.name}
-password ${node.password}
-
-% if node.pimd.logfile:
-    log file ${node.pimd.logfile}
-% endif
-
-% for section in node.pimd.debug:
-    debug pimd ${section}
-% endfor
-!
-ip multicast-routing
-!
-% for itf in node.pimd.interfaces:
-interface ${itf.name}
-  % if itf.ssm:
-   ip pim ssm
-  % endif
-  % if itf.igmp:
-    ip igmp
-  % endif
-!
-% endfor