diff --git a/src/emqx_bridge.erl b/src/emqx_bridge.erl
index a15851f0f..6af56d11b 100644
--- a/src/emqx_bridge.erl
+++ b/src/emqx_bridge.erl
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 -define(DEFAULT_SEND_AHEAD, 8).
 -define(DEFAULT_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS, timer:seconds(5)).
 -define(DEFAULT_SEG_BYTES, (1 bsl 20)).
+-define(NO_BRIDGE_HANDLER, undefined).
 -define(maybe_send, {next_event, internal, maybe_send}).
 
 %% @doc Start a bridge worker. Supported configs:
@@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ init(Config) ->
        subscriptions => Subs,
        replayq => Queue,
        inflight => [],
-       connection => undefined
+       connection => undefined,
+       bridge_handler => Get(bridge_handler, ?NO_BRIDGE_HANDLER)
       }}.
 
 code_change(_Vsn, State, Data, _Extra) ->
@@ -321,7 +323,10 @@ connecting(enter, _, #{reconnect_delay_ms := Timeout,
         {ok, ConnRef, Conn} ->
             ?LOG(info, "[Bridge] Bridge ~p connected", [name()]),
             Action = {state_timeout, 0, connected},
-            {keep_state, State#{conn_ref => ConnRef, connection => Conn}, Action};
+            {keep_state,
+             eval_bridge_handler(State#{ conn_ref => ConnRef
+                                       , connection => Conn}, connected),
+             Action};
         error ->
             Action = {state_timeout, Timeout, reconnect},
             {keep_state_and_data, Action}
@@ -416,6 +421,12 @@ common(StateName, Type, Content, State) ->
           [name(), Type, StateName, Content]),
     {keep_state, State}.
 
+eval_bridge_handler(State = #{bridge_handler := ?NO_BRIDGE_HANDLER}, _Msg) ->
+    State;
+eval_bridge_handler(State = #{bridge_handler := Handler}, Msg) ->
+    _ = Handler(Msg),
+    State.
+
 ensure_present(Key, Topic, State) ->
     Topics = maps:get(Key, State),
     case is_topic_present(Topic, Topics) of
@@ -553,9 +564,11 @@ disconnect(#{connection := Conn,
              connect_module := Module
             } = State) when Conn =/= undefined ->
     ok = Module:stop(ConnRef, Conn),
-    State#{conn_ref => undefined,
-           connection => undefined};
-disconnect(State) -> State.
+    eval_bridge_handler(State#{conn_ref => undefined,
+                               connection => undefined},
+                        disconnected);
+disconnect(State) ->
+    eval_bridge_handler(State, disconnected).
 
 %% Called only when replayq needs to dump it to disk.
 msg_marshaller(Bin) when is_binary(Bin) -> emqx_bridge_msg:from_binary(Bin);
diff --git a/src/emqx_bridge_sup.erl b/src/emqx_bridge_sup.erl
index fc0be3995..b00bb9012 100644
--- a/src/emqx_bridge_sup.erl
+++ b/src/emqx_bridge_sup.erl
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
 %% APIs
 -export([ start_link/0
         , start_link/1
-        , bridges/0
         ]).
 
 -export([ create_bridge/2
         , drop_bridge/1
+        , bridges/0
+        , is_bridge_exist/1
         ]).
 
 %% supervisor callbacks
@@ -58,6 +59,13 @@ bridge_spec({Name, Config}) ->
 bridges() ->
     [{Name, emqx_bridge:status(Pid)} || {Name, Pid, _, _} <- supervisor:which_children(?SUP)].
 
+-spec(is_bridge_exist(atom() | pid()) -> boolean()).
+is_bridge_exist(Id) ->
+    case supervisor:get_childspec(?SUP, Id) of
+        {ok, _ChildSpec} -> true;
+        {error, _Error} -> false
+    end.
+
 create_bridge(Id, Config) ->
     supervisor:start_child(?SUP, bridge_spec({Id, Config})).
 
@@ -69,4 +77,3 @@ drop_bridge(Id) ->
             ?LOG(error, "[Bridge] Delete bridge failed", [Error]),
             Error
     end.
-