diff --git a/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/ScalarSynchronousObservable.java b/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/ScalarSynchronousObservable.java
index ca6ba3f437..676527f954 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/ScalarSynchronousObservable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/ScalarSynchronousObservable.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import rx.internal.producers.SingleProducer;
 import rx.internal.schedulers.EventLoopsScheduler;
 import rx.observers.Subscribers;
+import rx.plugins.*;
 
 /**
  * An Observable that emits a single constant scalar value to Subscribers.
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@
  * @param <T> the value type
  */
 public final class ScalarSynchronousObservable<T> extends Observable<T> {
+    /** 
+     * The execution hook instance. 
+     * <p>
+     * Can't be final to allow tests overriding it in place; if the class
+     * has been initialized, the plugin reset has no effect because
+     * how RxJavaPlugins was designed.
+     */
+    static RxJavaObservableExecutionHook hook = RxJavaPlugins.getInstance().getObservableExecutionHook();
     /**
      * Indicates that the Producer used by this Observable should be fully
      * threadsafe. It is possible, but unlikely that multiple concurrent
@@ -72,14 +81,7 @@ public static <T> ScalarSynchronousObservable<T> create(T t) {
     final T t;
 
     protected ScalarSynchronousObservable(final T t) {
-        super(new OnSubscribe<T>() {
-
-            @Override
-            public void call(Subscriber<? super T> s) {
-                s.setProducer(createProducer(s, t));
-            }
-
-        });
+        super(hook.onCreate(new JustOnSubscribe<T>(t)));
         this.t = t;
     }
 
@@ -131,6 +133,20 @@ public void call() {
         return create(new ScalarAsyncOnSubscribe<T>(t, onSchedule));
     }
     
+    /** The OnSubscribe callback for the Observable constructor. */
+    static final class JustOnSubscribe<T> implements OnSubscribe<T> {
+        final T value;
+
+        JustOnSubscribe(T value) {
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void call(Subscriber<? super T> s) {
+            s.setProducer(createProducer(s, value));
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * The OnSubscribe implementation that creates the ScalarAsyncProducer for each
      * incoming subscriber.
diff --git a/src/test/java/rx/internal/util/ScalarSynchronousObservableTest.java b/src/test/java/rx/internal/util/ScalarSynchronousObservableTest.java
index fee7b6f8e1..6898fbd472 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rx/internal/util/ScalarSynchronousObservableTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rx/internal/util/ScalarSynchronousObservableTest.java
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@
 
 package rx.internal.util;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
 
-import rx.Observable;
+import org.junit.*;
+
+import rx.*;
+import rx.Observable.OnSubscribe;
 import rx.exceptions.TestException;
 import rx.functions.Func1;
 import rx.observers.TestSubscriber;
+import rx.plugins.*;
 import rx.schedulers.Schedulers;
 
 public class ScalarSynchronousObservableTest {
@@ -230,4 +234,66 @@ public void onNext(Integer t) {
         ts.assertError(TestException.class);
         ts.assertNotCompleted();
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void hookCalled() {
+        RxJavaObservableExecutionHook save = ScalarSynchronousObservable.hook;
+        try {
+            final AtomicInteger c = new AtomicInteger();
+            
+            ScalarSynchronousObservable.hook = new RxJavaObservableExecutionHook() {
+                @Override
+                public <T> OnSubscribe<T> onCreate(OnSubscribe<T> f) {
+                    c.getAndIncrement();
+                    return f;
+                }
+            };
+            
+            int n = 10;
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                Observable.just(1).subscribe();
+            }
+            
+            Assert.assertEquals(n, c.get());
+        } finally {
+            ScalarSynchronousObservable.hook = save;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void hookChangesBehavior() {
+        RxJavaObservableExecutionHook save = ScalarSynchronousObservable.hook;
+        try {
+            ScalarSynchronousObservable.hook = new RxJavaObservableExecutionHook() {
+                @Override
+                public <T> OnSubscribe<T> onCreate(OnSubscribe<T> f) {
+                    if (f instanceof ScalarSynchronousObservable.JustOnSubscribe) {
+                        final T v = ((ScalarSynchronousObservable.JustOnSubscribe<T>) f).value;
+                        return new OnSubscribe<T>() {
+                            @Override
+                            public void call(Subscriber<? super T> t) {
+                                t.onNext(v);
+                                t.onNext(v);
+                                t.onCompleted();
+                            }
+                        };
+                    }
+                    return f;
+                }
+            };
+            
+            TestSubscriber<Integer> ts = new TestSubscriber<Integer>();
+            
+            Observable.just(1).subscribe(ts);
+            
+            ts.assertValues(1, 1);
+            ts.assertNoErrors();
+            ts.assertCompleted();
+            
+        } finally {
+            ScalarSynchronousObservable.hook = save;
+        }
+    }
+
 }
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