diff --git a/lib/Phirehose.php b/lib/Phirehose.php
index bcf21db..ce1af9a 100644
--- a/lib/Phirehose.php
+++ b/lib/Phirehose.php
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ abstract class Phirehose
   protected $filterChanged;
   protected $reconnect;
 
+  // Generic default params
+  protected $requestParams = array();
+
   /**
   * The number of tweets received per second in previous minute; calculated fresh
   * just before each call to statusUpdate()
@@ -190,6 +193,26 @@ public function __construct($username, $password, $method = Phirehose::METHOD_SA
         }
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Add default param for the request
+   * Generic function if a special function do not exists (ie: setFollow, setLang )
+   * @param name and value
+   */
+  public function setRequestParam( $paramName, $paramValue )
+  {
+    $this->requestParams[ $paramName ] = $paramValue;
+    //  $this->filterChanged = TRUE;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns an array of the default params for the request 
+   */
+  public function getRequestParams()
+  {
+    return $this->requestParams; 
+  }
+  
+  
   /**
    * Returns public statuses from or in reply to a set of users. Mentions ("Hello @user!") and implicit replies
    * ("@user Hello!" created without pressing the reply button) are not matched. It is up to you to find the integer
@@ -596,7 +619,8 @@ protected function connect()
       $urlParts = parse_url($url);
       
       // Setup params appropriately
-      $requestParams=array();
+      // Init with default params
+      $requestParams = $this->requestParams;
       
       //$requestParams['delimited'] = 'length';    //No, we don't want this any more