diff --git a/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c b/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c
index a3383e047..b24000787 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c
+++ b/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ typedef enum {
     ,CMD_RACKPIPE
     ,CMD_RACKSTRING
     ,CMD_RACKLIMIT
+    ,CMD_RACKHEADER
+    ,CMD_RACKFOOTER
     ,CMD_HIDEVALUES
     ,CMD_SKIPCONFIRM
     ,CMD_VERTICALSCORE
@@ -354,6 +356,8 @@ static CmdInfoRec CmdInfoRecs[] = {
     ,{ CMD_RACKPIPE, true, "rack-pipe", "pipe to listen on for new racks" }
     ,{ CMD_RACKSTRING, true, "rack", "single rack to generate moves for" }
     ,{ CMD_RACKLIMIT, true, "max-words", "max # of moves to print per rack" }
+    ,{ CMD_RACKHEADER, true, "rack-header", "printed before each set of rack results" }
+    ,{ CMD_RACKFOOTER, true, "rack-footer", "printed after each set of rack result" }
     ,{ CMD_HIDEVALUES, false, "hide-values", "show letters, not nums, on tiles" }
     ,{ CMD_SKIPCONFIRM, false, "skip-confirm", "don't confirm before commit" }
     ,{ CMD_VERTICALSCORE, false, "vertical", "scoreboard is vertical" }
@@ -1161,6 +1165,12 @@ main( int argc, char** argv )
         case CMD_RACKLIMIT:
             mainParams.rackLimit = atoi(optarg);
             break;
+        case CMD_RACKHEADER:
+            mainParams.rackHeader = optarg;
+            break;
+        case CMD_RACKFOOTER:
+            mainParams.rackFooter = optarg;
+            break;
 
 #ifdef XWFEATURE_BLUETOOTH
         case CMD_BTADDR:
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/main.h b/xwords4/linux/main.h
index a92ac0054..746900af5 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/main.h
+++ b/xwords4/linux/main.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ typedef struct LaunchParams {
     char* rackPipe;
     char* rackString;
     XP_U32 rackLimit;
+    char* rackHeader;
+    char* rackFooter;
 #endif
 
     DeviceRole serverRole;
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/mvcount.c b/xwords4/linux/mvcount.c
index a232910a0..450240932 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/mvcount.c
+++ b/xwords4/linux/mvcount.c
@@ -103,11 +103,16 @@ static void
 printSaved( MvCntGlobals* globals )
 {
     int ii;
-    XP_U32 limit = globals->cGlobals.params->rackLimit;
+    const LaunchParams* params = globals->cGlobals.params;
+    XP_U32 limit = params->rackLimit;
     if ( limit == 0 || limit > PREPROD_LIMIT ) {
         limit = PREPROD_LIMIT;
     }
 
+    if ( !!params->rackHeader ) {
+        fprintf( stdout, "%s\n", params->rackHeader );
+    }
+
     GArray* move_array = globals->move_array;
     for ( ii = 0; ii < move_array->len; ++ii ) {
         gchar* str = g_array_index( move_array, gchar*, ii );
@@ -119,6 +124,11 @@ printSaved( MvCntGlobals* globals )
         }
         g_free( str );
     }
+
+    if ( !!params->rackFooter ) {
+        fprintf( stdout, "%s\n", params->rackFooter );
+    }
+
     (void)g_array_free( move_array, TRUE );
     globals->move_array = NULL;
 }