diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42c6f3cf..ce7967f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -174,6 +174,31 @@ The same password must be specified for all weave peers; it is the a
 component in the creation of ephemeral session keys for connections
 between peers.
 
+### Host network integration
+
+Weave application networks can be integrated with a host's network,
+establishing connectivity between the host and application containers
+anywhere.
+
+Let's say we want $HOST2 to have access to the containers from our
+example. On $HOST2 we run
+
+    host2# weave expose 10.0.1.102/24
+
+choosing an unused IP address in the application subnet.
+
+Now
+
+    host2# ping 10.0.1.2
+
+will work. And, more interestingly,
+
+    host2# ping 10.0.1.1
+    host2# echo 'Hello, world.' | nc -u 10.0.1.1 1122
+
+will work too, which is interacting with a container that resides on
+$HOST1.
+
 ### External access
 
 Services running in containers on a weave network can be made
@@ -182,33 +207,31 @@ from any weave host, regardless of where the service containers are
 located.
 
 Say we want to make our 'nc' "service" that is running in the
-container on $HOST1 accessible to the outside world via $HOST2. This
-requires the following steps on $HOST2...
+container on $HOST1 accessible to the outside world via $HOST2.
 
-1. Add an IP address to the weave bridge. This needs to be done once
-   for every weave application subnet.
+First we need to expose the application network to the host, as
+explained in [Host network integration], i.e.
 
-        host2# ip addr add dev weave 10.0.1.102/24
+    host2# weave expose 10.0.1.102/24
 
-   The address must be on the destination container's weave subnet and
-   not already in use.
+Then we add a NAT rule to route from the outside world to the
+destination container service.
 
-2. Add a NAT rule to route from the outside world to the destination
-   container service. This needs to be done once for every service we
-   want to expose.
+    host2# iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp -i eth0 --dport 2211 -j DNAT \
+           --to-destination 10.0.1.1:4422
 
-        host2# iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp -i eth0 --dport 2211 -j DNAT \
-               --to-destination 10.0.1.1:4422
-
-    Here we are assuming that the "outside world" is connecting to
-    $HOST2 via 'eth0'. We want UDP traffic to port 2211 on the
-    external IPs to be routed to our 'nc' service, which is running on
-    port 4422 in the container with IP 10.0.1.1.
+Here we are assuming that the "outside world" is connecting to $HOST2
+via 'eth0'. We want UDP traffic to port 2211 on the external IPs to be
+routed to our 'nc' service, which is running on port 4422 in the
+container with IP 10.0.1.1.
 
 With the above in place, we can connect to our 'nc' service from
 anywhere with
 
-    nc -u $HOST2 2211
+    echo 'Hello, world.' | nc -u $HOST2 4422
+
+(NB: due to the way routing is handled in the Linux kernel, this won't
+work when run *on* $HOST2.)
 
 Similar NAT rules to the above can used to expose services provided by
 containers on the weave network not just to outside world but also
diff --git a/weaver/weave b/weaver/weave
index 67b0efc1..b03f195c 100755
--- a/weaver/weave
+++ b/weaver/weave
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ usage() {
     echo "Usage:"
     echo "weave launch <ipaddr>/<subnet> [-passwd <passwd>] <peer_host> ..."
     echo "weave run    <ipaddr>/<subnet> <docker run args> ..."
+    echo "weave expose <ipaddr>/<subnet>"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -59,13 +60,22 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
         # restarts.
         MACADDR=`cat /sys/class/net/$BRIDGE/address`
         CONTAINER=$(docker run --privileged -d --name=weave -p 6783:6783/tcp -p 6783:6783/udp $WEAVE_DOCKER_ARGS zettio/weave -name $MACADDR "$@")
+        echo $CONTAINER
         IFACE=eth0
         ;;
     run)
         create_bridge
         CONTAINER=$(docker run -d "$@")
+        echo $CONTAINER
         IFACE=$CONTAINER_IFNAME
         ;;
+    expose)
+        if ! ip addr list dev $BRIDGE | grep -qF $IPADDR
+        then
+            ip addr add dev $BRIDGE $IPADDR
+        fi
+        exit 0
+        ;;
     *)
         echo "Unknown weave command '$COMMAND'"
         usage
@@ -108,5 +118,3 @@ else
 fi
 
 [ -f /var/run/netns/$NSPID ] && rm -f /var/run/netns/$NSPID
-
-echo $CONTAINER