diff --git a/src/CrudRouter.php b/src/CrudRouter.php
index 1573422636..f46e78380c 100644
--- a/src/CrudRouter.php
+++ b/src/CrudRouter.php
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ public function __construct($name, $controller, $options)
             'as' => 'crud.'.$this->name.'.bulkClone',
             'uses' => $this->controller.'@bulkClone',
         ]);
+
+        // catch-all route for custom operations
+        Route::any($this->name.'/do/{function}', $this->controller.'@callPublicFunction')
+            ->where('function', '(.*)')
+            ->name('crud.'.$this->name);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/app/Http/Controllers/CrudController.php b/src/app/Http/Controllers/CrudController.php
index 3200deb491..11ae80ad58 100644
--- a/src/app/Http/Controllers/CrudController.php
+++ b/src/app/Http/Controllers/CrudController.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Backpack\CRUD\app\Http\Controllers;
 
+use ReflectionMethod;
 use Backpack\CRUD\CrudPanel;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesJobs;
@@ -47,6 +48,25 @@ public function __construct()
         }
     }
 
+    public function callPublicFunction(...$params)
+    {
+        $parameters = func_get_args()[0];
+        $httpVerb = \Request::method();
+        $input = \Request::input();
+        $functionName = explode('/', $parameters)[0];
+        $functionExists = method_exists($this, $functionName);
+        $functionIsPublic = false;
+
+        if ($functionExists) {
+            $reflection = new ReflectionMethod($this, $functionName);
+            $functionIsPublic = $reflection->isPublic();
+        }
+
+        if ($functionIsPublic) {
+            return $this->{$functionName}(...$params);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Allow developers to set their configuration options for a CrudPanel.
      */