diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4509f10..999ebd6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-07-30  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* EcProcess.h:
+	* EcProcess.m:
+	Added +ecSetup method to create/initialise the singleton instance.
+
 2014-07-01  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Command.m:
diff --git a/EcProcess.h b/EcProcess.h
index 3dc833c..1453266 100644
--- a/EcProcess.h
+++ b/EcProcess.h
@@ -417,6 +417,14 @@ extern NSString*	cmdVersion(NSString *ver);
  */
 + (NSMutableDictionary*) ecInitialDefaults;
 
+/** Convenience method to create the singleton EcProcess instance
+ * using the initial configuration provided by the +ecInitialDefaults
+ * method.<br />
+ * Raises NSGenericException if the singleton instance has already
+ * been created.
+ */
++ (void) ecSetup;
+
 /** Convenience method to produce a generic configuration alarm and send
  * it via the -alarm: method.<br />
  * The managed object may be nil (in which case it's the default managed object
diff --git a/EcProcess.m b/EcProcess.m
index 3cf5349..0e60715 100644
--- a/EcProcess.m
+++ b/EcProcess.m
@@ -1025,6 +1025,16 @@ findMode(NSDictionary* d, NSString* s)
                                               count: 2];
 }
 
++ (void) ecSetup
+{
+  if (nil != EcProc)
+    {
+      [NSException raise: NSGenericException
+                  format: @"+ecSetup called when EcProcess is already set up"];
+    }
+  [[self alloc] init];
+}
+
 - (void) _commandRemove
 {
   id connection = [cmdServer connectionForProxy];