diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStatusWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStatusWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStatusWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStatusWorkflow.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 final class PhabricatorDaemonManagementStatusWorkflow
   extends PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow {
 
+  const DEAD_NAME_PREFIX = '<DEAD> ';
+
   public function didConstruct() {
     $this
       ->setName('status')
@@ -21,30 +23,53 @@
       return 1;
     }
 
-    $status = 0;
-    printf(
-      "%-5s\t%-24s\t%s\n",
-      "PID",
-      "Started",
-      "Daemon");
+    $status              = 0;
+    $maxName             = 0;
+    $customArgsPresented = false;
+
     foreach ($daemons as $daemon) {
       $name = $daemon->getName();
       if (!$daemon->isRunning()) {
-        $daemon->updateStatus(PhabricatorDaemonLog::STATUS_DEAD);
+        $daemon
+          ->updateStatus(PhabricatorDaemonLog::STATUS_DEAD)
+          ->markAsDead();
+
         $status = 2;
-        $name = '<DEAD> '.$name;
+        $name   = self::DEAD_NAME_PREFIX . $name;
+      }
+
+      if (strlen($name) > $maxName) {
+        $maxName = strlen($name);
+      }
+
+      if ($daemon->getCustomArgs()) {
+        $customArgsPresented = true;
       }
+    }
+
+    $format = " %-5s\t%-24s\t%-{$maxName}s";
+
+    if ($customArgsPresented) {
+      $format .= "\t%s\n";
+    } else {
+      $format .= "\n";
+    }
+
+    printf($format, "PID", "Started", "Daemon", "Custom Args");
+
+    foreach ($daemons as $daemon) {
       printf(
-        "%5s\t%-24s\t%s\n",
+        $format,
         $daemon->getPID(),
         $daemon->getEpochStarted()
           ? date('M j Y, g:i:s A', $daemon->getEpochStarted())
           : null,
-        $name);
+        $daemon->isDead()
+          ? self::DEAD_NAME_PREFIX . $daemon->getName()
+          : $daemon->getName(),
+        $daemon->getCustomArgs());
     }
 
     return $status;
   }
-
-
 }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/daemon/control/PhabricatorDaemonReference.php b/src/infrastructure/daemon/control/PhabricatorDaemonReference.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/daemon/control/PhabricatorDaemonReference.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/daemon/control/PhabricatorDaemonReference.php
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 
 final class PhabricatorDaemonReference {
 
+  const UNKNOWN_CUSTOM_ARGS = '<unknown custom args>';
+
   private $name;
   private $pid;
   private $start;
   private $pidFile;
 
+  private $customArgs;
+  private $isDead;
   private $daemonLog;
 
   public static function newFromDictionary(array $dict) {
@@ -16,18 +20,15 @@
     $ref->pid   = idx($dict, 'pid');
     $ref->start = idx($dict, 'start');
 
+    $ref->customArgs = self::UNKNOWN_CUSTOM_ARGS;
+    $ref->isDead     = false;
+
     return $ref;
   }
 
   public function updateStatus($new_status) {
     try {
-      if (!$this->daemonLog) {
-        $this->daemonLog = id(new PhabricatorDaemonLog())->loadOneWhere(
-          'daemon = %s AND pid = %d AND dateCreated = %d',
-          $this->name,
-          $this->pid,
-          $this->start);
-      }
+      $this->loadDaemonLog();
 
       if ($this->daemonLog) {
         $this->daemonLog
@@ -43,9 +44,42 @@
       //     column, as it does not exist yet.
       //   - Daemons running on machines which do not have access to MySQL
       //     (like an IRC bot) will not be able to load or save the log.
-      //
-      //
     }
+
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function getCustomArgs() {
+    if ($this->customArgs != self::UNKNOWN_CUSTOM_ARGS) {
+      return $this->customArgs;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      $this->loadDaemonLog();
+
+      if ($this->daemonLog) {
+        $argv   = $this->daemonLog->getArgv();
+        $custom = array();
+
+        foreach ($argv as $id => $arg) {
+          // Ignore daemon name
+          if ($id == 0) {
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          if ($this->isArgCustom($arg)) {
+            $custom[] = $arg;
+          }
+        }
+
+        $this->customArgs = implode(' ', $custom);
+      }
+    } catch (AphrontQueryException $ex) {
+      // Ignore anything that goes wrong here.
+      // See explanations above.
+    }
+
+    return $this->customArgs;
   }
 
   public function getPID() {
@@ -69,6 +103,15 @@
     return $this->pidFile;
   }
 
+  public function markAsDead() {
+    $this->isDead = true;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function isDead() {
+    return $this->isDead;
+  }
+
   public function isRunning() {
     return self::isProcessRunning($this->getPID());
   }
@@ -109,4 +152,47 @@
     return !$this->isRunning();
   }
 
+  private function loadDaemonLog() {
+    try {
+      if (!$this->daemonLog) {
+        $this->daemonLog = id(new PhabricatorDaemonLog())->loadOneWhere(
+          'daemon = %s AND pid = %d AND dateCreated = %d',
+          $this->name,
+          $this->pid,
+          $this->start);
+      }
+    } catch (AphrontQueryException $ex) {
+      // Ignore anything that goes wrong here.
+      // See explanations above.
+    }
+  }
+
+  private function isArgCustom($arg) {
+    $non_custom_assigns = array(
+        '--load-phutil-library=',
+        '--log=',
+        '--phd=',
+    );
+
+    $non_custom_args = array(
+        '--daemonize',
+        '--trace',
+        '--debug',
+        '--verbose',
+    );
+
+    foreach ($non_custom_assigns as $non_custom_assign) {
+      if (!strncmp($arg, $non_custom_assign, strlen($non_custom_assign))) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    foreach ($non_custom_args as $non_custom_arg) {
+      if ($arg == $non_custom_arg) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
 }