diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Solvers/DelegateStopCriterion.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Solvers/DelegateStopCriterion.cs
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+// <copyright file="DelegateStopCriterion.cs" company="Math.NET">
+// Math.NET Numerics, part of the Math.NET Project
+// http://numerics.mathdotnet.com
+// http://github.com/mathnet/mathnet-numerics
+// http://mathnetnumerics.codeplex.com
+//
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+//
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+//
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+// </copyright>
+
+using System;
+
+namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Solvers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Stop criterion that delegates the status determination to a delegate.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class DelegateStopCriterion<T> : IIterationStopCriterion<T>
+        where T : struct, IEquatable<T>, IFormattable
+    {
+        readonly Func<int, Vector<T>, Vector<T>, Vector<T>, IterationStatus> _determine;
+        IterationStatus _status = IterationStatus.Continue;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new instance of this criterion with a custom implementation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="determine">Custom implementation with the same signature and semantics as the DetermineStatus method.</param>
+        public DelegateStopCriterion(Func<int, Vector<T>, Vector<T>, Vector<T>, IterationStatus> determine)
+        {
+            _determine = determine;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines the status of the iterative calculation by delegating it to the provided delegate.
+        /// Result is set into <c>Status</c> field.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="iterationNumber">The number of iterations that have passed so far.</param>
+        /// <param name="solutionVector">The vector containing the current solution values.</param>
+        /// <param name="sourceVector">The right hand side vector.</param>
+        /// <param name="residualVector">The vector containing the current residual vectors.</param>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// The individual stop criteria may internally track the progress of the calculation based
+        /// on the invocation of this method. Therefore this method should only be called if the 
+        /// calculation has moved forwards at least one step.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public IterationStatus DetermineStatus(int iterationNumber, Vector<T> solutionVector, Vector<T> sourceVector, Vector<T> residualVector)
+        {
+            return _status = _determine(iterationNumber, solutionVector, sourceVector, residualVector);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the current calculation status.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IterationStatus Status
+        {
+            get { return _status; }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Resets the IIterationStopCriterion to the pre-calculation state.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Reset()
+        {
+            _status = IterationStatus.Continue;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clones this criterion and its settings.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IIterationStopCriterion<T> Clone()
+        {
+            return new DelegateStopCriterion<T>(_determine);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Numerics/Numerics.csproj b/src/Numerics/Numerics.csproj
index 7889971d..1f75e256 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Numerics.csproj
+++ b/src/Numerics/Numerics.csproj
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Interpolation\Barycentric.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Interpolation\CubicSpline.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Interpolation\QuadraticSpline.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="LinearAlgebra\Solvers\DelegateStopCriterion.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Precision.Comparison.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Precision.Equality.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Distributions\Bernoulli.cs" />