diff --git a/test/tools/repl_set_manager.rb b/test/tools/repl_set_manager.rb
index 4bc5b37..f145de9 100644
--- a/test/tools/repl_set_manager.rb
+++ b/test/tools/repl_set_manager.rb
@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ class ReplSetManager
     return secondary
   end
 
-  def add_node(n=nil)
+  def add_node(n=nil, &block)
     primary = get_node_with_state(1)
     con = get_connection(primary)
 
-    init_node(n || @mongods.length)
+    init_node(n || @mongods.length, &block)
     config = con['local']['system.replset'].find_one
     @config['version'] = config['version'] + 1
 
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ class ReplSetManager
     ensure_up
   end
   
+  def add_arbiter
+    add_node do |attrs|
+      attrs['arbiterOnly'] = true
+    end
+  end
+  
   def wait_for_death(pid)
     @retries.times do
       if `ps a | grep mongod`.include?("#{pid}")