diff --git a/library/notification/jabber b/library/notification/jabber
index 482182f..7793af6 100644
--- a/library/notification/jabber
+++ b/library/notification/jabber
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ options:
     required: true
   to:
     description:
-      user ID or name of the room.
+      user ID or name of the room, when using room use a slash to indicate your nick.
     required: true
   msg:
     description:
@@ -45,14 +45,18 @@ author: Brian Coca
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
-- description: message to jabber user/room
-  code: jabber: user=mybot@chatserver.tld password=secret to=mychaps@chatserver.tld  msg="Ansible task finished"
+- description: message to jabber user
+  code: jabber: user=mybot@chatserver.tld password=secret to=friend@chatserver.tld  msg="Ansible task finished"
+
+- description: message to jabber room
+  code: jabber: user=mybot@chatserver.tld password=secret to=mychaps@conference.chatserver.tld/ansiblebot  msg="Ansible task finished"
 
 - description: message specifying host and port
   code: jabber user=mybot@chatserver.tld host=talk.chatserver.tld port=5223 password=secret to=mychaps@chatserver.tld  msg="Ansible task finished"
 '''
 
 import os
+import re
 import time
 
 HAS_XMPP = True
@@ -83,32 +87,43 @@ def main():
     user = jid.getNode()
     server = jid.getDomain()
     port = module.params['port']
+    password = module.params['password']
+    to, nick = re.split( r'/', module.params['to'])
+
     if module.params['host']:
         host = module.params['host']
     else:
         host = server
-    password = module.params['password']
     if module.params['encoding']:
         xmpp.simplexml.ENCODING = params['encoding']
 
+    msg = xmpp.protocol.Message(body=module.params['msg'])
+
     try:
         conn=xmpp.Client(server)
         if not conn.connect(server=(host,port)):
             module.fail_json(rc=1, msg='Failed to connect to server: %s' % (server))
         if not conn.auth(user,password,'Ansible'):
             module.fail_json(rc=1, msg='Failed to authorize %s on: %s' % (user,server))
-
         # some old servers require this, also the sleep following send
         conn.sendInitPresence(requestRoster=0)
+
+        if nick: # sending to room instead of user, need to join
+            msg.setType('groupchat')
+            msg.setTag('x', namespace='http://jabber.org/protocol/muc#user')
+            conn.send(xmpp.Presence(to=module.params['to']))
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+        msg.setTo(to)
         if not module.check_mode:
-            conn.send(xmpp.Message(module.params['to'], module.params['msg']))
+            conn.send(msg)
         time.sleep(1)
         conn.disconnect()
     except Exception, e:
         module.fail_json(msg="unable to send msg: %s" % e)
 
     changed = True
-    module.exit_json(changed=changed, to=module.params['to'], user=module.params['user'], msg=module.params['msg'])
+    module.exit_json(changed=changed, to=to, user=user, msg=msg.getBody())
 
 # this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
 #<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>