diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5b3725f6b..a7afed42c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ gem "redis" # outputs/redis, License: MIT-style
 gem "gelf" # outputs/gelf, # License: MIT-style
 gem "statsd-ruby", "~> 0.3.0" # outputs/statsd, # License: As-Is
 gem "gmetric", "~> 0.1.3" # outputs/ganglia, # License: MIT
+gem "xmpp4r", "~> 0.1.3" # outputs/xmpp, # License: As-Is
 
 # For testing/dev
 group :development do
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/ganglia.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/ganglia.rb
index c8b3d94b3..8791ad3af 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/ganglia.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/ganglia.rb
@@ -41,11 +41,21 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Ganglia < LogStash::Outputs::Base
   public
   def receive(event)
     # gmetric only takes integer values, so convert it to int.
+    case @type
+      when "string"
+        localvalue = event.sprintf(@value)
+      when "float"
+        localvalue = event.sprintf(@value).to_f
+      when "double"
+        localvalue = event.sprintf(@value).to_f
+      else # int8|uint8|int16|uint16|int32|uint32
+        localvalue = event.sprintf(@value).to_i
+    end
     Ganglia::GMetric.send(@host, @port, {
       :name => event.sprintf(@metric),
       :units => @units,
       :type => @type,
-      :value => event.sprintf(@value).to_i,
+      :value => localvalue,
       :tmax => @tmax,
       :dmax => @dmax
     })
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/xmpp.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/xmpp.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2099a0f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/xmpp.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+require "logstash/outputs/base"
+require "logstash/namespace"
+require "xmpp4r"
+
+# This output allows you to pull metrics from your logs and ship them to
+# XMPP/Jabber.
+class LogStash::Outputs::Xmpp< LogStash::Outputs::Base
+  config_name "xmpp"
+
+  # Connection information for server
+  config :resource, :validate => :string, :required => true
+  config :password, :validate => :string, :required => true
+  config :targets, :validate => :array, :required => true
+
+  # The message to send. This supports dynamic strings like %{@source_host}
+  config :message, :validate => :string, :required => true
+
+  def register
+    @client = connect
+  end # def register
+
+  def connect
+    client = Client.new(JID::new(@resource))
+    client.connect
+    client.auth(@password)
+  end # def connect
+
+  public
+  def receive(event)
+    t = event.sprintf(@message)
+    @targets.each do |target|
+      msg = Message::new("#{target}", t)
+      msg.type=:chat
+      @client.send(msg)
+    end
+  end # def receive
+end # class LogStash::Outputs::Xmpp
diff --git a/logstash.gemspec b/logstash.gemspec
index 3ee425ef2..35aa150e4 100644
--- a/logstash.gemspec
+++ b/logstash.gemspec
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency "gelf" # outputs/gelf
   spec.add_dependency "statsd-ruby" # outputs/statsd
   spec.add_dependency "gmetric" # outputs/ganglia
+  spec.add_dependency "xmpp4r" # outputs/xmpp
 
   # For the 'grok' filter
   spec.add_dependency("jls-grok", "~> 0.4.7")