diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
index 41003052fd5..13b8d3c0759 100644
--- a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 /proc/send2irc(var/channel, var/msg)
 	if(config.use_irc_bot && config.irc_bot_host)
-		ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [config.irc_bot_host] [channel] [msg]")
+		if(config.use_lib_nudge)
+			var/nudge_lib
+			if(world.system_type == MS_WINDOWS)
+				nudge_lib = "lib\\nudge.dll"
+			else
+				nudge_lib = "lib/nudge.so"
+
+			spawn(0)
+				call(nudge_lib, "nudge")("[config.comms_password]","[config.irc_bot_host]","[channel]","[msg]")
+		else
+			spawn(0)
+				ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [config.irc_bot_host] [channel] [msg]")
 	return
 
 /proc/send2mainirc(var/msg)