diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration.dm b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
index e65ced5c08c..208c41ffcf6 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 	var/comms_password = ""
 
 	var/use_irc_bot = 0
-	var/irc_bot_host = ""
+	var/list/irc_bot_host = list()
 	var/main_irc = ""
 	var/admin_irc = ""
 	var/python_path = "" //Path to the python executable.  Defaults to "python" on windows and "/usr/bin/env python2" on unix
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
 					config.comms_password = value
 
 				if("irc_bot_host")
-					config.irc_bot_host = value
+					config.irc_bot_host = text2list(value, ";")
 
 				if("main_irc")
 					config.main_irc = value
diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
index 3776f3587fb..05ac226d7e7 100644
--- a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /proc/send2irc(var/channel, var/msg)
-	if(config.use_irc_bot && config.irc_bot_host)
-		spawn(0)
-			ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [config.irc_bot_host] [channel] [msg]")
+	if(config.use_irc_bot && config.irc_bot_host.len)
+		for(var/IP in config.irc_bot_host)
+			spawn(0)
+				ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [IP] [channel] [msg]")
 	return
 
 /proc/send2mainirc(var/msg)
diff --git a/config/example/config.txt b/config/example/config.txt
index c21bbcec76e..e7eaed2443a 100644
--- a/config/example/config.txt
+++ b/config/example/config.txt
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ GHOST_INTERACTION
 ## Uncomment to enable sending data to the IRC bot.
 #USE_IRC_BOT
 
-## Host where the IRC bot is hosted.  Port 45678 needs to be open.
-#IRC_BOT_HOST localhost
+## Host(s) where the IRC bot is hosted.  Seperate IP's by ;.  Port 45678 needs to be open.
+#IRC_BOT_HOST 127.0.0.1;localhost
 
 ## IRC channel to send information to.  Leave blank to disable.
 #MAIN_IRC #main