diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 6ba5e2f9364..d97befce096 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/notify/nma.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/pushbullet.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/pushover.py
+    homeassistant/components/notify/xmpp.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/mysensors.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/openweathermap.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/sabnzbd.py
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/notify/xmpp.py b/homeassistant/components/notify/xmpp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6718bdfffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/notify/xmpp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.notify.xmpp
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Jabber (XMPP) notification service.
+
+Configuration:
+
+To use the Jabber notifier you will need to add something like the following
+to your config/configuration.yaml
+
+notify:
+  platform: xmpp
+  sender: YOUR_JID
+  password: YOUR_JABBER_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD
+  recipient: YOUR_RECIPIENT
+
+VARIABLES:
+
+sender
+*Required
+The Jabber ID (JID) that will act as origin of the messages. Add your JID
+including the domain, e.g. your_name@jabber.org.
+
+password
+*Required
+The password for your given Jabber account.
+
+recipient
+*Required
+The Jabber ID (JID) that will receive the messages.
+
+"""
+import logging
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+try:
+    import sleekxmpp
+
+except ImportError:
+    _LOGGER.exception(
+        "Unable to import sleekxmpp. "
+        "Did you maybe not install the 'SleekXMPP' package?")
+
+from homeassistant.helpers import validate_config
+from homeassistant.components.notify import (
+    DOMAIN, ATTR_TITLE, BaseNotificationService)
+
+
+def get_service(hass, config):
+    """ Get the Jabber (XMPP) notification service. """
+
+    if not validate_config(config,
+                           {DOMAIN: ['sender',
+                                     'password',
+                                     'recipient']},
+                           _LOGGER):
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        SendNotificationBot(config[DOMAIN]['sender'] + '/home-assistant',
+                            config[DOMAIN]['password'],
+                            config[DOMAIN]['recipient'],
+                            '')
+    except ImportError:
+        _LOGGER.exception(
+            "Unable to contact jabber server."
+            "Please check your credentials.")
+
+        return None
+
+    return XmppNotificationService(config[DOMAIN]['sender'],
+                                   config[DOMAIN]['password'],
+                                   config[DOMAIN]['recipient'])
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class XmppNotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
+    """ Implements notification service for Jabber (XMPP). """
+
+    def __init__(self, sender, password, recipient):
+        self._sender = sender
+        self._password = password
+        self._recipient = recipient
+
+    def send_message(self, message="", **kwargs):
+        """ Send a message to a user. """
+
+        title = kwargs.get(ATTR_TITLE)
+        data = title + ": " + message
+
+        SendNotificationBot(self._sender + '/home-assistant',
+                            self._password,
+                            self._recipient,
+                            data)
+
+
+class SendNotificationBot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
+    """ Service for sending Jabber (XMPP) messages. """
+
+    def __init__(self, jid, password, recipient, msg):
+
+        super(SendNotificationBot, self).__init__(jid, password)
+
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
+
+        self.recipient = recipient
+        self.msg = msg
+
+        self.use_tls = True
+        self.use_ipv6 = False
+        self.add_event_handler("failed_auth", self.check_credentials)
+        self.add_event_handler('session_start', self.start)
+        self.connect()
+        self.process(block=False)
+
+    def start(self, event):
+        """ Starts the communication and sends the message. """
+        self.send_presence()
+        self.get_roster()
+        self.send_message(mto=self.recipient, mbody=self.msg, mtype='chat')
+        self.disconnect(wait=True)
+
+    def check_credentials(self, event):
+        """" Disconnect from the server if credentials are invalid. """
+        self.disconnect()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3afa9c39a22..8bc2c4616ee 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -41,11 +41,15 @@ PyISY>=1.0.2
 # sensor.systemmonitor 
 psutil>=2.2.1
 
-#pushover notifications
+# pushover notifications
 python-pushover>=0.2
 
 # Transmission Torrent Client
 transmissionrpc>=0.11
 
 # OpenWeatherMap Web API
-pyowm>=2.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
+pyowm>=2.2.0
+
+# XMPP Bindings (notify.xmpp)
+sleekxmpp>=1.3.1
+