diff --git a/lib/god.rb b/lib/god.rb
index b9236869..b0503146 100644
--- a/lib/god.rb
+++ b/lib/god.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
 
 require 'god/contact'
 require 'god/contacts/email'
+begin
+  require 'god/contacts/twitterer'
+rescue LoadError
+end
 begin
   require 'god/contacts/jabber'
 rescue LoadError
diff --git a/lib/god/contacts/twitterer.rb b/lib/god/contacts/twitterer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ac5db21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/god/contacts/twitterer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# For Twitter updates you need the 'twitter' gem
+#   (gem install twitter)
+#
+# Configure your watches like this:
+#
+#   God::Contacts::Twitterer.settings = { :username => 'sender@example.com',
+#                                       :password  => 'secret' }
+#   God.contact(:twitterer) do |c|
+#     c.name      = 'Tester'
+#     c.group     = 'developers'
+#   end
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'twitter'
+
+module God
+  module Contacts
+    class Twitterer < Contact
+      class << self
+        attr_accessor :settings
+      end
+
+      def valid?
+        valid = true
+      end
+
+      def notify(message, time, priority, category, host)
+        begin
+          Twitter::Base.new(Twitterer.settings[:username], 
+                            Twitterer.settings[:password]).update(message)
+
+          self.info = "sent twitter update as #{Twitterer.settings[:username]}"
+        rescue => e
+          self.info = "failed to send twitter update from #{self.twitter_id}: #{e.message}"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end