diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 29f1b5617..de2fed797 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ group :development do
   gem 'binding_of_caller'
   gem 'meta_request'
   gem 'localeapp'
+  gem 'skype'
+  gem 'ruby-dbus' if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /linux/i
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a186dc444..9418d22cb 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ GEM
     skinny (0.2.3)
       eventmachine (~> 1.0.0)
       thin (~> 1.5.0)
+    skype (0.2.7)
+      tmp_cache
     soundmanager-rails (1.0.0)
     sprockets (2.2.2)
       hike (~> 1.2)
@@ -433,6 +435,7 @@ GEM
     time_diff (0.3.0)
       activesupport
       i18n
+    tmp_cache (0.1.1)
     treetop (1.4.15)
       polyglot
       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
@@ -540,6 +543,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.5)
   shotgun
   shoulda
+  skype
   soundmanager-rails
   state_machine
   therubyracer (~> 0.12.1)
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb.sample b/config/deploy.rb.sample
index f2e416ea5..66d98e9b2 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb.sample
+++ b/config/deploy.rb.sample
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ require 'puma/capistrano'
 set :workers_count, 4
 require './lib/recipes/resque'
 
+require './lib/recipes/skype'
+set :skype_topic, 'ABF' # Skype chat topic name
+
 namespace :deploy do
   task :symlink_all, :roles => :app do
     run "mkdir -p #{fetch :shared_path}/config"
diff --git a/lib/recipes/skype.rb b/lib/recipes/skype.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8070ba15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/recipes/skype.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+require 'skype'
+
+Capistrano::Configuration.instance(:must_exist).load do
+  Skype.config app_name: 'test-message'
+  set :skype_send_notification, true
+
+  namespace :skype do
+    task :trigger_notification do
+      set :skype_send_notification, true if !dry_run
+    end
+
+    task :configure_for_migrations do
+      set :skype_with_migrations, ' (with migrations)'
+    end
+
+    task :notify_deploy_started do
+      if skype_send_notification
+
+        environment_string = env
+        if self.respond_to?(:stage)
+          environment_string = "#{stage} (#{env})"
+        end
+
+        on_rollback do
+          send("Cancelled deployment of #{deployment_name} to #{environment_string}.")
+          send('#'*60)
+        end
+        send('#'*60)
+        send("Deploying #{deployment_name} to #{environment_string}#{fetch(:skype_with_migrations, '')}.")
+      end
+    end
+
+    task :notify_deploy_finished do
+      if skype_send_notification
+
+        environment_string = env
+        if self.respond_to?(:stage)
+          environment_string = "#{stage} (#{env})"
+        end
+
+        send("Finished deploying #{deployment_name} to #{environment_string}#{fetch(:skype_with_migrations, '')}.")
+        send('#'*60)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def send(message)
+      set :skype_client, Skype.chats.find { |c| c.topic == fetch(:skype_topic, '') } if fetch(:skype_client, nil).nil?
+
+      begin
+        skype_client.post(message)
+      rescue => e
+        puts e.message
+        puts e.backtrace
+      end
+    end
+
+    def deployment_name
+      if fetch(:branch, nil)
+        name = "#{application}/#{branch}"
+        name += " (revision #{real_revision[0..7]})" if real_revision
+        name
+      else
+        application
+      end
+    end
+
+    def message_notification
+      fetch(:skype_announce, false)
+    end
+
+    def env
+      fetch(:skype_env, fetch(:rack_env, fetch(:rails_env, "production")))
+    end
+  end
+
+  before "deploy", "skype:trigger_notification"
+  before "deploy:update_code", "skype:notify_deploy_started"
+  after  "deploy", "skype:notify_deploy_finished"
+  after  "deploy:migrations", "skype:notify_deploy_finished"
+end