diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9dd8a6ec..83bf1159 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ Use a [Flow API token](https://www.flowdock.com/account/tokens) as Target when a
 ##### [HipChat](https://www.hipchat.com)
 * `HIPCHAT_AUTHTOKEN` - The hipchat api auth token. Default: ``
 * `HIPCHAT_USERNAME` - The username that messages will be sent from. Default: `Seyren Alert`
+* `HIPCHAT_USE_V1_API` - Allow the use of HipChat's API for compatibility reasons. Default: `false`
 
 ##### [Hubot](http://hubot.github.com)
 * `HUBOT_URL` - The location where Hubot is running. Default ``
diff --git a/seyren-core/src/main/java/com/seyren/core/service/notification/HipChatNotificationService.java b/seyren-core/src/main/java/com/seyren/core/service/notification/HipChatNotificationService.java
index 9c1bec28..50dc20b5 100644
--- a/seyren-core/src/main/java/com/seyren/core/service/notification/HipChatNotificationService.java
+++ b/seyren-core/src/main/java/com/seyren/core/service/notification/HipChatNotificationService.java
@@ -84,15 +84,25 @@ private String getHipChatMessage(Check check) {
     }
     
     private void sendMessage(String message, MessageColor color, String[] roomIds, String from, String authToken, boolean notify) {
+        boolean useV1Api = seyrenConfig.getHipChatUseV1Api();
         for (String roomId : roomIds) {
             LOGGER.info("Posting: {} to {}: {} {}", from, roomId, message, color);
             HttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().useSystemProperties().build();
             HttpPost post = new HttpPost();
 
             try {
-                String url = baseUrl + "/v2/room/" + URLEncoder.encode(roomId, "UTF-8").replaceAll("\\+", "%20") + "/notification?auth_token=" + authToken;
+                String url;
+                if (useV1Api) {
+                    url = baseUrl + "/v1/rooms/message?auth_token=" + authToken;
+                } else {
+                    url = baseUrl + "/v2/room/" + URLEncoder.encode(roomId, "UTF-8").replaceAll("\\+", "%20") + "/notification?auth_token=" + authToken;
+                }
                 post = new HttpPost(url);
                 List<BasicNameValuePair> parameters = new ArrayList<BasicNameValuePair>();
+                if (useV1Api) {
+                    parameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("room_id", roomId));
+                    parameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("from", from));
+                }
                 parameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("message", message));
                 parameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("color", color.name().toLowerCase()));
                 parameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("message_format", "html"));
diff --git a/seyren-core/src/main/java/com/seyren/core/util/config/SeyrenConfig.java b/seyren-core/src/main/java/com/seyren/core/util/config/SeyrenConfig.java
index d4ef4e14..4f53891f 100644
--- a/seyren-core/src/main/java/com/seyren/core/util/config/SeyrenConfig.java
+++ b/seyren-core/src/main/java/com/seyren/core/util/config/SeyrenConfig.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class SeyrenConfig {
     private final String hipChatBaseUrl;
     private final String hipChatAuthToken;
     private final String hipChatUsername;
+    private final String hipChatUseV1Api;
     private final String hubotUrl;
     private final String smtpFrom;
     private final String smtpUsername;
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ public SeyrenConfig() {
         this.hipChatBaseUrl = configOrDefault(list("HIPCHAT_BASEURL", "HIPCHAT_BASE_URL"), "https://api.hipchat.com");
         this.hipChatAuthToken = configOrDefault(list("HIPCHAT_AUTHTOKEN", "HIPCHAT_AUTH_TOKEN"), "");
         this.hipChatUsername = configOrDefault(list("HIPCHAT_USERNAME", "HIPCHAT_USER_NAME"), "Seyren Alert");
+        this.hipChatUseV1Api = configOrDefault(list("HIPCHAT_USE_V1_API", "HIPCHAT_USE_OLD_API", "HIPCHAT_USE_V1"), "false");
         
         // PagerDuty
 
@@ -236,6 +238,11 @@ public String getHipChatAuthToken() {
     public String getHipChatUsername() {
         return hipChatUsername;
     }
+
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public boolean getHipChatUseV1Api() {
+        return Boolean.valueOf(hipChatUseV1Api);
+    }
     
     @JsonIgnore
     public String getHubotUrl() {
diff --git a/seyren-core/src/test/java/com/seyren/core/util/config/SeyrenConfigTest.java b/seyren-core/src/test/java/com/seyren/core/util/config/SeyrenConfigTest.java
index 90434526..60045b11 100644
--- a/seyren-core/src/test/java/com/seyren/core/util/config/SeyrenConfigTest.java
+++ b/seyren-core/src/test/java/com/seyren/core/util/config/SeyrenConfigTest.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public void defaultHipChatAuthTokenIsCorrect() {
     public void defaultHipChatUsernameIsCorrect() {
         assertThat(config.getHipChatUsername(), is("Seyren Alert"));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void defaultHubotUrlIsCorrect() {
         assertThat(config.getHubotUrl(), is(""));