diff --git a/testing/Makefile.inc b/testing/Makefile.inc
index 6bb87913..8b93c8ac 100644
--- a/testing/Makefile.inc
+++ b/testing/Makefile.inc
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ test_avatars_LDADD =    $(LIBSODIUM_LDFLAGS) \
                         $(NACL_OBJECTS) \
                         $(NACL_LIBS)
 
+
+noinst_PROGRAMS +=      irc_syncbot
+
+irc_syncbot_SOURCES =   ../testing/irc_syncbot.c
+
+irc_syncbot_CFLAGS =    $(LIBSODIUM_CFLAGS) \
+                        $(NACL_CFLAGS)
+
+irc_syncbot_LDADD =    $(LIBSODIUM_LDFLAGS) \
+                        $(NACL_LDFLAGS) \
+                        libtoxcore.la \
+                        $(LIBSODIUM_LIBS) \
+                        $(NACL_OBJECTS) \
+                        $(NACL_LIBS)
 endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST += 			$(top_srcdir)/testing/misc_tools.c
diff --git a/testing/irc_syncbot.c b/testing/irc_syncbot.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd99683c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/irc_syncbot.c
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
+//IRC name and channel.
+#define IRC_NAME "Tox_syncbot"
+#define IRC_CHANNEL "#tox-real-ontopic"
+
+//IRC server ip and port.
+uint8_t ip[4] = {127, 0, 0, 1};
+uint16_t port = 6667;
+
+#define SILENT_TIMEOUT 20
+
+int sock;
+
+#define SERVER_CONNECT "NICK "IRC_NAME"\nUSER "IRC_NAME" 8 * :"IRC_NAME"\n"
+#define CHANNEL_JOIN "JOIN "IRC_CHANNEL"\n"
+
+uint64_t get_monotime_sec(void)
+{
+    struct timespec monotime;
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, &monotime);
+    return monotime.tv_sec;
+}
+
+int reconnect(void)
+{
+    int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+
+    if (sock < 0) {
+        printf("error socket\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    struct sockaddr_storage addr = {0};
+
+    size_t addrsize;
+
+    struct sockaddr_in *addr4 = (struct sockaddr_in *)&addr;
+
+    addrsize = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+
+    addr4->sin_family = AF_INET;
+
+    memcpy(&addr4->sin_addr, ip, 4);
+
+    addr4->sin_port = htons(port);
+
+    if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, addrsize) != 0) {
+        printf("error connect\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    send(sock, SERVER_CONNECT, sizeof(SERVER_CONNECT) - 1, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+
+    return sock;
+}
+
+#include "../toxcore/tox.h"
+#include "misc_tools.c"
+
+int current_group = -1;
+
+static void callback_group_invite(Tox *tox, int fid, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t length, void *userdata)
+{
+    if (current_group == -1)
+        current_group = tox_join_groupchat(tox, fid, data, length);
+}
+
+void callback_friend_message(Tox *tox, int fid, const uint8_t *message, uint16_t length, void *userdata)
+{
+    if (length == 1 && *message == 'c') {
+        if (tox_del_groupchat(tox, current_group) == 0)
+            current_group = -1;
+    }
+
+    if (length == 1 && *message == 'i') {
+        tox_invite_friend(tox, fid, current_group);
+    }
+
+    if (length == 1 && *message == 'j' && sock >= 0) {
+        send(sock, CHANNEL_JOIN, sizeof(CHANNEL_JOIN) - 1, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+    }
+}
+
+static void copy_groupmessage(Tox *tox, int groupnumber, int friendgroupnumber, const uint8_t *message, uint16_t length,
+                              void *userdata)
+{
+    if (tox_group_peernumber_is_ours(tox, groupnumber, friendgroupnumber))
+        return;
+
+    uint8_t name[TOX_MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
+    int namelen = tox_group_peername(tox, groupnumber, friendgroupnumber, name);
+
+    if (namelen == 0 || namelen == -1) {
+        memcpy(name, "<unknown>", 9);
+        namelen = 9;
+    }
+
+    uint8_t sendbuf[2048];
+    uint16_t send_len = 0;
+
+    memcpy(sendbuf, "PRIVMSG "IRC_CHANNEL" :", sizeof("PRIVMSG "IRC_CHANNEL" :"));
+    send_len += sizeof("PRIVMSG "IRC_CHANNEL" :") - 1;
+    memcpy(sendbuf + send_len, name, namelen);
+    send_len += namelen;
+    sendbuf[send_len] = ':';
+    send_len += 1;
+    sendbuf[send_len] = ' ';
+    send_len += 1;
+    memcpy(sendbuf + send_len, message, length);
+    send_len += length;
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < send_len; ++i) {
+        if (sendbuf[i] == '\n')
+            sendbuf[i] = '|';
+    }
+
+    sendbuf[send_len] = '\n';
+    send_len += 1;
+
+    if (sock >= 0)
+        send(sock, sendbuf, send_len, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+}
+
+void send_irc_group(Tox *tox, uint8_t *msg, uint16_t len)
+{
+    if (len > 1350 || len == 0 || len == 1)
+        return;
+
+    --len;
+
+    if (*msg != ':')
+        return;
+
+    uint8_t req[len];
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < (len - 1); ++i) {
+        if (msg[i + 1] == ':') {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        req[i] = msg[i + 1];
+    }
+
+    unsigned int req_len = i;
+    req[i] = 0;
+
+    uint8_t message[len];
+    uint16_t length = 0;
+
+    uint8_t *pmsg = (uint8_t *)strstr((char *)req, " PRIVMSG");
+
+    if (pmsg == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    uint8_t *dt = req;
+
+    for (dt = req, i = 0; dt != pmsg && *dt != '!'; ++dt, ++i) {
+        message[i] = *dt;
+        ++length;
+    }
+
+    message[length] = ':';
+    length += 1;
+    message[length] = ' ';
+    length += 1;
+
+    if ((req_len + 2) >= len)
+        return;
+
+    memcpy(message + length, msg + req_len + 2, len - (req_len + 2));
+    length += len - (req_len + 2);
+    tox_group_message_send(tox, current_group, message, length);
+}
+
+Tox *init_tox(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    uint8_t ipv6enabled = TOX_ENABLE_IPV6_DEFAULT; /* x */
+    int argvoffset = cmdline_parsefor_ipv46(argc, argv, &ipv6enabled);
+
+    if (argvoffset < 0)
+        exit(1);
+
+    /* with optional --ipvx, now it can be 1-4 arguments... */
+    if ((argc != argvoffset + 2) && (argc != argvoffset + 4)) {
+        printf("Usage: %s [--ipv4|--ipv6] ip port public_key (of the DHT bootstrap node)\n", argv[0]);
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
+    Tox *tox = tox_new(0);
+
+    if (!tox)
+        exit(1);
+
+    tox_set_name(tox, (uint8_t *)IRC_NAME, sizeof(IRC_NAME) - 1);
+    tox_callback_friend_message(tox, &callback_friend_message, 0);
+    tox_callback_group_invite(tox, &callback_group_invite, 0);
+    tox_callback_group_message(tox, &copy_groupmessage, 0);
+    tox_callback_group_action(tox, &copy_groupmessage, 0);
+
+    uint16_t port = atoi(argv[argvoffset + 2]);
+    unsigned char *binary_string = hex_string_to_bin(argv[argvoffset + 3]);
+    int res = tox_bootstrap_from_address(tox, argv[argvoffset + 1], port, binary_string);
+    free(binary_string);
+
+    char temp_id[128];
+    printf("\nEnter the address of irc_syncbots master (38 bytes HEX format):\n");
+
+    if (scanf("%s", temp_id) != 1) {
+        exit (1);
+    }
+
+    uint8_t *bin_id = hex_string_to_bin(temp_id);
+    int num = tox_add_friend(tox, bin_id, (uint8_t *)"Install Gentoo", sizeof("Install Gentoo") - 1);
+    free(bin_id);
+
+    if (num < 0) {
+        printf("\nSomething went wrong when adding friend.\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    return tox;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    Tox *tox = init_tox(argc, argv);
+
+    sock = reconnect();
+
+    if (sock < 0)
+        return 1;
+
+    uint64_t last_get = get_monotime_sec();
+    int connected = 0, ping_sent = 0;
+
+    while (1) {
+        int count = 0;
+        ioctl(sock, FIONREAD, &count);
+
+        if (count > 0) {
+            last_get = get_monotime_sec();
+            ping_sent = 0;
+            uint8_t data[count + 1];
+            data[count] = 0;
+            recv(sock, data, count, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+            printf("%s", data);
+
+            if (!connected)
+                connected = 1;
+
+            if (count > 6 && data[0] == 'P' && data[1] == 'I' && data[2] == 'N' && data[3] == 'G') {
+                data[1] = 'O';
+                unsigned int i;
+
+                for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+                    if (data[i] == '\n') {
+                        ++i;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                send(sock, data, i, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+            }
+
+            unsigned int i, p_i = 0;
+
+            for (i = 1; data[0] == ':' && i < count; ++i) {
+                if (data[i] == ' ') {
+                    if (i + 5 < count && memcmp(data + i, " 404 ", 5) == 0) {
+                        connected = 1;
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                if (data[i] == ':')
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+                if (data[i] == '\n' && i != 0) {
+                    send_irc_group(tox, data + p_i, i - p_i);
+                    p_i = i + 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (connected == 1) {
+            send(sock, CHANNEL_JOIN, sizeof(CHANNEL_JOIN) - 1, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+            connected = 2;
+        }
+
+        if (!ping_sent && last_get + (SILENT_TIMEOUT / 2) < get_monotime_sec()) {
+            unsigned int p_s = sizeof("PING :test\n") - 1;
+
+            if (send(sock, "PING :test\n", p_s, MSG_NOSIGNAL) == p_s)
+                ping_sent = 1;
+        }
+
+        int error = 0;
+        socklen_t len = sizeof (error);
+
+        if (sock < 0 || last_get + SILENT_TIMEOUT < get_monotime_sec()
+                || getsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &error, &len ) != 0) {
+            close(sock);
+            printf("reconnect\n");
+            sock = reconnect();
+
+            if (sock >= 0) {
+                last_get = get_monotime_sec();
+                connected = 0;
+                ping_sent = 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        tox_do(tox);
+        usleep(1000 * 50);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}