diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 085e83f..8841f72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.cnaude.pircbotx</groupId>
             <artifactId>pircbotx</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.5</version>
+            <version>2.1.6</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Following dependency is provided by CraftBukkit -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/IRCListeners/AwayListener.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/IRCListeners/AwayListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f133826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/IRCListeners/AwayListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 cnaude
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCListeners;
+
+import com.cnaude.purpleirc.PurpleBot;
+import com.cnaude.purpleirc.PurpleIRC;
+import org.pircbotx.User;
+import org.pircbotx.hooks.ListenerAdapter;
+import org.pircbotx.hooks.events.AwayEvent;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author cnaude
+ */
+public class AwayListener extends ListenerAdapter {
+
+    PurpleIRC plugin;
+    PurpleBot ircBot;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param plugin
+     * @param ircBot
+     */
+    public AwayListener(PurpleIRC plugin, PurpleBot ircBot) {
+        this.plugin = plugin;
+        this.ircBot = ircBot;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param event
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void onAway(AwayEvent event) {
+        String awayMessage = event.getAwayMessage();
+        User user = event.getUser();
+
+        plugin.logDebug("[USER:" + user.getNick() + "] [Away:" + awayMessage + "]");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
index 3dab99c..ebea1e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.cnaude.purpleirc;
 
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCListeners.ActionListener;
+import com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCListeners.AwayListener;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCListeners.ConnectListener;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCListeners.DisconnectListener;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCListeners.JoinListener;
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ public final class PurpleBot {
 
     private void addListeners() {
         ircListeners.add(new ActionListener(plugin, this));
+        ircListeners.add(new AwayListener(plugin, this));
         ircListeners.add(new ConnectListener(plugin, this));
         ircListeners.add(new DisconnectListener(plugin, this));
         ircListeners.add(new JoinListener(plugin, this));