diff --git a/irc/TechBot/TechBot.IRCLibrary/IRC.cs b/irc/TechBot/TechBot.IRCLibrary/IRC.cs
index 488b6b28d08..f1abf5b5746 100644
--- a/irc/TechBot/TechBot.IRCLibrary/IRC.cs
+++ b/irc/TechBot/TechBot.IRCLibrary/IRC.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace TechBot.IRCLibrary
 		public const string PRIVMSG = "PRIVMSG";
 		public const string USER = "USER";
 		public const string PASS = "PASS";
+        public const string GHOST = "NS GHOST";
 
 		public const string RPL_NAMREPLY = "353";
 		public const string RPL_ENDOFNAMES = "366";
diff --git a/irc/TechBot/TechBot.IRCLibrary/IrcClient.cs b/irc/TechBot/TechBot.IRCLibrary/IrcClient.cs
index ecd7b7ac719..7851d6fa366 100644
--- a/irc/TechBot/TechBot.IRCLibrary/IrcClient.cs
+++ b/irc/TechBot/TechBot.IRCLibrary/IrcClient.cs
@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ namespace TechBot.IRCLibrary
 			if (password != null)
 				SubmitPassword(password);
 			ChangeNick(nickname);
+            /* Before we send our nickname, just ghost it */
+            SendMessage(new IrcMessage(IRC.GHOST, nickname));
 			/* OLD: USER <username> <hostname> <servername> <realname> */
 			/* NEW: USER <user> <mode> <unused> <realname> */
 			SendMessage(new IrcMessage(IRC.USER, String.Format("{0} 0 * :{1}",