diff --git a/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp b/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp
index 45e39e9999f84d7cd2292b068cbe9c0a6d1ebd98..fb660b1f02102089ec43d5d0234f3ee953370197 100644
--- a/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ void NetworkPlugin::sendConfig(const PluginConfig &cfg) {
 
 	data += "[features]\n";
 	data += std::string("muc=") + (cfg.m_supportMUC ? "1" : "0") + "\n";
+	data += std::string("rawxml=") + (cfg.m_rawXML ? "1" : "0") + "\n";
 
 	pbnetwork::BackendConfig m;
 	m.set_config(data);
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ void NetworkPlugin::sendConfig(const PluginConfig &cfg) {
 	send(message);
 }
 
+void NetworkPlugin::sendRawXML(std::string &xml) {
+	WRAP(xml, pbnetwork::WrapperMessage_Type_TYPE_RAW_XML);
+
+	send(xml);
+}
+
 void NetworkPlugin::handleMessage(const std::string &user, const std::string &legacyName, const std::string &msg, const std::string &nickname, const std::string &xhtml, const std::string &timestamp, bool headline, bool pm) {
 	pbnetwork::ConversationMessage m;
 	m.set_username(user);
@@ -647,6 +654,9 @@ void NetworkPlugin::handleDataRead(std::string &data) {
 			case pbnetwork::WrapperMessage_Type_TYPE_EXIT:
 				handleExitRequest();
 				break;
+			case pbnetwork::WrapperMessage_Type_TYPE_RAW_XML:
+				handleRawXML(wrapper.payload());
+				break;
 			default:
 				return;
 		}