diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Out of the box it supports the following features:
 * SMTP appender
 * GELF appender
 * hook.io appender
+* Loggly appender
 * multiprocess appender (useful when you've got worker processes)
 * a logger for connect/express servers
 * configurable log message layout/patterns
diff --git a/examples/loggly-appender.js b/examples/loggly-appender.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1465c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/loggly-appender.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//Note that loggly appender needs node-loggly to work.
+//If you haven't got node-loggly installed, you'll get cryptic
+//"cannot find module" errors when using the loggly appender
+var log4js = require('../lib/log4js');
+
+log4js.configure({
+  "appenders": [
+    {
+      type: "console",
+      category: "test"
+    },
+    {
+      "type"     : "loggly",
+      "token"    : "12345678901234567890",
+      "subdomain": "your-subdomain",
+      "tags"     : ["test"],
+      "category" : "loggly"
+    }
+  ]
+});
+
+var logger = log4js.getLogger("loggly");
+logger.info("Test log message");
+//logger.debug("Test log message");
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diff --git a/lib/appenders/loggly.js b/lib/appenders/loggly.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b9efd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/appenders/loggly.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"use strict";
+var layouts = require("../layouts")
+, loggly = require("loggly")
+, os = require('os');
+
+/**
+ * Loggly Appender. Sends logging events to Loggly using node-loggly 
+ *
+ * @param config object with loggly configuration data
+ * {
+ *   token: 'your-really-long-input-token',
+ *   subdomain: 'your-subdomain',
+ *   tags: ['loggly-tag1', 'loggly-tag2', .., 'loggly-tagn'] 
+ * }
+ * @param layout a function that takes a logevent and returns a string (defaults to basicLayout).
+ */
+function logglyAppender(config, layout) {
+	layout = layout || layouts.basicLayout;
+
+	var client = loggly.createClient(config);
+	
+	return function(loggingEvent) {
+		client.log(layout(loggingEvent), config.tags);
+	};
+}
+
+function configure(config) {
+	var layout;
+	if (config.layout) {
+		layout = layouts.layout(config.layout.type, config.layout);
+	}
+	return logglyAppender(config, layout);
+}
+
+exports.name      = "loggly";
+exports.appender  = logglyAppender;
+exports.configure = configure;
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diff --git a/test/logglyAppender-test.js b/test/logglyAppender-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7be81e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/logglyAppender-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"use strict";
+var vows = require('vows')
+, assert = require('assert')
+, log4js = require('../lib/log4js')
+, sandbox = require('sandboxed-module')
+;
+
+function setupLogging(category, options) {
+  var msgs = [];
+  
+  var fakeLoggly = {
+    createClient: function (options) {
+      return {
+        config: options,
+        log: function (msg, tags) {
+          msgs.push({
+            msg: msg,
+            tags: tags
+          });
+        }
+      };
+    }
+  };
+
+  var fakeLayouts = {
+    layout: function(type, config) {
+      this.type = type;
+      this.config = config;
+      return log4js.layouts.messagePassThroughLayout;
+    },
+    basicLayout: log4js.layouts.basicLayout,
+    messagePassThroughLayout: log4js.layouts.messagePassThroughLayout
+  };
+
+  var fakeConsole = {
+    errors: [],
+    error: function(msg, value) {
+      this.errors.push({ msg: msg, value: value });
+    }
+  };
+
+  var logglyModule = sandbox.require('../lib/appenders/loggly', {
+    requires: {
+      'loggly': fakeLoggly,
+      '../layouts': fakeLayouts
+    },
+    globals: {
+      console: fakeConsole
+    }
+  });
+
+  log4js.addAppender(logglyModule.configure(options), category);
+  
+  return {
+    logger: log4js.getLogger(category),
+    loggly: fakeLoggly,
+    layouts: fakeLayouts,
+    console: fakeConsole,
+    results: msgs
+  };
+}
+
+log4js.clearAppenders();
+vows.describe('log4js logglyAppender').addBatch({
+  'minimal config': {
+    topic: function() {
+      var setup = setupLogging('loggly', {
+        token: 'your-really-long-input-token',
+        subdomain: 'your-subdomain',
+        tags: ['loggly-tag1', 'loggly-tag2', 'loggly-tagn'] 
+      });
+      
+      setup.logger.log('Log event #1');
+      return setup;
+    },
+    'there should be one message only': function (topic) {
+      //console.log('topic', topic);
+      assert.equal(topic.results.length, 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+}).export(module);