diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 6da436a..7003294 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ class statusbot(
   $wiki_password,
   $wiki_url,
   $wiki_user,
+  $twitter_key = undef,
+  $twitter_secret = undef,
+  $twitter_token_key = undef,
+  $twitter_token_secret = undef,
   $channels           = [],
   $irclogs_url        = undef,
   $wiki_successpageid = undef,
+  $twitter            = undef,
 ) {
 
   user { 'statusbot':
diff --git a/templates/statusbot.config.erb b/templates/statusbot.config.erb
index 09686ca..fcc03cf 100644
--- a/templates/statusbot.config.erb
+++ b/templates/statusbot.config.erb
@@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ url=<%= @irclogs_url %>
 
 [alertfile]
 dir=/var/lib/statusbot/www
+
+<% if @twitter %>
+[twitter]
+consumer_key=<%= @twitter_key %>
+consumer_secret=<%= @twitter_secret %>
+access_token_key=<%= @twitter_token_key %>
+access_token_secret=<%= @twitter_token_secret %>
+<% end -%>