diff --git a/LibreNMS/IRCBot.php b/LibreNMS/IRCBot.php
index dacd06caf1..cd33d773b0 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/IRCBot.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/IRCBot.php
@@ -259,11 +259,13 @@ class IRCBot
             if ($this->config['irc_alert_chan']) {
                 foreach ($this->config['irc_alert_chan'] as $chan) {
                     $this->ircRaw('PRIVMSG '.$chan.' :'.$severity.trim($alert['title']));
-                    foreach (explode("\n", $alert['msg']) as $line) {
-                        // We don't need to repeat the title
-                        $line = strip_tags($line);
-                        if (trim($line) != trim($alert['title'])) {
-                            $this->ircRaw('PRIVMSG '.$chan.' :'.$line);
+                    if (!$this->config['irc_alert_short']) { // Only send the title if set to short
+                        foreach (explode("\n", $alert['msg']) as $line) {
+                            // We don't need to repeat the title
+                            $line = strip_tags($line);
+                            if (trim($line) != trim($alert['title'])) {
+                                $this->ircRaw('PRIVMSG '.$chan.' :'.$line);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -271,11 +273,13 @@ class IRCBot
                 foreach ($this->authd as $nick => $data) {
                     if ($data['expire'] >= time()) {
                         $this->ircRaw('PRIVMSG '.$nick.' :'.$severity.trim($alert['title']));
-                        foreach (explode("\n", $alert['msg']) as $line) {
-                            // We don't need to repeat the title
-                            $line = strip_tags($line);
-                            if (trim($line) != trim($alert['title'])) {
-                                $this->ircRaw('PRIVMSG '.$nick.' :'.$line);
+                        if (!$this->config['irc_alert_short']) { // Only send the title if set to short
+                            foreach (explode("\n", $alert['msg']) as $line) {
+                                // We don't need to repeat the title
+                                $line = strip_tags($line);
+                                if (trim($line) != trim($alert['title'])) {
+                                    $this->ircRaw('PRIVMSG '.$nick.' :'.$line);
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/doc/Extensions/IRC-Bot.md b/doc/Extensions/IRC-Bot.md
index c437f2d47b..36d6172ca2 100644
--- a/doc/Extensions/IRC-Bot.md
+++ b/doc/Extensions/IRC-Bot.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Option | Default-Value | Notes
 `$config['irc_alert']` | `false` | Optional; Enables Alerting-Socket. `EXPERIMENTAL`
 `$config['irc_alert_chan']` | `false` | Optional; Multiple channels can be defined as Array or delimited with `,`. `EXPERIMENTAL`
 `$config['irc_alert_utf8']` | `false` | Optional; Enables use of strikethrough in alerts via UTF-8 encoded characters. Might cause trouble for some clients.
+`$config['irc_alert_short']` | `false` | Optional; Send a one line alert summary instead of multi-line detailed alert.
 `$config['irc_authtime']` | `3` | Optional; Defines how long in Hours an auth-session is valid.
 `$config['irc_chan']` | `##librenms` | Optional; Multiple channels can be defined as Array or delimited with `,`. Passwords are defined after a `space-character`.
 `$config['irc_debug']` | `false` | Optional; Enables debug output (Wall of text)
diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index 50a2906975..36dfb58eb8 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ $config['irc_authtime']     = 3;
 $config['irc_debug']        = false;
 $config['irc_alert']        = false;
 $config['irc_alert_utf8']   = false;
+$config['irc_alert_short']  = false;
 $config['irc_ctcp']         = false;
 $config['irc_ctcp_version'] = "LibreNMS IRCbot. https://www.librenms.org/";