diff --git a/libraries/log4j.properties b/libraries/log4j.properties
index 2173c5d96f..ed367509d1 100644
--- a/libraries/log4j.properties
+++ b/libraries/log4j.properties
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index c7ef64bc59..301fa86c8d 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -675,6 +675,30 @@
             <version>${mockftpserver.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.igniterealtime.smack</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smack-tcp</artifactId>
+            <version>${smack.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.igniterealtime.smack</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smack-im</artifactId>
+            <version>${smack.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.igniterealtime.smack</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smack-extensions</artifactId>
+            <version>${smack.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.igniterealtime.smack</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smack-java7</artifactId>
+            <version>${smack.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -896,6 +920,7 @@
         <derive4j.version>1.1.0</derive4j.version>
         <mockftpserver.version>2.7.1</mockftpserver.version>
         <commons-net.version>3.6</commons-net.version>
+        <smack.version>4.3.1</smack.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smack/StanzaThread.java b/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smack/StanzaThread.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72db258164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smack/StanzaThread.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.baeldung.smack;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.AbstractXMPPConnection;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.chat2.Chat;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.chat2.ChatManager;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.tcp.XMPPTCPConnection;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.tcp.XMPPTCPConnectionConfiguration;
+import org.jxmpp.jid.impl.JidCreate;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class StanzaThread implements Runnable {
+
+    private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StanzaThread.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        XMPPTCPConnectionConfiguration config = null;
+        try {
+            config = XMPPTCPConnectionConfiguration.builder()
+                    .setUsernameAndPassword("baeldung2","baeldung2")
+                    .setXmppDomain("jabb3r.org")
+                    .setHost("jabb3r.org")
+                    .build();
+
+            AbstractXMPPConnection connection = new XMPPTCPConnection(config);
+            connection.connect();
+            connection.login();
+
+            ChatManager chatManager = ChatManager.getInstanceFor(connection);
+
+            Chat chat = chatManager.chatWith(JidCreate.from("baeldung@jabb3r.org").asEntityBareJidOrThrow());
+
+            chat.send("Hello!");
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/src/test/java/com/baeldung/smack/SmackIntegrationTest.java b/libraries/src/test/java/com/baeldung/smack/SmackIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e5e36ce24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/src/test/java/com/baeldung/smack/SmackIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.baeldung.smack;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.AbstractXMPPConnection;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.XMPPException;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.chat2.ChatManager;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.filter.StanzaTypeFilter;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Message;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.tcp.XMPPTCPConnection;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.tcp.XMPPTCPConnectionConfiguration;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.jxmpp.stringprep.XmppStringprepException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+
+public class SmackIntegrationTest {
+
+    private static AbstractXMPPConnection connection;
+    private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SmackIntegrationTest.class);
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup() throws IOException, InterruptedException, XMPPException, SmackException {
+
+        XMPPTCPConnectionConfiguration config = XMPPTCPConnectionConfiguration.builder()
+                .setUsernameAndPassword("baeldung","baeldung")
+                .setXmppDomain("jabb3r.org")
+                .setHost("jabb3r.org")
+                .build();
+
+        XMPPTCPConnectionConfiguration config2 = XMPPTCPConnectionConfiguration.builder()
+                .setUsernameAndPassword("baeldung2","baeldung2")
+                .setXmppDomain("jabb3r.org")
+                .setHost("jabb3r.org")
+                .build();
+
+        connection = new XMPPTCPConnection(config);
+        connection.connect();
+        connection.login();
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSendMessageWithChat_thenReceiveMessage() throws XmppStringprepException, InterruptedException {
+
+        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        ChatManager chatManager = ChatManager.getInstanceFor(connection);
+        final String[] expected = {null};
+
+        new StanzaThread().run();
+
+        chatManager.addIncomingListener((entityBareJid, message, chat) -> {
+            logger.info("Message arrived: " + message.getBody());
+            expected[0] = message.getBody();
+            latch.countDown();
+        });
+
+        latch.await();
+        Assert.assertEquals("Hello!", expected[0]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSendMessage_thenReceiveMessageWithFilter() throws XmppStringprepException, InterruptedException {
+
+        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        final String[] expected = {null};
+
+        new StanzaThread().run();
+
+        connection.addAsyncStanzaListener(stanza -> {
+            if (stanza instanceof Message) {
+                Message message = (Message) stanza;
+                expected[0] = message.getBody();
+                latch.countDown();
+            }
+        }, StanzaTypeFilter.MESSAGE);
+
+        latch.await();
+        Assert.assertEquals("Hello!", expected[0]);
+    }
+}