diff --git a/config_example.conf b/config_example.conf
index 5bbcad4..a6a7ab1 100644
--- a/config_example.conf
+++ b/config_example.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ startup_notify_muc = []
 
 # suported hooks are, which could be declared multiple times with different `secrets` (see [[hooks.grafana]]):
 [[hooks.grafana]]
+[[hooks.prometheus]]
 [[hooks.git]]
 [[hooks.gitlab]]
 [[hooks.circleci]]
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ secret = ""
 notify_muc = []
 notify_user = []
 
+# for handling webhooks from prometheus alertmanager
+
+[[hooks.prometheus]]
 
 # for handling webhooks from grafana
 # at http://localhost:8080/grafana
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f158306..fdbcbcf 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	_ "dev.sum7.eu/genofire/hook2xmpp/git"
 	_ "dev.sum7.eu/genofire/hook2xmpp/gitlab"
 	_ "dev.sum7.eu/genofire/hook2xmpp/grafana"
+	_ "dev.sum7.eu/genofire/hook2xmpp/prometheus"
 	"dev.sum7.eu/genofire/hook2xmpp/runtime"
 )
 
diff --git a/prometheus/main.go b/prometheus/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45ab9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prometheus/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"net/http"
+
+	libHTTP "dev.sum7.eu/genofire/golang-lib/http"
+	"github.com/bdlm/log"
+	xmpp "github.com/mattn/go-xmpp"
+    "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/blob/master/notify"
+
+	"dev.sum7.eu/genofire/hook2xmpp/runtime"
+)
+
+const hookType = "prometheus"
+
+
+func init() {
+	runtime.HookRegister[hookType] = func(client *xmpp.Client, hooks []runtime.Hook) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		log.WithField("type", hookType).Info("loaded")
+		return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			logger := log.WithField("type", hookType)
+
+			var request notify.WebhookMessage 
+			if err := libHTTP.Read(r, &request); err != nil {
+				logger.Errorf("no readable payload: %s", err)
+				http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("no readable payload"), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				return
+			}
+
+            contentTag := request.Status
+            if len(request.Alerts.Firing) > 0 {
+                contentTag += ":" + len(request.Alerts.Firing)
+            }
+            
+            content := fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s", contentTag strings.Join(request.CommonAnnotations.Values()," "))
+            logger = logger.WithField("body", content)
+
+			ok := false
+			for _, hook := range hooks {
+				if request.Payload.VCSURL != hook.Secret {
+					continue
+				}
+				logger.Infof("run hook")
+				runtime.Notify(client, hook, content)
+				ok = true
+			}
+			if !ok {
+				logger.Warnf("no hook found")
+				http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("no configuration for %s for url: %s", hookType, request.ExternalURL), http.StatusNotFound)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}