diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7c5c79b417..1225604535 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2005-11-07  Kevin P. Fleming  <kpfleming@digium.com>
 
+	* apps/app_sendtext.c: upgrade to new arg/option API and implement priority jumping control
+
 	* apps/app_transfer.c: upgrade to new arg/option API and implement priority jumping control
 
 	* apps/app_txtcidname.c: upgrade to new arg/option API and implement priority jumping control
diff --git a/apps/app_sendtext.c b/apps/app_sendtext.c
index a8e3f24aa2..177a6a6b4a 100755
--- a/apps/app_sendtext.c
+++ b/apps/app_sendtext.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 #include "asterisk/translate.h"
 #include "asterisk/image.h"
 #include "asterisk/options.h"
+#include "asterisk/app.h"
 
 static const char *tdesc = "Send Text Applications";
 
@@ -49,8 +50,7 @@ static const char *app = "SendText";
 static const char *synopsis = "Send a Text Message";
 
 static const char *descrip = 
-"  SendText(text): Sends text to current channel (callee).\n"
-"Otherwise, execution will continue at the next priority level.\n"
+"  SendText(text[|options]): Sends text to current channel (callee).\n"
 "Result of transmission will be stored in the SENDTEXTSTATUS\n"
 "channel variable:\n"
 "      SUCCESS      Transmission succeeded\n"
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ static const char *descrip =
 "      UNSUPPORTED  Text transmission not supported by channel\n"
 "\n"
 "At this moment, text is supposed to be 7 bit ASCII in most channels.\n"
-"Old deprecated behavior: \n"
-" SendText should continue with the next priority upon successful execution.\n"
-" If the client does not support text transport, and there exists a\n"
-" step with priority n + 101, then execution will continue at that step.\n";
+"The option string many contain the following character:\n"
+"'j' -- jump to n+101 priority if the channel doesn't support\n"
+"       text transport\n";
 
 STANDARD_LOCAL_USER;
 
@@ -72,26 +71,47 @@ static int sendtext_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 	int res = 0;
 	struct localuser *u;
 	char *status = "UNSUPPORTED";
+	char *parse = NULL;
+	int priority_jump = 0;
+	AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS(args,
+		AST_APP_ARG(text);
+		AST_APP_ARG(options);
+	);
 		
+	LOCAL_USER_ADD(u);	
+
 	if (ast_strlen_zero(data)) {
-		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "SendText requires an argument (text)\n");
+		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "SendText requires an argument (text[|options])\n");
+		LOCAL_USER_REMOVE(u);
 		return -1;
+	} else {
+		parse = ast_strdupa(data);
+		if (!parse) {
+			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Out of memory!\n");
+			LOCAL_USER_REMOVE(u);
+			return -1;
+		}
 	}
 	
-	LOCAL_USER_ADD(u);
+	AST_STANDARD_APP_ARGS(args, parse);
+
+	if (args.options) {
+		if (strchr(args.options, 'j'))
+			priority_jump = 1;
+	}
 
 	ast_mutex_lock(&chan->lock);
 	if (!chan->tech->send_text) {
 		ast_mutex_unlock(&chan->lock);
 		/* Does not support transport */
-		if (option_priority_jumping)
+		if (priority_jump || option_priority_jumping)
 			ast_goto_if_exists(chan, chan->context, chan->exten, chan->priority + 101);
 		LOCAL_USER_REMOVE(u);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	status = "FAILURE";
 	ast_mutex_unlock(&chan->lock);
-	res = ast_sendtext(chan, (char *)data);
+	res = ast_sendtext(chan, args.text);
 	if (!res)
 		status = "SUCCESS";
 	pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "SENDTEXTSTATUS", status);