diff -ur ircservices-5.1.20-old/send.c ircservices-5.1.20/send.c
--- ircservices-5.1.20-old/send.c	2009-08-20 13:24:40.000000000 +0200
+++ ircservices-5.1.20/send.c	2009-08-20 13:35:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -143,13 +143,26 @@
     va_end(args);
 }
 
+#define SVSMODE                    "SVSMODE"
+#define SVS_SIZE                   7
+#define SVS2MODE                   "SVS2MODE"
+#define SVS2_SIZE                  8
 void vsend_cmd(const char *source, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
     char buf[BUFSIZE];
 
     if (!servsock)
         return;
-    vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
+
+    /* SVS2MODE's only, by Dirk Lehmann  */
+    if (strncmp(fmt, SVSMODE, SVS_SIZE))
+        vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
+    else {
+        strncpy(buf, SVS2MODE, SVS2_SIZE);
+        vsnprintf(buf + SVS2_SIZE, sizeof(buf) - SVS2_SIZE,
+                  fmt + SVS_SIZE, args);
+    }
+
     if (source) {
         if (servsock)
             sockprintf(servsock, ":%s %s\r\n", source, buf);