diff --git a/converse.js b/converse.js
index 517c9c4c0..3fbf1050f 100644
--- a/converse.js
+++ b/converse.js
@@ -5896,14 +5896,15 @@
     var wrappedChatBox = function (chatbox) {
         var view = converse.chatboxviews.get(chatbox.get('jid'));
         return {
-            'open': view.show.bind(view),
             'close': view.close.bind(view),
             'endOTR': chatbox.endOTR.bind(chatbox),
             'focus': view.focus.bind(view),
             'get': chatbox.get.bind(chatbox),
             'initiateOTR': chatbox.initiateOTR.bind(chatbox),
+            'is_chatroom': chatbox.is_chatroom,
             'maximize': chatbox.maximize.bind(chatbox),
             'minimize': chatbox.minimize.bind(chatbox),
+            'open': view.show.bind(view),
             'set': chatbox.set.bind(chatbox)
         };
     };
diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.rst b/docs/CHANGES.rst
index 02102f0b4..6eb4bc6c9 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Changelog
 * CSS: Fonts Path: editabable $font-path via sass/variables.scss [thierrytiti]
 * Add offline pretty status to enable translation [thierrytiti]
 * With keepalive, don't send out a presence stanza on each page load [jcbrand]
+* Chat boxes returned by the API now have an ``is_chatroom`` attribute [jcbrand]
 
 0.9.3 (2015-05-01)
 ------------------