diff -ru xchat-2.0.0/src/common/cfgfiles.c xchat-2.0.0.beephi/src/common/cfgfiles.c
--- xchat-2.0.0/src/common/cfgfiles.c	2003-02-10 05:24:20.000000000 +0100
+++ xchat-2.0.0.beephi/src/common/cfgfiles.c	2003-02-23 17:52:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@
 	{"irc_who_join", P_OFFINT (userhost), TYPE_BOOL},
 
 	{"input_beep_chans", P_OFFINT (beepchans), TYPE_BOOL},
+	{"input_beep_hilight", P_OFFINT (beephilight), TYPE_BOOL},
 	{"input_beep_msg", P_OFFINT (beepmsg), TYPE_BOOL},
 	{"input_command_char", P_OFFSET (cmdchar), TYPE_STR},
 	{"input_filter_beep", P_OFFINT (filterbeep), TYPE_BOOL},
diff -ru xchat-2.0.0/src/common/inbound.c xchat-2.0.0.beephi/src/common/inbound.c
--- xchat-2.0.0/src/common/inbound.c	2003-02-09 03:53:54.000000000 +0100
+++ xchat-2.0.0.beephi/src/common/inbound.c	2003-02-23 19:36:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -315,9 +315,11 @@
 		if (prefs.beepchans || sess->beep)
 			fe_beep ();
 
-	if (is_hilight (text, sess, serv))
+	if (is_hilight (text, sess, serv)){
 		hilight = TRUE;
-
+		if (prefs.beephilight)
+			fe_beep ();
+	}
 	if (sess->type == SESS_DIALOG)
 		EMIT_SIGNAL (XP_TE_DPRIVMSG, sess, from, text, nickchar, NULL, 0);
 	else if (hilight)
diff -ru xchat-2.0.0/src/common/xchat.h xchat-2.0.0.beephi/src/common/xchat.h
--- xchat-2.0.0/src/common/xchat.h	2003-02-09 03:53:32.000000000 +0100
+++ xchat-2.0.0.beephi/src/common/xchat.h	2003-02-23 17:51:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
 	unsigned int filterbeep;
 	unsigned int beepmsg;
 	unsigned int beepchans;
+	unsigned int beephilight;
 	unsigned int truncchans;
 	unsigned int privmsgtab;
 	unsigned int logging;
diff -ru xchat-2.0.0/src/fe-gtk/setup.c xchat-2.0.0.beephi/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
--- xchat-2.0.0/src/fe-gtk/setup.c	2003-02-10 03:39:31.000000000 +0100
+++ xchat-2.0.0.beephi/src/fe-gtk/setup.c	2003-02-23 17:50:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
 	{ST_TOGGLE,	N_("Beep on private messages"), P_OFFINT(beepmsg), 0, 0, 0},
 	{ST_TOGGLE,	N_("Automatically unmark away"), P_OFFINT(auto_unmark_away), N_("Unmark yourself as away before sending messages"), 0, 0},
 	{ST_TOGGLE,	N_("Beep on channel messages"), P_OFFINT(beepchans), 0, 0, 0},
+	{ST_TOGGLE,	N_("Beep on higlighted messages"), P_OFFINT(beephilight), 0, 0, 0},
 	{ST_TOGGLE,	N_("Announce away messages"), P_OFFINT(show_away_message), N_("Announce your away messages to all channels"), 0, 0},
 	{ST_TOGGLE,	N_("Display MODEs in raw form"), P_OFFINT(raw_modes), 0, 0, 0},
 	{ST_NUMBER,	N_("Auto reconnect delay:"), P_OFFINT(recon_delay), 0, 0, 9999},