diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index a1ec395..1e08e3a 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@ default: /path/to/instance/config.Game.ini
     `{seconds}`;;
         Valid in `msgTimeSeconds`, replaced at runtime with seconds remaining until shutdown
 
+`broadcastcmd`::
+    Used to override which rcon command to use for server broadcasts - e.g. serverchat
++
+default: `broadcast`
+
 `discordWebhookURL`::
     Discord Webhook URL - server status messages and update warning messages will be sent through
     this if specified
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index bf86dcc..9c551f6 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ doExitServer() {
 # Broadcast message
 #
 doBroadcast(){
-  rconcmd "broadcast $1"
+  rconcmd "${broadcastcmd:-broadcast} $1"
 }
 
 #
@@ -3418,6 +3418,7 @@ useConfig() {
   # This is linked to the directory, not to the instance
   arkupdatelockfile="${arkupdatelockfile:-${arkserverdir}/Saved/.ark-update.lock}"
   arkupdatetimefile="${arkupdatetimefile:-${arkserverdir}/Saved/.ark-update.time}"
+  broadcastcmd="${broadcastcmd:-broadcast}"
 }
 
 addArkOpt() {
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager.cfg b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
index aa8a760..1ca6766 100644
--- a/tools/arkmanager.cfg
+++ b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ msgWarnShutdownMinutes="This ARK server will shutdown in %d minutes"
 msgWarnShutdownSeconds="This ARK server will shutdown in %d seconds"
 msgWarnCancelled="Restart cancelled by player request"
 
+#broadcastcmd="serverchat"                                          # Uncomment to use serverchat instead of broadcast
+
 # Notifications
 # discordWebhookURL="https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks/{webhook.id}/{webhook.token}"
 # notifyMsgShuttingDown="Shutting down"