diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 987ee81..2ff4260 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ to something similar to "http://domain/#channel/2011-03-09 14:25:09", or
     When using Pushover, this option allows you to specify a single device name to send
     notifications to; if blank or unset, notifications will be sent to all devices.
 
-    This option must be set when using PushBullet.
+    This option must be set when using PushBullet. This module supports both `device_id` (older, numeric id) and the `device_iden` (newer, alphanumeric id) used by PushBullet. You can find your `device_iden` by navigating to a device page and noting the last part of the URL. 
 
 ### Notifications
 
diff --git a/push.cpp b/push.cpp
index 582fb2e..6e0f465 100644
--- a/push.cpp
+++ b/push.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,18 @@ class CPushMod : public CModule
 			return result;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Verifies whether a given string contains only numbers.
+		 *
+		 * @param content String to verify
+		 */
+		bool is_number(const CString& content)
+		{
+			CString::const_iterator it = content.begin();
+			while(it != content.end() && std::isdigit(*it)) ++it;
+			return !content.empty() && it == content.end();
+		}
+
 		/**
 		 * Send a message to the currently-configured push service.
 		 * Requires (and assumes) that the user has already configured their
@@ -267,7 +279,14 @@ class CPushMod : public CModule
 				service_auth = options["secret"] + CString(":");
 				service_auth.Base64Encode();
 				
-				params["device_id"] = options["target"];
+				// Pushbullet uses numeric device_id but they
+				// are transitioning to an alphanumeric device_iden
+				if (is_number(options["target"]))
+				{
+					params["device_id"] = options["target"];
+				} else {
+					params["device_iden"] = options["target"];
+				}
 				params["type"] = "note";
 				params["title"] = message_title;
 				params["body"] = message_content;