diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5de9f0..e89ae58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [3.7.3] - 2016-01-12
+### Fixed
+- Don't crash when trying to send a message to a Slack channel the bot
+isn't a member of.
+
 ## [3.7.2] - 2016-01-12
 ### Changed
 - Remove babel-polyfill, use functions available in Node 0.10 and above instead.
diff --git a/lib/bot.js b/lib/bot.js
index 90398d9..606a173 100644
--- a/lib/bot.js
+++ b/lib/bot.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Bot {
     if (slackChannelName) {
       const slackChannel = this.slack.getChannelGroupOrDMByName(slackChannelName);
 
-      if (!slackChannel) {
+      if (!slackChannel || !slackChannel.is_member) {
         logger.info('Tried to send a message to a channel the bot isn\'t in: ',
           slackChannelName);
         return;
diff --git a/test/bot.test.js b/test/bot.test.js
index 2f5c70c..5fba5f1 100644
--- a/test/bot.test.js
+++ b/test/bot.test.js
@@ -86,8 +86,16 @@ describe('Bot', function() {
   });
 
   it('should not send messages to slack if the bot isn\'t in the channel', function() {
-    this.bot.slack.getChannelGroupOrDMByName = function() {
-      return null;
+    this.bot.slack.getChannelGroupOrDMByName = () => null;
+    this.bot.sendToSlack('user', '#irc', 'message');
+    ChannelStub.prototype.postMessage.should.not.have.been.called;
+  });
+
+  it('should not send messages to slack if the channel\'s is_member is false', function() {
+    this.bot.slack.getChannelGroupOrDMByName = () => {
+      const channel = new ChannelStub();
+      channel.is_member = false;
+      return channel;
     };
 
     this.bot.sendToSlack('user', '#irc', 'message');
diff --git a/test/stubs/channel-stub.js b/test/stubs/channel-stub.js
index 8cf7f18..e83da58 100644
--- a/test/stubs/channel-stub.js
+++ b/test/stubs/channel-stub.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class ChannelStub extends EventEmitter {
     super();
     this.name = 'slack';
     this.is_channel = true;
+    this.is_member = true;
     this.members = ['testuser'];
   }
 }