notify on private message and /me "emote"

Currently xchat notifies me with a "tray balloon" of new messages according to my Preferences -> Alert settings. I would like it if this notification could include "emoted" private messages. i.e. the ones that start with /me. Let's face it: I always want to be alerted of a private hug. :)

Currently running version 2.8.4 in Ubuntu 8.04.