diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/evollu/react/fcm/FIRMessagingModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/evollu/react/fcm/FIRMessagingModule.java
index ae0322ce683f06deb33266212fb3cb496d82aaab..3ab5cc90b4bd5484da5ad7cfd6158994b64987e9 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/evollu/react/fcm/FIRMessagingModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/evollu/react/fcm/FIRMessagingModule.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMapKeySetIterator;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule;
@@ -29,11 +30,12 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class FIRMessagingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventListener, ActivityEventListener {
     private final static String TAG = FIRMessagingModule.class.getCanonicalName();
     private FIRLocalMessagingHelper mFIRLocalMessagingHelper;
-    
+
     public FIRMessagingModule(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
         super(reactContext);
         mFIRLocalMessagingHelper = new FIRLocalMessagingHelper((Application) reactContext.getApplicationContext());
@@ -131,6 +133,38 @@ public class FIRMessagingModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements Li
         }, intentFilter);
     }
 
+    @ReactMethod
+    public void send(String senderId, ReadableMap payload) throws Exception {
+        FirebaseMessaging fm = FirebaseMessaging.getInstance();
+        RemoteMessage.Builder message = new RemoteMessage.Builder(senderId + "@gcm.googleapis.com")
+            .setMessageId(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+
+        ReadableMapKeySetIterator iterator = payload.keySetIterator();
+        while (iterator.hasNextKey()) {
+            String key = iterator.nextKey();
+            String value = getStringFromReadableMap(payload, key);
+            message.addData(key, value);
+        }
+        fm.send(message.build());
+    }
+
+    private String getStringFromReadableMap(ReadableMap map, String key) throws Exception {
+        switch (map.getType(key)) {
+            case String:
+                return map.getString(key);
+            case Number:
+                try {
+                    return String.valueOf(map.getInt(key));
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    return String.valueOf(map.getDouble(key));
+                }
+            case Boolean:
+                return String.valueOf(map.getBoolean(key));
+            default:
+                throw new Exception("Unknown data type: " + map.getType(key).name() + " for message key " + key );
+        }
+    }
+
     private void registerMessageHandler() {
         IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter("com.evollu.react.fcm.ReceiveNotification");
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0d29f007408564a8fb4cd58b7ef2441e5224fcfc..5e557619f95141d311c8f80c4ffb9ef4e9aad65b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -74,4 +74,8 @@ FCM.unsubscribeFromTopic = (topic) => {
     RNFIRMessaging.unsubscribeFromTopic(topic);
 };
 
+FCM.send = (senderId, payload) => {
+    RNFIRMessaging.send(senderId, payload);
+};
+
 module.exports = FCM;