diff --git a/lib/Slackbot_worker.js b/lib/Slackbot_worker.js
index 678dc8bdb..956c8b4a1 100755
--- a/lib/Slackbot_worker.js
+++ b/lib/Slackbot_worker.js
@@ -494,6 +494,43 @@ module.exports = function(botkit, config) {
             msg.channel = src.channel;
 
             msg.response_type = 'ephemeral';
+            msg.replace_original = false;
+
+            var requestOptions = {
+                uri: src.response_url,
+                method: 'POST',
+                json: msg
+            };
+            request(requestOptions, function(err, resp, body) {
+                /**
+                 * Do something?
+                 */
+                if (err) {
+                    botkit.log.error('Error sending slash command response:', err);
+                    cb && cb(err);
+                } else {
+                    cb && cb();
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    };
+
+    bot.replyDelayedPrivate = function(src, resp, replace_original, cb) {
+        if (!src.response_url) {
+            cb && cb('No response_url found');
+        } else {
+            var msg = {};
+
+            if (typeof(resp) == 'string') {
+                msg.text = resp;
+            } else {
+                msg = resp;
+            }
+
+            msg.channel = src.channel;
+
+            msg.response_type = 'ephemeral';
+            msg.replace_original = replace_original;
 
             var requestOptions = {
                 uri: src.response_url,