diff --git a/hypchat/restobject.py b/hypchat/restobject.py
index c94d21b..a7b5ad8 100644
--- a/hypchat/restobject.py
+++ b/hypchat/restobject.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def topic(self, text):
         'topic': text,
         })
 
-    def history(self, date='recent', maxResults=200):
+    def history(self, end_date=None, date='recent', maxResults=200):
         """
         Requests the room history.
 
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ def history(self, date='recent', maxResults=200):
         if date != 'recent':
             date, tz = mktimestamp(date)
         params = {
+        'end-date': end_date,
         'date': date,
         'timezone': tz,
         'max-results': maxResults,
diff --git a/tests/test_history.py b/tests/test_history.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33103bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_history.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import unittest
+from common import TestHypChat
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+class TestHistory(TestHypChat):
+  def setUp(self):
+    super(TestHistory, self).setUp()
+
+  def runTest(self):
+    date = datetime.now()
+    end_date = date + timedelta(days=-7)
+    messages = self.hipchat.get_room('SOME_ROOM_YOU_CAN_ACCESS').history(maxResults=999, end_date=end_date, date=date).contents()