diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 2746041..381d5af 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ func bind(t *testing.T, c net.Conn, decoder *xml.Decoder) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	switch iq.Payload.(type) {
+	// TODO Check all elements
+	switch iq.Payload[0].(type) {
 	case *bindBind:
 		result := `<iq id='%s' type='result'>
   <bind xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-bind'>
diff --git a/cmd/xmpp_component/xmpp_component.go b/cmd/xmpp_component/xmpp_component.go
index 3303c47..a48426b 100644
--- a/cmd/xmpp_component/xmpp_component.go
+++ b/cmd/xmpp_component/xmpp_component.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"fluux.io/xmpp"
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ func main() {
 		case xmpp.IQ:
 			switch inner := p.Payload.(type) {
 			case *xmpp.Node:
+				fmt.Printf("%q\n", inner)
+
+				data, err := xml.Marshal(inner)
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Println("cannot marshall payload")
+				}
+				fmt.Println("data=", string(data))
 				component.processIQ(p.Type, p.Id, p.From, inner)
 			default:
 				fmt.Println("default")
diff --git a/iq.go b/iq.go
index 63667f1..a34a919 100644
--- a/iq.go
+++ b/iq.go
@@ -7,18 +7,57 @@ import (
 	"fluux.io/xmpp/iot"
 )
 
+/*
+TODO I would like to be able to write
+
+	newIQ(Id, From, To, Type, Lang).AddPayload(IQPayload)
+
+	xmpp.IQ{
+		XMLName: xml.Name{
+			Space: "",
+			Local: "",
+		},
+		PacketAttrs: xmpp.PacketAttrs{
+			Id:   "",
+			From: "",
+			To:   "",
+			Type: "",
+			Lang: "",
+		},
+		Payload: nil,
+		RawXML:  "",
+	}
+
+*/
+
 // ============================================================================
 // IQ Packet
 
 type IQ struct { // Info/Query
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"iq"`
 	PacketAttrs
-	Payload IQPayload `xml:",omitempty"`
-	RawXML  string    `xml:",innerxml"`
-	// TODO We need to support detecting the IQ namespace / Query packet
+	Payload []IQPayload `xml:",omitempty"`
+	RawXML  string      `xml:",innerxml"`
 	// 	Error   clientError
 }
 
+func NewIQ(iqtype, from, to, id, lang string) IQ {
+	return IQ{
+		XMLName: xml.Name{Local: "iq"},
+		PacketAttrs: PacketAttrs{
+			Id:   id,
+			From: from,
+			To:   to,
+			Type: iqtype,
+			Lang: lang,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (iq *IQ) AddPayload(payload IQPayload) {
+	iq.Payload = append(iq.Payload, payload)
+}
+
 func (IQ) Name() string {
 	return "iq"
 }
@@ -33,10 +72,6 @@ func (iqDecoder) decode(p *xml.Decoder, se xml.StartElement) (IQ, error) {
 	return packet, err
 }
 
-type IQPayload interface {
-	IsIQPayload()
-}
-
 // UnmarshalXML implements custom parsing for IQs
 func (iq *IQ) UnmarshalXML(d *xml.Decoder, start xml.StartElement) error {
 	iq.XMLName = start.Name
@@ -83,7 +118,7 @@ func (iq *IQ) UnmarshalXML(d *xml.Decoder, start xml.StartElement) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				iq.Payload = p
+				iq.Payload = []IQPayload{p}
 				p = nil
 			}
 
@@ -117,12 +152,32 @@ func (iq *IQ) XMPPFormat() string {
 }
 
 // ============================================================================
-// Genery IQ Node
+// Generic IQ Payload
+
+type IQPayload interface {
+	IsIQPayload()
+}
 
 type Node struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name
-	Content []byte `xml:",innerxml"`
-	Nodes   []Node `xml:",any"`
+	Attrs   []xml.Attr `xml:"-"`
+	// Content []byte     `xml:",innerxml"`
+	Nodes []Node `xml:",any"`
+}
+
+func (n *Node) UnmarshalXML(d *xml.Decoder, start xml.StartElement) error {
+	n.Attrs = start.Attr
+	type node Node
+	return d.DecodeElement((*node)(n), &start)
+}
+
+func (n *Node) MarshalXML(e *xml.Encoder, start xml.StartElement) (err error) {
+	start.Attr = n.Attrs
+	start.Name = n.XMLName
+
+	err = e.EncodeToken(start)
+	e.EncodeElement(n.Nodes, xml.StartElement{Name: n.XMLName})
+	return e.EncodeToken(xml.EndElement{Name: start.Name})
 }
 
 func (*Node) IsIQPayload() {}
diff --git a/iq_test.go b/iq_test.go
index 9042ebc..1eba656 100644
--- a/iq_test.go
+++ b/iq_test.go
@@ -27,3 +27,38 @@ func TestUnmarshalIqs(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGenerateIq(t *testing.T) {
+	iq := NewIQ("get", "admin@localhost", "test@localhost", "1", "en")
+	payload := Node{
+		XMLName: xml.Name{
+			Space: "http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info",
+			Local: "query",
+		},
+		Nodes: []Node{
+			{XMLName: xml.Name{
+				Local: "identity",
+			},
+				Attrs: []xml.Attr{
+					{Name: xml.Name{Local: "category"}, Value: "gateway"},
+					{Name: xml.Name{Local: "type"}, Value: "skype"},
+					{Name: xml.Name{Local: "name"}, Value: "Test Gateway"},
+				},
+				Nodes: nil,
+			}},
+	}
+	iq.AddPayload(&payload)
+	data, err := xml.Marshal(iq)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("cannot marshal xml structure")
+	}
+
+	var parsedIQ = new(IQ)
+	if err = xml.Unmarshal(data, parsedIQ); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unmarshal(%s) returned error", data)
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(parsedIQ.Payload[0], iq.Payload[0]) {
+		t.Errorf("expecting result %+v = %+v", parsedIQ.Payload[0], iq.Payload[0])
+	}
+}
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index dc47ffe..c4afa58 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ func (s *Session) bind(o Options) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	switch payload := iq.Payload.(type) {
+	// TODO Check all elements
+	switch payload := iq.Payload[0].(type) {
 	case *bindBind:
 		s.BindJid = payload.Jid // our local id (with possibly randomly generated resource
 	default: