diff --git a/components/ionKeyboard/ionKeyboard.js b/components/ionKeyboard/ionKeyboard.js
index 4e65130..cbd21db 100644
--- a/components/ionKeyboard/ionKeyboard.js
+++ b/components/ionKeyboard/ionKeyboard.js
@@ -3,45 +3,98 @@ Meteor.startup(function () {
     IonKeyboard.disableScroll();
   }
 });
-
+//TODO: Added backward compatibility using if statements to test for newer keyboard plugin
+//... cordova-plugin-keyboard. in the future we should remove ionic-plugin-keyboard 
+//... and take out the if statements below.
 IonKeyboard = {
   close: function () {
     if (Meteor.isCordova) {
-      cordova.plugins.Keyboard.close();
+      if(typeof(Keyboard) === "undefined"){
+        cordova.plugins.Keyboard.close();
+      } else {
+        Keyboard.hide(); 
+      }
     }
   },
 
   show: function () {
     if (Meteor.isCordova) {
-      cordova.plugins.Keyboard.show();
+      if(typeof(Keyboard) === "undefined"){
+        cordova.plugins.Keyboard.show();
+      } else {
+        Keyboard.show(); 
+      }
     }
   },
 
   hideKeyboardAccessoryBar: function () {
     if (Meteor.isCordova) {
-      cordova.plugins.Keyboard.hideKeyboardAccessoryBar(true);
+      if(typeof(Keyboard) === "undefined"){
+        cordova.plugins.Keyboard.hideKeyboardAccessoryBar(true);
+      } else {
+        Keyboard.hideFormAccessoryBar(true);
+      }
     }
   },
 
   showKeyboardAccessoryBar: function () {
     if (Meteor.isCordova) {
-      cordova.plugins.Keyboard.hideKeyboardAccessoryBar(false);
+      if(typeof(Keyboard) === "undefined"){
+        cordova.plugins.Keyboard.hideKeyboardAccessoryBar(false);
+      } else {
+        Keyboard.hideFormAccessoryBar(false);
+      }
     }
   },
 
   disableScroll: function () {
     if (Meteor.isCordova) {
-      cordova.plugins.Keyboard.disableScroll(true);
+      if(typeof(Keyboard) === "undefined"){
+        cordova.plugins.Keyboard.disableScroll(true);
+      } else {
+        Keyboard.disableScrollingInShrinkView(true);
+      }
     }
   },
 
   enableScroll: function () {
     if (Meteor.isCordova) {
-      cordova.plugins.Keyboard.disableScroll(false);
+      if(typeof(Keyboard) === "undefined"){
+        cordova.plugins.Keyboard.disableScroll(false);
+      } else {
+        Keyboard.disableScrollingInShrinkView(false);
+      }
     }
   }
 };
 
+window.addEventListener('keyboardHeightWillChange', function (event) {
+  // TODO: Android is having problems
+  if (Platform.isAndroid()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $('body').addClass('keyboard-open');
+  var keyboardHeight = event.keyboardHeight;
+
+  // Scroll to the focused element
+  scrollToFocusedElement(null, keyboardHeight);
+
+});
+
+window.addEventListener('keyboardDidHide', function (event) {
+
+  // TODO: Android is having problems
+  if (Platform.isAndroid()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // $('input, textarea').blur();
+  $('body').removeClass('keyboard-open');
+
+});
+
+
 window.addEventListener('native.keyboardshow', function (event) {
 
   // TODO: Android is having problems
diff --git a/package.js b/package.js
index 7ccb336..2046b3e 100644
--- a/package.js
+++ b/package.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Package.describe({
 });
 
 Cordova.depends({
+  'cordova-plugin-keyboard': '1.1.3',
   'ionic-plugin-keyboard': '1.0.8'
 });