diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Drawables/DrawableChannel.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Drawables/DrawableChannel.cs
index d2968a732b..07d5638766 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Drawables/DrawableChannel.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Drawables/DrawableChannel.cs
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat.Drawables
         public DrawableChannel(Channel channel)
         {
             this.channel = channel;
-            newMessages(channel.Messages);
-            channel.NewMessagesArrived += newMessages;
+            newMessagesArrived(channel.Messages);
+            channel.NewMessagesArrived += newMessagesArrived;
 
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
 
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat.Drawables
         protected override void Dispose(bool isDisposing)
         {
             base.Dispose(isDisposing);
-            channel.NewMessagesArrived -= newMessages;
+            channel.NewMessagesArrived -= newMessagesArrived;
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load()
         {
-            newMessages(channel.Messages);
+            newMessagesArrived(channel.Messages);
         }
 
-        private void newMessages(IEnumerable<Message> newMessages)
+        private void newMessagesArrived(IEnumerable<Message> newMessages)
         {
             if (!IsLoaded) return;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs
index b9ac55bff0..3088b5e7a1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests;
 using osu.Game.Online.Chat;
 using osu.Game.Online.Chat.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Game.Screens.Select;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Primitives;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.UserInterface;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 {
@@ -32,6 +36,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
         protected override Container<Drawable> Content => content;
 
+        private FocusedTextBox inputTextBox;
+
         private APIAccess api;
 
         public ChatOverlay()
@@ -52,10 +58,38 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
                 content = new Container
                 {
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Padding = new MarginPadding { Bottom = 50 },
+                },
+                new Container
+                {
+                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                    Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                    Height = 50,
+                    Padding = new MarginPadding(5),
+                    Children = new Drawable[]
+                    {
+                        inputTextBox = new FocusedTextBox
+                        {
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                            PlaceholderText = "type your message",
+                            Exit = () => State = Visibility.Hidden,
+                            OnCommit = postMessage,
+                            HoldFocus = true,
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             });
         }
 
+        private void postMessage(TextBox sender, bool newText)
+        {
+            var postText = sender.Text;
+            //todo: do something with postText.
+
+            sender.Text = string.Empty;
+        }
+
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(APIAccess api)
         {