diff --git a/qml/pages/ChatPage.qml b/qml/pages/ChatPage.qml
index a6c2055..cf636b4 100644
--- a/qml/pages/ChatPage.qml
+++ b/qml/pages/ChatPage.qml
@@ -355,7 +355,9 @@ Page {
                         icon.source: "image://theme/icon-m-chat"
                         anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
                         onClicked: {
-                            // Send message
+                            tdLibWrapper.sendTextMessage(chatInformation.id, newMessageTextField.text);
+                            newMessageTextField.text = "";
+                            newMessageTextField.focus = false;
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/tdlibwrapper.cpp b/src/tdlibwrapper.cpp
index 4c07529..a6ed782 100644
--- a/src/tdlibwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/tdlibwrapper.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,22 @@ void TDLibWrapper::viewMessage(const QString &chatId, const QString &messageId)
     this->sendRequest(requestObject);
 }
 
+void TDLibWrapper::sendTextMessage(const QString &chatId, const QString &message)
+{
+    qDebug() << "[TDLibWrapper] Sending text message " << chatId << message;
+    QVariantMap requestObject;
+    requestObject.insert("@type", "sendMessage");
+    requestObject.insert("chat_id", chatId);
+    QVariantMap inputMessageContent;
+    inputMessageContent.insert("@type", "inputMessageText");
+    QVariantMap formattedText;
+    formattedText.insert("text", message);
+    formattedText.insert("@type", "formattedText");
+    inputMessageContent.insert("text", formattedText);
+    requestObject.insert("input_message_content", inputMessageContent);
+    this->sendRequest(requestObject);
+}
+
 QVariantMap TDLibWrapper::getUserInformation()
 {
     return this->userInformation;
diff --git a/src/tdlibwrapper.h b/src/tdlibwrapper.h
index f8a8849..cbbda40 100644
--- a/src/tdlibwrapper.h
+++ b/src/tdlibwrapper.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE void closeChat(const QString &chatId);
     Q_INVOKABLE void getChatHistory(const QString &chatId, const qlonglong &fromMessageId = 0, const int &offset = 0, const int &limit = 50, const bool &onlyLocal = false);
     Q_INVOKABLE void viewMessage(const QString &chatId, const QString &messageId);
+    Q_INVOKABLE void sendTextMessage(const QString &chatId, const QString &message);
 
 signals:
     void versionDetected(const QString &version);