diff --git a/app/css/app.css b/app/css/app.css
index 63f16628..a109e27a 100644
--- a/app/css/app.css
+++ b/app/css/app.css
@@ -818,6 +818,14 @@ a.im_dialog:hover .im_dialog_date {
   -webkit-user-select: text;
 }
 
+.im_history_empty {
+  padding: 100px 50px 0;
+
+  text-align: center;
+  color: #999;
+  font-size: 1.5em;
+}
+
 .im_history_to_bottom {
   position: relative;
 }
@@ -2510,4 +2518,3 @@ ce671b orange
 .user_color_7:hover {color: #2996ad;}
 .user_color_8,
 .user_color_8:hover {color: #ce671b;}
-
diff --git a/app/js/controllers.js b/app/js/controllers.js
index ccc77b8f..50d3a531 100644
--- a/app/js/controllers.js
+++ b/app/js/controllers.js
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ angular.module('myApp.controllers', [])
     StatusManager.start();
 
     $scope.history = [];
+    $scope.historyEmpty = false;
     $scope.mediaType = false;
     $scope.selectedMsgs = {};
     $scope.selectedCount = 0;
@@ -449,10 +450,14 @@ angular.module('myApp.controllers', [])
         ? AppMessagesManager.getSearch($scope.curDialog.inputPeer, '', inputMediaFilter, maxID, startLimit)
         : AppMessagesManager.getHistory($scope.curDialog.inputPeer, maxID);
 
+      $scope.historyEmpty = false;
+
       getMessagesPromise.then(function (historyResult) {
         if (curJump != jump) return;
 
         offset += historyResult.history.length;
+        $scope.historyEmpty = !historyResult.count;
+
         hasMore = offset < historyResult.count;
         maxID = historyResult.history[historyResult.history.length - 1];
 
diff --git a/app/partials/im.html b/app/partials/im.html
index 735e2e22..346c6b76 100644
--- a/app/partials/im.html
+++ b/app/partials/im.html
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
               <div class="im_history_scrollable">
 
                   <div class="im_history" ng-class="{im_history_selectable: selectActions}">
+                    <div class="im_history_empty" ng-show="historyEmpty &amp;&amp; !history.length">No messages to display</div>
                     <div class="im_history_message_wrap" my-message ng-repeat="historyMessage in history"></div>
                   </div>