diff --git a/common/content/ui.js b/common/content/ui.js
index b358aacd..a79f37e1 100644
--- a/common/content/ui.js
+++ b/common/content/ui.js
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ function CommandLine() //{{{
 
         get length() this._messages.length,
 
+        clear: function clear()
+        {
+            this._messages = [];
+        },
+
         add: function add(message)
         {
             if (!message)
@@ -975,6 +980,11 @@ function CommandLine() //{{{
         },
         { argCount: "0" });
 
+    commands.add(["messc[lear]"],
+        "Clear the message history",
+        function () { messageHistory.clear(); },
+        { argCount: "0" });
+
     commands.add(["sil[ent]"],
         "Run a command silently",
         function (args)
diff --git a/vimperator/NEWS b/vimperator/NEWS
index 851be046..63124c28 100644
--- a/vimperator/NEWS
+++ b/vimperator/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     * add $MY_VIMPERATORRC
     * add ' and " local marks
     * add "w" and "W" Normal mode mappings for symmetry with o/O and t/T
+    * add :messclear
 
 2008-XX-XX:
     * version 2.0 (probably)
diff --git a/vimperator/locale/en-US/index.txt b/vimperator/locale/en-US/index.txt
index 5a6a2fbb..9651529c 100644
--- a/vimperator/locale/en-US/index.txt
+++ b/vimperator/locale/en-US/index.txt
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ section:Ex{nbsp}commands[ex-cmd-index,:index]
 ||[c]:mark[c]|| Mark current location within the web page +
 ||[c]:marks[c]|| Show all location marks of current web page +
 ||[c]:messages[c]|| Display previously given messages +
+||[c]:messclear[c]|| Clear the message history +
 ||[c]:mkvimperatorrc[c]|| Write current key mappings and changed options to the config file +
 ||[c]:nohlsearch[c]|| Remove the search highlighting +
 ||[c]:noremap[c]|| Map a key sequence without remapping keys +
diff --git a/vimperator/locale/en-US/message.txt b/vimperator/locale/en-US/message.txt
index 99c1d723..f7c18f9b 100644
--- a/vimperator/locale/en-US/message.txt
+++ b/vimperator/locale/en-US/message.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ Display previously given messages.
 ________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
+|:messc| |:messclear| +
+||:messc[lear]||
+________________________________________________________________________________
+Clear the message history.
+________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
 |g<| +
 ||g<||
 ________________________________________________________________________________