diff --git a/lang/en/moodle.php b/lang/en/moodle.php
index e764dd1a3a9..f2d7ff7bf94 100644
--- a/lang/en/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en/moodle.php
@@ -989,8 +989,8 @@ $string['messageprovider:notices'] = 'Notices about minor problems';
 $string['messageprovider:notices_help'] = 'These are notices that an administrator might be interested in seeing.';
 $string['messageprovider:instantmessage'] = 'Personal messages between users';
 $string['messageprovider:instantmessage_help'] = 'This section configures what happens to messages that are sent to you directly from other users on this site.';
-$string['messageselect'] = 'Select this user as an email recipient';
-$string['messageselectadd'] = 'Add / send message';
+$string['messageselect'] = 'Select this user as a message recipient';
+$string['messageselectadd'] = 'Send a message';
 $string['migratinggrades'] = 'Migrating grades';
 $string['min'] = 'min';
 $string['mins'] = 'mins';
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ $string['windowclosing'] = 'This window should close automatically. If not, plea
 $string['withchosenfiles'] = 'With chosen files';
 $string['withoutuserdata'] = 'without user data';
 $string['withselectedusers'] = 'With selected users...';
-$string['withselectedusers_help'] = '* Add / send message - For sending a message to one or more participants
+$string['withselectedusers_help'] = '* Send message - For sending a message to one or more participants
 * Add a new note - For adding a note to a selected participant
 * Add a common note - For adding the same note to more than one participant
 * Extend enrolment (individual) - For extending a selected student\'s access to the course, even when an enrolment period is set
diff --git a/theme/base/style/user.css b/theme/base/style/user.css
index c47f881a950..600d0d44e47 100644
--- a/theme/base/style/user.css
+++ b/theme/base/style/user.css
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@
 .userselector div label {margin-right: 0.3em;}
 #userselector_options .collapsibleregioncaption {font-weight: bold;}
 #userselector_options p {margin:0.2em 0;text-align:left;}
+#page-user-profile .messagebox {text-align:center;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}
diff --git a/theme/standard/style/core.css b/theme/standard/style/core.css
index 360816c932a..88c139c155c 100644
--- a/theme/standard/style/core.css
+++ b/theme/standard/style/core.css
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ form.popupform label {margin-right: 0.5em;}
 #page-user-index #longtimenosee,
 #page-user-index #showall {text-align: center;}
 #page-user-profile .remoteuserinfo, #page-user-view .remoteuserinfo{background-color:#D2EBFF;text-align:center;padding:3px;}
+#page-user-profile .messagebox {text-align:center;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding:5px;}
 
 /**
  * Moodle Forms
@@ -441,4 +442,4 @@ table#tag-management-list {margin: 10px auto;width: 80%;}
 .path-enrol .enrolusersbutton,
 .path-enrol .enrolcohortbutton {float:left;}
 .path-enrol .enrolusersbutton.instance1,
-.path-enrol .enrolcohortbutton.instance1 {float:right;}
\ No newline at end of file
+.path-enrol .enrolcohortbutton.instance1 {float:right;}
diff --git a/user/profile.php b/user/profile.php
index 584f9cab67a..18936adc8df 100644
--- a/user/profile.php
+++ b/user/profile.php
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ if ($user->description && !isset($hiddenfields['description'])) {
 }
 echo '</div>';
 
+
 // Print all the little details in a list
 
 echo '<table class="list" summary="">';
@@ -371,6 +372,14 @@ echo "</table></div></div>";
 
 echo $OUTPUT->blocks_for_region('content');
 
+// Print messaging link if allowed
+if (isloggedin() && has_capability('moodle/site:sendmessage', $context)
+    && !empty($CFG->messaging) && !isguestuser() && ($user->username != 'guest') && ($USER->id != $user->id)) {
+    echo '<div class="messagebox">';
+    echo '<a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/message/index.php?id='.$user->id.'">'.get_string('messageselectadd').'</a>';
+    echo '</div>';
+}
+
 if ($CFG->debugdisplay && debugging('', DEBUG_DEVELOPER) && $currentuser) {  // Show user object
     echo '<br /><br /><hr />';
     echo $OUTPUT->heading('DEBUG MODE:  User session variables');