diff --git a/public/src/forum/chats.js b/public/src/forum/chats.js
index 2d2123b5d3..110afa4473 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/chats.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/chats.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 /* globals define, app, ajaxify, utils, socket, templates */
 
-define('forum/chats', ['string', 'sounds'], function(S, sounds) {
+define('forum/chats', ['string', 'sounds', 'forum/infinitescroll'], function(S, sounds, infinitescroll) {
 	var Chats = {
 		initialised: false
 	};
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ define('forum/chats', ['string', 'sounds'], function(S, sounds) {
 				app.openChat(username, uid);
 			}, true);
 		});
+
+		$('.recent-chats').on('scroll', function() {
+			var $this = $(this);
+			var bottom = ($this[0].scrollHeight - $this.height()) * 0.9;
+			if ($this.scrollTop() > bottom) {
+				loadMoreRecentChats();
+			}
+		});
 	};
 
 	Chats.addGlobalEventListeners = function() {
@@ -197,5 +205,44 @@ define('forum/chats', ['string', 'sounds'], function(S, sounds) {
 		}, callback);
 	};
 
+	function loadMoreRecentChats() {
+		var recentChats = $('.recent-chats');
+		if (recentChats.attr('loading')) {
+			return;
+		}
+		recentChats.attr('loading', 1);
+		socket.emit('modules.chats.getRecentChats', {
+			after: recentChats.attr('data-nextstart')
+		}, function(err, data) {
+			if (err) {
+				return app.alertError(err.message);
+			}
+
+			if (data && data.users.length) {
+				onRecentChatsLoaded(data.users, function() {
+					recentChats.removeAttr('loading');
+					recentChats.attr('data-nextstart', data.nextStart);
+				});
+			} else {
+				recentChats.removeAttr('loading');
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	function onRecentChatsLoaded(users, callback) {
+		users = users.filter(function(user) {
+			return !$('.recent-chats li[data-uid=' + user.uid + ']').length;
+		});
+
+		if (!users.length) {
+			return callback();
+		}
+
+		infinitescroll.parseAndTranslate('chats', 'chats', {chats: users}, function(html) {
+			$('.recent-chats').append(html);
+			callback();
+		});
+	}
+
 	return Chats;
 });
diff --git a/public/src/modules/chat.js b/public/src/modules/chat.js
index b4234bd488..24bc182716 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/chat.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/chat.js
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ define('chat', ['taskbar', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/chats'], function(taskbar,
 				return;
 			}
 
-			socket.emit('modules.chats.list', function(err, chats) {
+			socket.emit('modules.chats.getRecentChats', {after: 0}, function(err, chats) {
 				if (err) {
 					return app.alertError(err.message);
 				}
-
+				chats = chats.users;
 				var	userObj;
 
 				chatsListEl.empty();
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts.js b/src/controllers/accounts.js
index fe40a3ea9a..1e21ecc62a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts.js
@@ -500,20 +500,21 @@ accountsController.getChats = function(req, res, next) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
 
-		// Remove entries if they were already present as a followed contact
+		//Remove entries if they were already present as a followed contact
 		if (results.contacts && results.contacts.length) {
 			var contactUids = results.contacts.map(function(contact) {
 					return parseInt(contact.uid, 10);
 				});
 
-			results.recentChats = results.recentChats.filter(function(chatObj) {
+			results.recentChats.users = results.recentChats.users.filter(function(chatObj) {
 				return contactUids.indexOf(parseInt(chatObj.uid, 10)) === -1;
 			});
 		}
 
 		if (!req.params.userslug) {
 			return res.render('chats', {
-				chats: results.recentChats,
+				chats: results.recentChats.users,
+				nextStart: results.recentChats.nextStart,
 				contacts: results.contacts
 			});
 		}
@@ -532,7 +533,8 @@ accountsController.getChats = function(req, res, next) {
 			}
 
 			res.render('chats', {
-				chats: results.recentChats,
+				chats: results.recentChats.users,
+				nextStart: results.recentChats.nextStart,
 				contacts: results.contacts,
 				meta: data.toUser,
 				messages: data.messages
diff --git a/src/messaging.js b/src/messaging.js
index 8c9c902c5c..16a56dd23e 100644
--- a/src/messaging.js
+++ b/src/messaging.js
@@ -222,26 +222,39 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			db.isSortedSetMembers('uid:' + uid + ':chats:unread', uids, function(err, unreadUids) {
+			async.parallel({
+				unread: function(next) {
+					db.isSortedSetMembers('uid:' + uid + ':chats:unread', uids, next);
+				},
+				users: function(next) {
+					user.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'picture', 'status'] , next);
+				}
+			}, function(err, results) {
 				if (err) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
 
-				user.getMultipleUserFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'picture', 'status'] , function(err, users) {
+				results.users = results.users.filter(function(user) {
+					return user && parseInt(user.uid, 10);
+				});
+
+				if (!results.users.length) {
+					return callback(null, {users: [], nextStart: end + 1});
+				}
+
+				results.users.forEach(function(user, index) {
+					if (user) {
+						user.unread = results.unread[index];
+						user.status = websockets.isUserOnline(user.uid) ? user.status : 'offline';
+					}
+				});
+
+				db.sortedSetRevRank('uid:' + uid + ':chats', results.users[results.users.length - 1].uid, function(err, rank) {
 					if (err) {
 						return callback(err);
 					}
-					users = users.filter(function(user) {
-						return user && parseInt(user.uid, 10);
-					});
-					users.forEach(function(user, index) {
-						if (user) {
-							user.unread = unreadUids[index];
-							user.status = websockets.isUserOnline(user.uid) ? user.status : 'offline';
-						}
-					});
 
-					callback(null, users);
+					callback(null, {users: results.users, nextStart: rank + 1});
 				});
 			});
 		});
diff --git a/src/socket.io/modules.js b/src/socket.io/modules.js
index 54e6b4585d..724407fe34 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/modules.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/modules.js
@@ -266,8 +266,14 @@ function sendTypingNotification(event, socket, data, callback) {
 	server.in('uid_' + data.touid).emit(event, data.fromUid);
 }
 
-SocketModules.chats.list = function(socket, data, callback) {
-	Messaging.getRecentChats(socket.uid, 0, 9, callback);
+SocketModules.chats.getRecentChats = function(socket, data, callback) {
+	if (!data || !utils.isNumber(data.after)) {
+		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
+	}
+	var start = parseInt(data.after, 10),
+		end = start + 9;
+
+	Messaging.getRecentChats(socket.uid, start, end, callback);
 };
 
 /* Notifications */