diff --git a/public/language/en_GB/error.json b/public/language/en_GB/error.json
index e028997eea..b969d5f3c0 100644
--- a/public/language/en_GB/error.json
+++ b/public/language/en_GB/error.json
@@ -124,5 +124,6 @@
 	"invite-maximum-met": "You have invited the maximum amount of people (%1 out of %2).",
 
 	"no-session-found": "No login session found!",
-	"not-in-room": "User not in room"
+	"not-in-room": "User not in room",
+	"no-users-in-room": "No users in this room"
 }
diff --git a/src/messaging.js b/src/messaging.js
index e78664d6d0..e39e9f0d3b 100644
--- a/src/messaging.js
+++ b/src/messaging.js
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		if (parseInt(meta.config.disableChat) === 1 || !uid) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:chat-disabled]]'));
 		}
-
+		
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
 				Messaging.isUserInRoom(uid, roomId, next);
@@ -368,6 +368,14 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				if (!inRoom) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:not-in-room]]'));
 				}
+				
+				Messaging.getUserCountInRoom(roomId, next);
+			},
+			function(count, next) {
+				if (count < 2) {
+					return next(new Error('[[error:no-users-in-room]]'));
+				}
+				
 				user.getUserFields(uid, ['banned', 'email:confirmed'], next);
 			},
 			function (userData, next) {