diff --git a/phpBB/docs/events.md b/phpBB/docs/events.md
index 501a1c0acd..c2a8ac1538 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/events.md
+++ b/phpBB/docs/events.md
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ overall_header_navigation_prepend
 * Since: 3.1.0-a1
 * Purpose: Add links before the navigation links in the header
 
+posting_editor_message_before
+===
+* Locations:
+    + styles/prosilver/template/posting_editor.html
+    + styles/subsilver2/template/posting_body.html
+* Purpose: Add field (e.g. textbox) to the posting screen before the message
+
 posting_editor_options_prepend
 ===
 * Locations:
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/posting_editor.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/posting_editor.html
index 9e7716e542..5afd317fc3 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/posting_editor.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/posting_editor.html
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@
 		<!-- ENDIF -->
 	</div>
 
+	<!-- EVENT posting_editor_message_before -->
+
 	<div id="message-box">
 		<textarea <!-- IF S_UCP_ACTION and not S_PRIVMSGS and not S_EDIT_DRAFT -->name="signature" id="signature" style="height: 9em;"<!-- ELSE -->name="message" id="message"<!-- ENDIF --> rows="15" cols="76" tabindex="4" onselect="storeCaret(this);" onclick="storeCaret(this);" onkeyup="storeCaret(this);" onfocus="initInsertions();" class="inputbox">{MESSAGE}{DRAFT_MESSAGE}{SIGNATURE}</textarea>
 	</div>
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/posting_body.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/posting_body.html
index efd606550e..ee36e76eb0 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/posting_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/posting_body.html
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
 
 		<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
 		<!-- INCLUDE posting_buttons.html -->
+		<!-- EVENT posting_editor_message_before -->
 		<tr>
 			<td valign="top" style="width: 100%;"><textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="76" tabindex="3" onselect="storeCaret(this);" onclick="storeCaret(this);" onkeyup="storeCaret(this);" onfocus="initInsertions();" style="width: 700px; height: 270px; min-width: 98%; max-width: 98%;">{MESSAGE}</textarea></td>
 			<!-- IF S_BBCODE_ALLOWED -->