diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/ChatQueue.java b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/ChatQueue.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cee4fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/ChatQueue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package org.dynmap;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerChatEvent;
+
+public class ChatQueue {
+	
+	public class ChatMessage
+	{
+		public long time;
+		public String playerName;
+		public String message;
+		
+		public ChatMessage(PlayerChatEvent event)
+		{
+			time = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			playerName = event.getPlayer().getName();
+			message = event.getMessage();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/* a list of recent chat message */
+	private LinkedList<ChatMessage> messageQueue;
+	
+	/* remember up to this old chat messages (ms) */
+	private static final int maxChatAge = 120000;
+	
+	public ChatQueue() {
+		messageQueue = new LinkedList<ChatMessage>();
+	}
+	
+	/* put a chat message in the queue */
+	public void pushChatMessage(PlayerChatEvent event)
+	{
+		synchronized(MapManager.lock) {
+			messageQueue.add(new ChatMessage(event));
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public ChatMessage[] getChatMessages(long cutoff) {
+
+		ArrayList<ChatMessage> queue = new ArrayList<ChatMessage>();
+		ArrayList<ChatMessage> updateList = new ArrayList<ChatMessage>();
+		queue.addAll(messageQueue);
+		
+		long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+		long deadline = now - maxChatAge;
+		
+		synchronized(MapManager.lock) {
+			
+			for (ChatMessage message : queue)
+			{
+				if (message.time < deadline)
+				{
+					messageQueue.remove(message);
+				}
+				else if (message.time >= cutoff)
+				{
+					updateList.add(message);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		ChatMessage[] messages = new ChatMessage[updateList.size()];
+		updateList.toArray(messages);
+		return messages;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/DynmapPlayerListener.java b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/DynmapPlayerListener.java
index 3942ba88..54d47913 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/DynmapPlayerListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/DynmapPlayerListener.java
@@ -38,4 +38,14 @@ public class DynmapPlayerListener extends PlayerListener {
         	}
         }
 	}
+	
+    /**
+     * Called when a player sends a chat message
+     *
+     * @param event Relevant event details
+     */
+    public void onPlayerChat(PlayerChatEvent event) 
+    {
+    	mgr.addChatEvent(event);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/DynmapPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/DynmapPlugin.java
index f9f07212..ad79e18c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/DynmapPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/DynmapPlugin.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class DynmapPlugin extends JavaPlugin {
 		getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvent(Event.Type.BLOCK_DAMAGED, blockListener, Priority.Normal, this);
 		
 		getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvent(Event.Type.PLAYER_COMMAND, new DynmapPlayerListener(mapManager, playerList), Priority.Normal, this);
+		getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvent(Event.Type.PLAYER_CHAT, new DynmapPlayerListener(mapManager, playerList), Priority.Normal, this);
 		//getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvent(Event.Type.BLOCK_DESTROYED, listener, Priority.Normal, this);
 	/*	etc.getLoader().addListener(PluginLoader.Hook.COMMAND, listener, this, PluginListener.Priority.MEDIUM);
 		etc.getLoader().addListener(PluginLoader.Hook.BLOCK_CREATED, listener, this, PluginListener.Priority.MEDIUM);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/MapManager.java b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/MapManager.java
index 90a0c7d0..bb5545ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/MapManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/MapManager.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 import org.bukkit.World;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerChatEvent;
 import org.bukkit.util.config.ConfigurationNode;
 import org.dynmap.debug.Debugger;
 import org.dynmap.kzedmap.KzedMap;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ public class MapManager extends Thread {
 	private Debugger debugger;
 	private MapType map;
 	public StaleQueue staleQueue;
+	public ChatQueue chatQueue;
 	public PlayerList playerList;
 
 	/* lock for our data structures */
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ public class MapManager extends Thread {
 		this.world = world;
 		this.debugger = debugger;
 		this.staleQueue = new StaleQueue();
+		this.chatQueue = new ChatQueue();
 		
 		tileDirectory = combinePaths(DynmapPlugin.dataRoot, configuration.getString("tilespath", "web/tiles"));
 		webDirectory = combinePaths(DynmapPlugin.dataRoot, configuration.getString("webpath", "web"));
@@ -146,4 +149,9 @@ public class MapManager extends Thread {
 		debugger.debug("invalidating tile " + tile.getName());
 		staleQueue.pushStaleTile(tile);
 	}
+	
+	public void addChatEvent(PlayerChatEvent event)
+	{
+		chatQueue.pushChatMessage(event);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/WebServerRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/WebServerRequest.java
index 0d8bf962..2c072cd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/WebServerRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/WebServerRequest.java
@@ -123,8 +123,13 @@ public class WebServerRequest extends Thread {
 		for(TileUpdate tu : tileUpdates) {
 			sb.append("tile " + tu.tile.getName() + "\n");
 		}
+		
+		ChatQueue.ChatMessage[] messages = mgr.chatQueue.getChatMessages(cutoff);
+		for(ChatQueue.ChatMessage cu : messages) {
+			sb.append("chat " + cu.playerName + " " + cu.message + "\n");
+		}
 
-		debugger.debug("Sending " + players.length + " players and " + tileUpdates.length + " tile-updates. " + path + ";" + cutoff);
+		debugger.debug("Sending " + players.length + " players, " + tileUpdates.length + " tile-updates, and " + messages.length + " chats. "+ path + ";" + cutoff);
 		
 		byte[] bytes = sb.toString().getBytes();
 		
diff --git a/web/map.js b/web/map.js
index 1d7aeca5..cb8e2f53 100644
--- a/web/map.js
+++ b/web/map.js
@@ -210,7 +210,21 @@ DynMap.prototype = {
 						tile: function() {
 							me.onTileUpdated(row.name);
 						}
-					}, function() {
+					  , chat: function() {
+							var chats = line.split(' ');
+							var message = '';
+							for (var chatIndex = 2; chatIndex < chats.length; chatIndex++)
+							{
+								if (chatIndex > 2) message = message + " "; 
+								message = message + chats[chatIndex];
+							}
+							if (message.length > 0)
+							{
+								me.onPlayerChat(row.name, message);
+							}
+						}
+					},
+					function() {
 						var mi = {
 							id: row.type + '_' + row.name,
 							text: row.name,
@@ -244,6 +258,20 @@ DynMap.prototype = {
 			}
 		});
 	},
+	onPlayerChat: function(playerName, message) {
+		var me = this;
+		var markers = me.markers;
+		var map = me.map;
+		var mid = "player_" + playerName;
+		var playerMarker = markers[mid];
+		if (playerMarker)
+		{
+			var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
+			    content: message
+			});
+			infowindow.open(map,playerMarker);
+		}
+	},
 	onTileUpdated: function(tileName) {
 		var me = this;
 		var tile = this.registeredTiles[tileName];