diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/chat_helpers.style b/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/chat_helpers.style
index 21f1ad3c3..14af86253 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/chat_helpers.style
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/chat_helpers.style
@@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ historyComposeField: InputField(defaultInputField) {
 	duration: 100;
 }
 historyComposeFieldMaxHeight: 224px;
+historyComposeFieldFadeHeight: 8px;
 // historyMinHeight: 56px;
 
 historyAttach: IconButton(defaultIconButton) {
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/message_field.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/message_field.cpp
index ee3418394..77ca3bdd3 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/message_field.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/message_field.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/master/LEGAL
 #include "base/qthelp_url.h"
 #include "base/event_filter.h"
 #include "ui/layers/generic_box.h"
+#include "ui/rect.h"
 #include "core/shortcuts.h"
 #include "core/application.h"
 #include "core/core_settings.h"
@@ -442,6 +443,74 @@ bool HasSendText(not_null<const Ui::InputField*> field) {
 	return false;
 }
 
+void InitMessageFieldFade(not_null<Ui::InputField*> field) {
+	class Fade final : public Ui::RpWidget {
+	public:
+		using Ui::RpWidget::RpWidget;
+
+		void setFade(QPixmap &&fade) {
+			_fade = std::move(fade);
+		}
+
+		int resizeGetHeight(int newWidth) override {
+			return st::historyComposeFieldFadeHeight;
+		}
+
+	private:
+		void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) override {
+			auto p = QPainter(this);
+			p.drawTiledPixmap(rect(), _fade);
+		}
+
+		QPixmap _fade;
+
+	};
+
+	const auto topFade = Ui::CreateChild<Fade>(field.get());
+	const auto bottomFade = Ui::CreateChild<Fade>(field.get());
+
+	const auto generateFade = [=] {
+		const auto size = QSize(1, st::historyComposeFieldFadeHeight);
+		auto fade = QPixmap(size * style::DevicePixelRatio());
+		fade.setDevicePixelRatio(style::DevicePixelRatio());
+		fade.fill(Qt::transparent);
+		{
+			auto p = QPainter(&fade);
+
+			auto gradient = QLinearGradient(0, 1, 0, size.height());
+			gradient.setStops({
+				{ 0., st::historyComposeField.textBg->c },
+				{ .9, Qt::transparent },
+			});
+			p.setPen(Qt::NoPen);
+			p.setBrush(gradient);
+			p.drawRect(Rect(size));
+		}
+		bottomFade->setFade(fade.transformed(QTransform().scale(1, -1)));
+		topFade->setFade(std::move(fade));
+	};
+	generateFade();
+	style::PaletteChanged(
+	) | rpl::start_with_next([=] {
+		generateFade();
+	}, topFade->lifetime());
+
+	field->sizeValue(
+	) | rpl::start_with_next_done([=](const QSize &size) {
+		topFade->resizeToWidth(size.width());
+		bottomFade->resizeToWidth(size.width());
+		bottomFade->move(
+			0,
+			size.height() - st::historyComposeFieldFadeHeight);
+	}, [t = Ui::MakeWeak(topFade), b = Ui::MakeWeak(bottomFade)] {
+		Ui::DestroyChild(t.data());
+		Ui::DestroyChild(b.data());
+	}, topFade->lifetime());
+
+	topFade->show();
+	bottomFade->show();
+}
+
 InlineBotQuery ParseInlineBotQuery(
 		not_null<Main::Session*> session,
 		not_null<const Ui::InputField*> field) {
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/message_field.h b/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/message_field.h
index 7bce7facf..18ad42c09 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/message_field.h
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/chat_helpers/message_field.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ void InitSpellchecker(
 
 bool HasSendText(not_null<const Ui::InputField*> field);
 
+void InitMessageFieldFade(not_null<Ui::InputField*> field);
+
 struct InlineBotQuery {
 	QString query;
 	QString username;
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_widget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_widget.cpp
index 4921e6307..5fa7a5a19 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_widget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_widget.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ HistoryWidget::HistoryWidget(
 		showPremiumToast(document);
 		return false;
 	});
+	InitMessageFieldFade(_field);
 
 	_keyboard->sendCommandRequests(
 	) | rpl::start_with_next([=](Bot::SendCommandRequest r) {
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/view/controls/history_view_compose_controls.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/view/controls/history_view_compose_controls.cpp
index 05675a2fe..ada3c7295 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/view/controls/history_view_compose_controls.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/view/controls/history_view_compose_controls.cpp
@@ -1575,6 +1575,7 @@ void ComposeControls::initField() {
 		}
 		return false;
 	});
+	InitMessageFieldFade(_field);
 	_field->setEditLinkCallback(
 		DefaultEditLinkCallback(_show, _field, &_st.boxField));
 	initAutocomplete();