diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
index 28aae874f..1527bde4c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ void MessageBoxManager::createInteractiveMessageBox (const std::string& message,
     std::copy (buttons.begin(), buttons.end(), std::ostream_iterator<std::string> (std::cout, ", "));
     std::cout << std::endl;
     
+    InteractiveMessageBox *box = new InteractiveMessageBox(*this, message, buttons);
+    mInterMessageBoxes.push_back(box);
+    
+    // delete all non-interactive MessageBox'es
     std::vector<MessageBox*>::iterator it = mMessageBoxes.begin();
     while(it != mMessageBoxes.end())
     {
@@ -174,3 +178,18 @@ int MessageBox::getHeight ()
 {
     return mHeight+mNextBoxPadding; // 20 is the padding between this and the next MessageBox
 }
+
+
+
+InteractiveMessageBox::InteractiveMessageBox(MessageBoxManager& parMessageBoxManager, const std::string& message, const std::vector<std::string>& buttons)
+  : Layout("openmw_interactive_messagebox_layout.xml")
+  , mMessageBoxManager(parMessageBoxManager)
+{
+    getWidget(mMessageWidget, "message");
+    getWidget(mButtonsWidget, "buttons");
+    
+    mMessageWidget->setOverflowToTheLeft(true);
+    mMessageWidget->addText(message);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.hpp
index fe58a31c8..e394b4c26 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 namespace MWGui
 {
     
+    class InteractiveMessageBox;
     class MessageBoxManager;
     class MessageBox;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             
         private:
             std::vector<MessageBox*> mMessageBoxes;
+            std::vector<InteractiveMessageBox*> mInterMessageBoxes;
             std::vector<MessageBoxManagerTimer> mTimers;
             float mMessageBoxSpeed;
     };
@@ -59,6 +61,17 @@ namespace MWGui
             int mBottomPadding;
             int mNextBoxPadding;
     };
+    
+    class InteractiveMessageBox : public OEngine::GUI::Layout
+    {
+        public:
+            InteractiveMessageBox (MessageBoxManager& parMessageBoxManager, const std::string& message, const std::vector<std::string>& buttons);
+            
+        protected:
+            MessageBoxManager& mMessageBoxManager;
+            MyGUI::EditPtr mMessageWidget;
+            MyGUI::WidgetPtr mButtonsWidget;
+    };
 
 }
 
diff --git a/extern/mygui_3.0.1/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/mygui_3.0.1/CMakeLists.txt
index 36467733d..566fea773 100644
--- a/extern/mygui_3.0.1/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/mygui_3.0.1/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ configure_file("${SDIR}/openmw_stats_window_layout.xml" "${DDIR}/openmw_stats_wi
 configure_file("${SDIR}/openmw_text.skin.xml" "${DDIR}/openmw_text.skin.xml" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/openmw_windows.skin.xml" "${DDIR}/openmw_windows.skin.xml" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml" "${DDIR}/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml" COPYONLY)
+configure_file("${SDIR}/openmw_interactive_messagebox_layout.xml" "${DDIR}/openmw_interactive_messagebox_layout.xml" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/smallbars.png" "${DDIR}/smallbars.png" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/transparent.png" "${DDIR}/transparent.png" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/VeraMono.ttf" "${DDIR}/VeraMono.ttf" COPYONLY)
diff --git a/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_interactive_messagebox_layout.xml b/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_interactive_messagebox_layout.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4db91341e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_interactive_messagebox_layout.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<MyGUI type="Layout">
+    <Widget type="Window" skin="MW_Dialog" layer="Windows" position="0 0 0 0" name="_Main">
+        <Widget type="Edit" skin="MW_TextEditClient" position="5 -5 0 0" align="ALIGN_LEFT ALIGN_TOP STRETCH" name="message">
+            <Property key="Edit_Static" value="true"/>
+            <Property key="Edit_WordWrap" value="true"/>
+            <Property key="Text_FontHeight" value="18"/>
+            <Property key="Edit_MultiLine" value="1" />
+            <Property key="Edit_VisibleVScroll" value="1" />
+            <Property key="Widget_AlignText" value="ALIGN_CENTER" />
+            <Property key="FontName" value = "MyGUI_CoreFont.18" />
+            <Property key="TextColour" value = "0.7 0.7 0.7" />
+        </Widget>
+        <Widget type="Widget" skin="" position="0 0 0 0" align="ALIGN_STRETCH" name="buttons">
+            <!--buttons-->
+        </Widget>
+    </Widget>
+</MyGUI>
diff --git a/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml b/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml
index fb4235ff1..890752db3 100644
--- a/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml
+++ b/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
             <Property key="Edit_MultiLine" value="1" />
             <Property key="Edit_VisibleVScroll" value="1" />
             <Property key="Widget_AlignText" value="ALIGN_CENTER" />
+            <Property key="FontName" value = "MyGUI_CoreFont.18" />
+            <Property key="TextColour" value = "0.7 0.7 0.7" />
         </Widget>
     </Widget>
 </MyGUI>