diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60e1211b5b..dd9ca06ea9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - Implement [Waku v2 Light Push protocol](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/19/).
 - Expose `Direction` enum from js-waku root (it was only accessible via the proto module).
+- Examples (cli chat): Use light push to send messages if `--lightPush` is passed.
 
 ## [0.4.0] - 2021-05-18
 
diff --git a/examples/cli-chat/src/chat.ts b/examples/cli-chat/src/chat.ts
index 67c492ec78..0ebdc3bb97 100644
--- a/examples/cli-chat/src/chat.ts
+++ b/examples/cli-chat/src/chat.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import {
   Direction,
   Environment,
   getStatusFleetNodes,
+  LightPushCodec,
   StoreCodec,
   Waku,
   WakuMessage,
 } from 'js-waku';
 import TCP from 'libp2p-tcp';
 import { multiaddr, Multiaddr } from 'multiaddr';
+import PeerId from 'peer-id';
 
 const ChatContentTopic = 'dingpu';
 
@@ -93,6 +95,20 @@ export default async function startChat(): Promise<void> {
     }
   );
 
+  let lightPushNode: PeerId | undefined = undefined;
+  // Select a node for light pushing (any node).
+  if (opts.lightPush) {
+    waku.libp2p.peerStore.on(
+      'change:protocols',
+      async ({ peerId, protocols }) => {
+        if (!lightPushNode && protocols.includes(LightPushCodec)) {
+          console.log(`Using ${peerId.toB58String()} to light push messages`);
+          lightPushNode = peerId;
+        }
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
   console.log('Ready to chat!');
   rl.prompt();
   for await (const line of rl) {
@@ -100,7 +116,11 @@ export default async function startChat(): Promise<void> {
     const chatMessage = ChatMessage.fromUtf8String(new Date(), nick, line);
 
     const msg = WakuMessage.fromBytes(chatMessage.encode(), ChatContentTopic);
-    await waku.relay.send(msg);
+    if (lightPushNode && opts.lightPush) {
+      await waku.lightPush.push(lightPushNode, msg);
+    } else {
+      await waku.relay.send(msg);
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -109,6 +129,7 @@ interface Options {
   listenAddr: string;
   autoDial: boolean;
   prod: boolean;
+  lightPush: boolean;
 }
 
 function processArguments(): Options {
@@ -119,6 +140,7 @@ function processArguments(): Options {
     staticNodes: [],
     autoDial: false,
     prod: false,
+    lightPush: false,
   };
 
   while (passedArgs.length) {
@@ -136,6 +158,9 @@ function processArguments(): Options {
       case '--prod':
         opts.prod = true;
         break;
+      case '--lightPush':
+        opts.lightPush = true;
+        break;
       default:
         console.log(`Unsupported argument: ${arg}`);
         process.exit(1);