diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/views/message_input.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/views/message_input.cljs
index 49ad30f116..0b9cf86140 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/views/message_input.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/views/message_input.cljs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
                  :auto-focus             false
                  :blur-on-submit         true
                  :multiline              true
+                 :auto-capitalize        "sentences"
                  :on-content-size-change #(let [size (-> (.-nativeEvent %)
                                                          (.-contentSize)
                                                          (.-height))]