diff --git a/src/chat_log.c b/src/chat_log.c
index 2e53dfc7..5ea40911 100644
--- a/src/chat_log.c
+++ b/src/chat_log.c
@@ -80,9 +80,17 @@ chat_log_chat(const gchar * const login, gchar *other,
     FILE *logp = fopen(dated_log->filename, "a");
 
     if (direction == IN) {
-        fprintf(logp, "%s - %s: %s\n", date_fmt, other_copy, msg);
+        if (strncmp(msg, "/me ", 4) == 0) {
+            fprintf(logp, "%s - *%s %s\n", date_fmt, other_copy, msg + 4);
+        } else {
+            fprintf(logp, "%s - %s: %s\n", date_fmt, other_copy, msg);
+        }
     } else {
-        fprintf(logp, "%s - me: %s\n", date_fmt, msg);
+        if (strncmp(msg, "/me ", 4) == 0) {
+            fprintf(logp, "%s - *me %s\n", date_fmt, msg + 4);
+        } else {
+            fprintf(logp, "%s - me: %s\n", date_fmt, msg);
+        }
     }
     fflush(logp);
     int result = fclose(logp);
diff --git a/src/windows.c b/src/windows.c
index 6aea74ca..f1c8f0fe 100644
--- a/src/windows.c
+++ b/src/windows.c
@@ -440,8 +440,16 @@ win_show_outgoing_msg(const char * const from, const char * const to,
     }
 
     _win_show_time(win);
-    _win_show_user(win, from, 0);
-    _win_show_message(win, message);
+    if (strncmp(message, "/me ", 4) == 0) {
+        wattron(win, COLOUR_ONLINE);
+        wprintw(win, "*%s ", from);
+        wprintw(win, message + 4);
+        wprintw(win, "\n");
+        wattroff(win, COLOUR_ONLINE);
+    } else {
+        _win_show_user(win, from, 1);
+        _win_show_message(win, message);
+    }
     _win_switch_if_active(win_index);
 }