diff --git a/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/abstraction/MCPlayer.java b/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/abstraction/MCPlayer.java
index f8321fc5f..98c424a2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/abstraction/MCPlayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/abstraction/MCPlayer.java
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ public interface MCPlayer extends MCCommandSender, MCHumanEntity, MCOfflinePlaye
 
 	void sendTitle(String title, String subtitle, int fadein, int stay, int fadeout);
 
+	void sendActionMessage(String message);
+
 	void setAllowFlight(boolean flight);
 
 	void setCompassTarget(MCLocation l);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/abstraction/bukkit/entities/BukkitMCPlayer.java b/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/abstraction/bukkit/entities/BukkitMCPlayer.java
index 730e09d1e..064dbb6ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/abstraction/bukkit/entities/BukkitMCPlayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/abstraction/bukkit/entities/BukkitMCPlayer.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import com.laytonsmith.abstraction.enums.bukkit.BukkitMCWeather;
 import com.laytonsmith.commandhelper.CommandHelperPlugin;
 import com.laytonsmith.core.Static;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.Note;
@@ -351,6 +352,12 @@ public void sendTitle(String title, String subtitle, int fadein, int stay, int f
 		p.sendTitle(title, subtitle, fadein, stay, fadeout);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void sendActionMessage(String message) {
+		BaseComponent txt = net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent.fromLegacy(message);
+		p.spigot().sendMessage(net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatMessageType.ACTION_BAR, txt);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setAllowFlight(boolean flight) {
 		p.setAllowFlight(flight);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/core/functions/Echoes.java b/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/core/functions/Echoes.java
index 000f0d518..0216119e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/core/functions/Echoes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/laytonsmith/core/functions/Echoes.java
@@ -315,6 +315,53 @@ public Mixed exec(Target t, Environment environment, Mixed... args) throws Confi
 		}
 	}
 
+	@api(environments = {CommandHelperEnvironment.class})
+	public static class action_msg extends AbstractFunction {
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return "action_msg";
+		}
+
+		public Integer[] numArgs() {
+			return new Integer[]{1, 2};
+		}
+
+		public String docs() {
+			return "void {[player], message} Sends a message to the action bar above the hot bar.";
+		}
+
+		public Construct exec(Target t, Environment environment, Mixed... args) throws ConfigRuntimeException {
+			MCPlayer player;
+			String message;
+			if(args.length == 2) {
+				player = Static.GetPlayer(args[0], t);
+				message = args[1].val();
+			} else {
+				player = environment.getEnv(CommandHelperEnvironment.class).GetPlayer();
+				Static.AssertPlayerNonNull(player, t);
+				message = args[0].val();
+			}
+			player.sendActionMessage(message);
+			return CVoid.VOID;
+		}
+
+		public Class<? extends CREThrowable>[] thrown() {
+			return new Class[]{CREPlayerOfflineException.class, CRELengthException.class};
+		}
+
+		public boolean isRestricted() {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		public Boolean runAsync() {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		public MSVersion since() {
+			return MSVersion.V3_3_5;
+		}
+	}
+
 	@api
 	@seealso({colorize.class})
 	public static class color extends AbstractFunction implements Optimizable {