diff --git a/indra/llui/lltextbase.cpp b/indra/llui/lltextbase.cpp
index 7cee9f5b46215299909811a1343d8437eb16bcdf..4bb819a7f6b81d0bdc2466e9f5ca676d0aa2dcaa 100644
--- a/indra/llui/lltextbase.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/lltextbase.cpp
@@ -1911,6 +1911,7 @@ void LLTextBase::createUrlContextMenu(S32 x, S32 y, const std::string &in_url)
 	registrar.add("Url.Execute", boost::bind(&LLUrlAction::executeSLURL, url));
 	registrar.add("Url.Teleport", boost::bind(&LLUrlAction::teleportToLocation, url));
 	registrar.add("Url.ShowProfile", boost::bind(&LLUrlAction::showProfile, url));
+	registrar.add("Url.SendIM", boost::bind(&LLUrlAction::sendIM, url));
 	registrar.add("Url.ShowOnMap", boost::bind(&LLUrlAction::showLocationOnMap, url));
 	registrar.add("Url.CopyLabel", boost::bind(&LLUrlAction::copyLabelToClipboard, url));
 	registrar.add("Url.CopyUrl", boost::bind(&LLUrlAction::copyURLToClipboard, url));
diff --git a/indra/llui/llurlaction.cpp b/indra/llui/llurlaction.cpp
index fd9b3d9a6d33f6d26b89f7482dcf1b09841cf3d6..fd872eca4bfe4a633abf8a21229b6c7d125c1908 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llurlaction.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/llurlaction.cpp
@@ -157,3 +157,17 @@ void LLUrlAction::showProfile(std::string url)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+void LLUrlAction::sendIM(std::string url)
+{
+	LLURI uri(url);
+	LLSD path_array = uri.pathArray();
+	if (path_array.size() == 4)
+	{
+		std::string id_str = path_array.get(2).asString();
+		if (LLUUID::validate(id_str))
+		{
+			executeSLURL("secondlife:///app/agent/" + id_str + "/im");
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/indra/llui/llurlaction.h b/indra/llui/llurlaction.h
index c34960b82622345aeccc014335f9a01dd5df204a..f5f2ceba728daa686544c0b9976de3e650947ac8 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llurlaction.h
+++ b/indra/llui/llurlaction.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class LLUrlAction
 
 	/// if the Url specifies an SL command in the form like 'app/{cmd}/{id}/*', show its profile
 	static void showProfile(std::string url);
+	static void sendIM(std::string url);
 
 	/// specify the callbacks to enable this class's functionality
 	typedef boost::function<void (const std::string&)> url_callback_t;
diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/menu_url_agent.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/menu_url_agent.xml
index 73f0fa79797a6d88e84f093afddf48d646581001..88ae441bd387550080e9db490afdaa29f9048bc0 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/menu_url_agent.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/menu_url_agent.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 <context_menu
  layout="topleft"
  name="Url Popup">
+    <menu_item_call
+     label="Send IM"
+     layout="topleft"
+     name="show_agent">
+        <menu_item_call.on_click
+         function="Url.SendIM" />        
+    </menu_item_call>
     <menu_item_call
      label="Show Resident Profile"
      layout="topleft"