diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/text/text_utilities.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/text/text_utilities.cpp
index 2eb58f39e..da700a297 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/text/text_utilities.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/text/text_utilities.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ TextWithEntities Bold(const QString &text) {
 	return WithSingleEntity(text, EntityType::Bold);
 }
 
+TextWithEntities Italic(const QString &text) {
+	return WithSingleEntity(text, EntityType::Italic);
+}
+
 TextWithEntities Link(const QString &text, const QString &url) {
 	return WithSingleEntity(text, EntityType::CustomUrl, url);
 }
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/text/text_utilities.h b/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/text/text_utilities.h
index eaecbc39c..8df726b21 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/text/text_utilities.h
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/text/text_utilities.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct ToUpperType {
 
 inline constexpr auto Upper = details::ToUpperType{};
 TextWithEntities Bold(const QString &text);
+TextWithEntities Italic(const QString &text);
 TextWithEntities Link(
 	const QString &text,
 	const QString &url = "internal:action");
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ inline auto ToBold() {
 	return rpl::map(Bold);
 }
 
+inline auto ToItalic() {
+	return rpl::map(Italic);
+}
+
 inline auto ToLink(const QString &url = "internal:action") {
 	return rpl::map([=](const QString &text) {
 		return Link(text, url);