diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/activities/ThreadActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/activities/ThreadActivity.kt
index d32a41e3..261ff050 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/activities/ThreadActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/activities/ThreadActivity.kt
@@ -176,8 +176,18 @@ class ThreadActivity : SimpleActivity() {
                     val selectedContact = currContacts[position]
                     addSelectedContact(selectedContact)
                 }
+
+                add_contact_or_number.onTextChangeListener {
+                    confirm_inserted_number.beVisibleIf(it.length > 2)
+                }
             }
         }
+
+        confirm_inserted_number.setOnClickListener {
+            val number = add_contact_or_number.value
+            val contact = Contact(number.hashCode(), number, "", number)
+            addSelectedContact(contact)
+        }
     }
 
     private fun setupButtons() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_thread.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_thread.xml
index 753364cc..de078daf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_thread.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_thread.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
             android:layout_below="@+id/message_divider_one"
             android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/activity_margin"
             android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/activity_margin"
+            android:layout_toStartOf="@+id/confirm_inserted_number"
             android:background="@android:color/transparent"
             android:completionThreshold="2"
             android:gravity="center_vertical"
@@ -55,6 +56,21 @@
             android:inputType="textCapWords"
             android:textSize="@dimen/big_text_size" />
 
+        <ImageView
+            android:id="@+id/confirm_inserted_number"
+            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_height="match_parent"
+            android:layout_alignTop="@+id/add_contact_or_number"
+            android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/add_contact_or_number"
+            android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
+            android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/medium_margin"
+            android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/medium_margin"
+            android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
+            android:paddingStart="@dimen/medium_margin"
+            android:paddingEnd="@dimen/medium_margin"
+            android:src="@drawable/ic_check_vector"
+            android:visibility="gone" />
+
         <View
             android:id="@+id/message_divider_two"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"