diff --git a/Controller/Api/MessageController.php b/Controller/Api/MessageController.php
index 40bf9d39..420bcc52 100644
--- a/Controller/Api/MessageController.php
+++ b/Controller/Api/MessageController.php
@@ -13,11 +13,17 @@
 
 use FOS\RestBundle\Controller\Annotations\QueryParam;
 use FOS\RestBundle\Controller\Annotations\View;
+use FOS\RestBundle\Controller\Annotations\Route;
 use FOS\RestBundle\Request\ParamFetcherInterface;
+use FOS\RestBundle\View\View as FOSRestView;
 
+use JMS\Serializer\SerializationContext;
 use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Annotation\ApiDoc;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactoryInterface;
 
-use Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\Message;
+use Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\MessageInterface;
 use Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\MessageManagerInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -34,14 +40,21 @@ class MessageController
      */
     protected $messageManager;
 
+    /**
+     * @var FormFactoryInterface
+     */
+    protected $formFactory;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
      * @param MessageManagerInterface $messageManager
+     * @param FormFactoryInterface $formFactory
      */
-    public function __construct(MessageManagerInterface $messageManager)
+    public function __construct(MessageManagerInterface $messageManager, FormFactoryInterface $formFactory)
     {
         $this->messageManager = $messageManager;
+        $this->formFactory = $formFactory;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -92,6 +105,51 @@ public function getMessagesAction(ParamFetcherInterface $paramFetcher)
         return $this->getMessageManager()->getPager($criteria, $page, $limit, $sort);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds a message
+     *
+     * @ApiDoc(
+     *  input={"class"="sonata_notification_api_form_message", "name"="", "groups"={"sonata_api_write"}},
+     *  output={"class"="Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\Message", "groups"={"sonata_api_read"}},
+     *  statusCodes={
+     *      200="Returned when successful",
+     *      400="Returned when an error has occurred while message creation"
+     *  }
+     * )
+     *
+     * @Route(requirements={"_format"="json|xml"})
+     *
+     * @param Request $request A Symfony request
+     *
+     * @return MessageInterface
+     */
+    public function postMessageAction(Request $request)
+    {
+        $message = null;
+
+        $form = $this->formFactory->createNamed(null, 'sonata_notification_api_form_message', $message, array(
+            'csrf_protection' => false,
+        ));
+
+        $form->bind($request);
+
+        if ($form->isValid()) {
+            $message = $form->getData();
+
+            $this->messageManager->save($message);
+
+            $view = FOSRestView::create($message);
+            $serializationContext = SerializationContext::create();
+            $serializationContext->setGroups(array('sonata_api_read'));
+            $serializationContext->enableMaxDepthChecks();
+            $view->setSerializationContext($serializationContext);
+
+            return $view;
+        }
+
+        return $form;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return MessageManagerInterface
      */
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/SonataNotificationExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/SonataNotificationExtension.php
index 999ce3f8..ef9a704e 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/SonataNotificationExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/SonataNotificationExtension.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
 
         if (isset($bundles['FOSRestBundle']) && isset($bundles['NelmioApiDocBundle'])) {
             $loader->load('api_controllers.xml');
+            $loader->load('api_form.xml');
         }
 
         if ($config['admin']['enabled'] && isset($bundles['SonataDoctrineORMAdminBundle'])) { // for now, only support for ORM
diff --git a/Resources/config/api_controllers.xml b/Resources/config/api_controllers.xml
index 35fb87da..ea337265 100644
--- a/Resources/config/api_controllers.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/api_controllers.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <services>
         <service id="sonata.notification.controller.api.message" class="Sonata\NotificationBundle\Controller\Api\MessageController" >
             <argument type="service" id="sonata.notification.manager.message" />
+            <argument type="service" id="form.factory" />
         </service>
     </services>
 </container>
diff --git a/Resources/config/api_form.xml b/Resources/config/api_form.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e6b5cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/config/api_form.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+           xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <services>
+
+        <service id="sonata.notification.api.form.type.message" class="Sonata\CoreBundle\Form\Type\DoctrineORMSerializationType">
+            <tag name="form.type" alias="sonata_notification_api_form_message" />
+
+            <argument type="service" id="jms_serializer.metadata_factory" />
+            <argument type="service" id="doctrine" />
+            <argument>sonata_notification_api_form_message</argument>
+            <argument>%sonata.notification.admin.message.entity%</argument>
+            <argument>sonata_api_write</argument>
+        </service>
+    </services>
+</container>
diff --git a/Resources/config/serializer/Model.Message.xml b/Resources/config/serializer/Model.Message.xml
index 54cf4efb..de3a8ced 100644
--- a/Resources/config/serializer/Model.Message.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/serializer/Model.Message.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <class name="Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\Message" exclusion-policy="all" xml-root-name="message">
 
         <property name="type" type="string" expose="true" since-version="1.0" groups="sonata_api_read,sonata_api_write" />
-        <property name="body" type="string" expose="true" since-version="1.0" groups="sonata_api_read,sonata_api_write" />
+        <property name="body" type="array" expose="true" since-version="1.0" groups="sonata_api_read,sonata_api_write" />
 
         <property name="state"        type="integer" expose="true" since-version="1.0" groups="sonata_api_read" />
         <property name="restartCount" type="integer" expose="true" since-version="1.0" groups="sonata_api_read" />
diff --git a/Resources/config/validation.xml b/Resources/config/validation.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d36447e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/config/validation.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping
+        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
+
+
+    <class name="Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\Message">
+        <property name="type">
+            <constraint name="NotBlank" />
+        </property>
+
+        <property name="body">
+            <constraint name="NotBlank" />
+        </property>
+    </class>
+
+</constraint-mapping>
diff --git a/Tests/Controller/Api/MessageControllerTest.php b/Tests/Controller/Api/MessageControllerTest.php
index 844d35db..c3a6a5a1 100644
--- a/Tests/Controller/Api/MessageControllerTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Controller/Api/MessageControllerTest.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 namespace Sonata\NotificationBundle\Tests\Controller\Api;
-
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Sonata\NotificationBundle\Controller\Api\MessageController;
 
 
@@ -35,6 +35,45 @@ public function testGetMessagesAction()
         $this->assertEquals(array(), $this->createMessageController(null, $messageManager)->getMessagesAction($paramFetcher));
     }
 
+    public function testPostMessageAction()
+    {
+        $message = $this->getMock('Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\MessageInterface');
+
+        $messageManager = $this->getMock('Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\MessageManagerInterface');
+        $messageManager->expects($this->once())->method('save')->will($this->returnValue($message));
+
+        $form = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\Form\Form')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
+        $form->expects($this->once())->method('bind');
+        $form->expects($this->once())->method('isValid')->will($this->returnValue(true));
+        $form->expects($this->once())->method('getData')->will($this->returnValue($message));
+
+        $formFactory = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactoryInterface');
+        $formFactory->expects($this->once())->method('createNamed')->will($this->returnValue($form));
+
+        $view = $this->createMessageController(null, $messageManager, $formFactory)->postMessageAction(new Request());
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('FOS\RestBundle\View\View', $view);
+    }
+
+    public function testPostMessageInvalidAction()
+    {
+        $message = $this->getMock('Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\MessageInterface');
+
+        $messageManager = $this->getMock('Sonata\NotificationBundle\Model\MessageManagerInterface');
+        $messageManager->expects($this->never())->method('save')->will($this->returnValue($message));
+
+        $form = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\Form\Form')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
+        $form->expects($this->once())->method('bind');
+        $form->expects($this->once())->method('isValid')->will($this->returnValue(false));
+
+        $formFactory = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactoryInterface');
+        $formFactory->expects($this->once())->method('createNamed')->will($this->returnValue($form));
+
+        $view = $this->createMessageController(null, $messageManager, $formFactory)->postMessageAction(new Request());
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Symfony\Component\Form\FormInterface', $view);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param $message
      * @param $messageManager