diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/chat/MessageExtensions.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/chat/MessageExtensions.kt
index 2edb082c..e4b7009b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/chat/MessageExtensions.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/chat/MessageExtensions.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ fun CommandSender.sendMessage(vararg components: BaseComponent) {
     this.spigot().sendMessage(*components)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Opens a [LiteralTextBuilder].
+ *
+ * @param baseText the text you want to begin with, it is okay to let this empty
+ * @param builder the builder which can be used to set the style and add child text components
+ */
+inline fun CommandSender.sendText(
+    baseText: String = "",
+    crossinline builder: LiteralTextBuilder.() -> Unit = { }
+) = this.spigot().sendMessage(literalText(baseText, builder))
+
+@Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+@Deprecated(
+    "Outdated api, use literalText instead",
+    ReplaceWith("sendText { builder.invoke() }", "net.axay.kspigot.chat.sendText")
+)
 fun CommandSender.sendMessage(builder: KSpigotComponentBuilder.() -> Unit) {
     this.spigot().sendMessage(*KSpigotComponentBuilder().apply(builder).create())
 }