diff --git a/src/gui/gui-buffer.c b/src/gui/gui-buffer.c
index 3846cf513..3e0d95485 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui-buffer.c
+++ b/src/gui/gui-buffer.c
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@ gui_buffer_get_string (struct t_gui_buffer *buffer, const char *property)
             return buffer->short_name;
         else if (string_strcasecmp (property, "title") == 0)
             return buffer->title;
+        else if (string_strcasecmp (property, "input") == 0)
+            return buffer->input_buffer;
         else if (string_strncasecmp (property, "localvar_", 9) == 0)
         {
             ptr_local_var = gui_buffer_local_var_search (buffer, property + 9);