diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.js b/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.js
index f6730a32bd2..3ddd6a84da5 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { DropdownItem } from "@web/core/dropdown/dropdown_item";
 import { localization } from "@web/core/l10n/localization";
 import { _t } from "@web/core/l10n/translation";
 import { useService } from "@web/core/utils/hooks";
+import { Typing } from "@mail/discuss/typing/common/typing";
 
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} Props
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export class ChatWindow extends Component {
         ThreadIcon,
         ImStatus,
         AutoresizeInput,
+        Typing,
     };
     static props = ["chatWindow", "right?"];
     static template = "mail.ChatWindow";
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ export class ChatWindow extends Component {
         this.messageEdition = useMessageEdition();
         this.messageHighlight = useMessageHighlight();
         this.messageToReplyTo = useMessageToReplyTo();
+        this.typingService = useState(useService("discuss.typing"));
         this.state = useState({
             actionsMenuOpened: false,
             jumpThreadPresent: 0,
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.scss b/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.scss
index 14da6df1532..e0eb91c800f 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.scss
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.scss
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@
     }
 }
 
+.o-mail-ChatWindow-typing {
+    font-size: $small-font-size * 0.9;
+    z-index: $o-mail-NavigableList-zIndex - 2;
+}
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.xml
index e16e07f9b26..a263df533b8 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/core/common/chat_window.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@
                 </div>
                 <t t-else="">
                     <Thread isInChatWindow="true" thread="thread" t-key="thread.localId" jumpPresent="state.jumpThreadPresent" messageEdition="messageEdition" messageToReplyTo="messageToReplyTo"/>
-                    <Composer composer="thread.composer" autofocus="props.chatWindow.autofocus" mode="'compact'" messageEdition="messageEdition" messageToReplyTo="messageToReplyTo" onPostCallback.bind="() => this.state.jumpThreadPresent++" dropzoneRef="contentRef" type="composerType"/>
+                    <div t-if="thread and typingService.hasTypingMembers(thread)" class="d-flex bg-view position-relative">
+                        <div class="o-mail-ChatWindow-typing d-flex px-2 position-absolute bottom-0 start-0 w-100 bg-view align-items-center">
+                            <Typing channel="thread" size="'medium'"/>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                    <Composer t-if="thread" composer="thread.composer" autofocus="props.chatWindow.autofocus" mode="'compact'" messageEdition="messageEdition" messageToReplyTo="messageToReplyTo" onPostCallback.bind="() => this.state.jumpThreadPresent++" dropzoneRef="contentRef" type="composerType"/>
                 </t>
             </t>
         </div>
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/discuss/typing/common/typing.js b/addons/mail/static/src/discuss/typing/common/typing.js
index 73c2646d21d..bddbfea373a 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/discuss/typing/common/typing.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/discuss/typing/common/typing.js
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import { useService } from "@web/core/utils/hooks";
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} Props
  * @property {import("@mail/core/common/thread_model").Thread} channel
- * @property {string} size
- * @property {boolean} displayText
+ * @property {string} [size]
+ * @property {boolean} [displayText]
  * @extends {Component<Props, Env>}
  */
 export class Typing extends Component {
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/tests/discuss/typing/typing_tests.js b/addons/mail/static/tests/discuss/typing/typing_tests.js
index 28b9fdcebe6..6298e5880a9 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/tests/discuss/typing/typing_tests.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/tests/discuss/typing/typing_tests.js
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ QUnit.test("chat: correspondent is typing in chat window", async () => {
             is_typing: true,
         })
     );
-    await contains("[title='Demo is typing...']");
+    await contains("[title='Demo is typing...']", { count: 2 }); // icon in header & text above composer
     // simulate receive typing notification from demo "no longer is typing"
     pyEnv.withUser(userId, () =>
         env.services.rpc("/discuss/channel/notify_typing", {