diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
index da0cdd149..48ba56b74 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -334,6 +334,21 @@ impl CommandApi {
         ChatId::new(chat_id).block(&ctx).await
     }
 
+    // for now only text messages, because we only used text messages in desktop thusfar
+    async fn add_device_message(
+        &self,
+        account_id: u32,
+        label: String,
+        text: String,
+    ) -> Result<u32> {
+        let ctx = self.get_context(account_id).await?;
+        let mut msg = Message::new(Viewtype::Text);
+        msg.set_text(Some(text));
+        let message_id =
+            deltachat::chat::add_device_msg(&ctx, Some(&label), Some(&mut msg)).await?;
+        Ok(message_id.to_u32())
+    }
+
     // ---------------------------------------------
     // message list
     // ---------------------------------------------
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts
index 03d314eda..4317c1e8f 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ export class RawClient {
   }
 
 
+  public addDeviceMessage(accountId: T.U32, label: string, text: string): Promise<T.U32> {
+    return (this._transport.request('add_device_message', [accountId, label, text] as RPC.Params)) as Promise<T.U32>;
+  }
+
+
   public messageListGetMessageIds(accountId: T.U32, chatId: T.U32, flags: T.U32): Promise<(T.U32)[]> {
     return (this._transport.request('message_list_get_message_ids', [accountId, chatId, flags] as RPC.Params)) as Promise<(T.U32)[]>;
   }
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts
index bb14ba803..852c4c433 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ export type FullChat={"id":U32;"name":string;"is_protected":boolean;"profile_ima
 export type I32=number;
 export type U64=number;
 export type Message={"id":U32;"chat_id":U32;"from_id":U32;"quoted_text":(string|null);"quoted_message_id":(U32|null);"text":(string|null);"has_location":boolean;"has_html":boolean;"view_type":U32;"state":U32;"timestamp":I64;"sort_timestamp":I64;"received_timestamp":I64;"has_deviating_timestamp":boolean;"subject":string;"show_padlock":boolean;"is_setupmessage":boolean;"is_info":boolean;"is_forwarded":boolean;"duration":I32;"dimensions_height":I32;"dimensions_width":I32;"videochat_type":(U32|null);"videochat_url":(string|null);"override_sender_name":(string|null);"sender":Contact;"setup_code_begin":(string|null);"file":(string|null);"file_mime":(string|null);"file_bytes":U64;"file_name":(string|null);};
-export type __AllTyps=[string,boolean,Record<string,string>,U32,U32,null,(U32)[],U32,null,(U32|null),(Account)[],U32,Account,U32,string,(ProviderInfo|null),U32,boolean,U32,Record<string,string>,U32,string,(string|null),null,U32,Record<string,(string|null)>,null,U32,string,null,U32,string,(string|null),U32,(string)[],Record<string,(string|null)>,U32,null,U32,null,U32,string,U32,U32,string,null,U32,(U32|null),(string|null),(U32|null),(ChatListEntry)[],U32,(ChatListEntry)[],Record<U32,ChatListItemFetchResult>,U32,U32,FullChat,U32,U32,null,U32,U32,null,U32,U32,U32,(U32)[],U32,U32,Message,U32,(U32)[],Record<U32,Message>,U32,U32,Contact,U32,string,(string|null),U32,U32,U32,U32,U32,U32,null,U32,U32,null,U32,(Contact)[],U32,U32,(string|null),(U32)[],U32,U32,(string|null),(Contact)[],U32,(U32)[],Record<U32,Contact>,U32,string,U32,U32];
+export type __AllTyps=[string,boolean,Record<string,string>,U32,U32,null,(U32)[],U32,null,(U32|null),(Account)[],U32,Account,U32,string,(ProviderInfo|null),U32,boolean,U32,Record<string,string>,U32,string,(string|null),null,U32,Record<string,(string|null)>,null,U32,string,null,U32,string,(string|null),U32,(string)[],Record<string,(string|null)>,U32,null,U32,null,U32,string,U32,U32,string,null,U32,(U32|null),(string|null),(U32|null),(ChatListEntry)[],U32,(ChatListEntry)[],Record<U32,ChatListItemFetchResult>,U32,U32,FullChat,U32,U32,null,U32,U32,null,U32,string,string,U32,U32,U32,U32,(U32)[],U32,U32,Message,U32,(U32)[],Record<U32,Message>,U32,U32,Contact,U32,string,(string|null),U32,U32,U32,U32,U32,U32,null,U32,U32,null,U32,(Contact)[],U32,U32,(string|null),(U32)[],U32,U32,(string|null),(Contact)[],U32,(U32)[],Record<U32,Contact>,U32,string,U32,U32];