diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs
index b67c8e595..774e40826 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs
@@ -2033,13 +2033,19 @@ impl CommandApi {
         text: Option<String>,
         file: Option<String>,
         quoted_message_id: Option<u32>,
+        view_type: Option<MessageViewtype>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let ctx = self.get_context(account_id).await?;
-        let mut draft = Message::new(if file.is_some() {
-            Viewtype::File
-        } else {
-            Viewtype::Text
-        });
+        let mut draft = Message::new(view_type.map_or_else(
+            || {
+                if file.is_some() {
+                    Viewtype::File
+                } else {
+                    Viewtype::Text
+                }
+            },
+            |v| v.into(),
+        ));
         draft.set_text(text.unwrap_or_default());
         if let Some(file) = file {
             draft.set_file(file, None);
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/chat.py b/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/chat.py
index 20fc11b36..a1d03e727 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/chat.py
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/chat.py
@@ -160,11 +160,12 @@ class Chat:
         text: Optional[str] = None,
         file: Optional[str] = None,
         quoted_msg: Optional[int] = None,
+        viewtype: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Set draft message."""
         if isinstance(quoted_msg, Message):
             quoted_msg = quoted_msg.id
-        self._rpc.misc_set_draft(self.account.id, self.id, text, file, quoted_msg)
+        self._rpc.misc_set_draft(self.account.id, self.id, text, file, quoted_msg, viewtype)
 
     def remove_draft(self) -> None:
         """Remove draft message."""