diff --git a/app/controllers/boards_controller.rb b/app/controllers/boards_controller.rb
index 56202a79f4..76dfe2aaf4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/boards_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/boards_controller.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class BoardsController < ApplicationController
     if @boards.size == 1
       @board = @boards.first
       show
+    else
+      @messages = Message.joins(:board).where(boards: {project_id: @project.id}).order('created_on desc').limit(10)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/boards/index.html.erb b/app/views/boards/index.html.erb
index 89df7aae5f..b1c1204fdc 100644
--- a/app/views/boards/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/boards/index.html.erb
@@ -33,6 +33,30 @@
   </tbody>
 </table>
 
+<% if @messages && @messages.any? %>
+  <h3><%= l(:label_latest_message_plural) %></h3>
+  <table class="list messages">
+    <thead><tr>
+      <th><%= l(:label_board) %></th>
+      <th><%= l(:field_subject) %></th>
+      <th><%= l(:field_content) %></th>
+      <th><%= l(:field_author) %></th>
+      <th><%= l(:field_created_on) %></th>
+    </tr></thead>
+    <tbody>
+    <% @messages.each do |message| %>
+      <tr id="message-<%= message.id %>" class="message">
+        <td class="board"><%= link_to message.board.name, project_board_path(message.board.project, message.board), :class => "board" %>
+        <td class="subject"><%= link_to message.subject, board_message_path(message.board, message) %></td>
+        <td class="content"><%=  message.content %></td>
+        <td class="author"><%= link_to_user(message.author) %></td>
+        <td class="created_on"><%= format_time(message.created_on) %></td>
+      </tr>
+    <% end %>
+    </tbody>
+  </table>
+<% end %>
+
 <% other_formats_links do |f| %>
   <%= f.link_to 'Atom', :url => {:controller => 'activities', :action => 'index', :id => @project, :show_messages => 1, :key => User.current.rss_key} %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index dce5bda76b..eead65fa40 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ en:
   label_display_type_board: Board
   label_my_bookmarks: My bookmarks
   label_assign_to_me: Assign to me
+  label_latest_message_plural: Latest messages
 
   button_login: Login
   button_submit: Submit
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 70911e4f6f..49dd937c10 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ table.files tr.file td.digest { font-size: 80%; }
 table.members td.roles, table.memberships td.roles { width: 45%; }
 
 table.messages td.last_message {text-align:left;}
+table.messages td.content {text-align:left;}
 tr.message { height: 2.6em; }
 tr.message td.created_on { white-space: nowrap; }
 tr.message td.last_message { font-size: 80%; white-space: nowrap; }
diff --git a/test/functional/boards_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/boards_controller_test.rb
index 78e49ff3ce..4dc321974a 100644
--- a/test/functional/boards_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/boards_controller_test.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,28 @@ class BoardsControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
     assert_select 'table.messages'
   end
 
+  def test_index_should_latest_messages
+    old_message = Message.create(:board_id => 1, :subject => "Old Message", :content => "Old Message", :author_id => 2)
+    latest_10_messages = 10.times.collect do |i|
+      Message.create(:board_id => 1, :subject => "New Message #{i}", :content => "New Message #{i}", :author_id => 2)
+    end
+
+    get(
+      :index,
+      :params => {
+        :project_id => 1
+      }
+    )
+    assert_response :success
+
+    assert_select 'div#content h3', :text => 'Latest messages'
+    assert_select 'table.messages tbody' do
+      assert_select 'tr', 10
+      assert_select latest_10_messages.reverse.collect { |m| "tr#message-#{m.id}" }.join(' + ')
+      assert_select "tr#message-#{old_message.id}", false
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_show
     get(
       :show,