diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/ChatLine.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/ChatLine.cs
index 66a6672ab1..86bbe91d35 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/ChatLine.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/ChatLine.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Online.Chat;
 using osu.Game.Users;
 using osuTK;
@@ -201,6 +203,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Chat
 
             private Action startChatAction;
 
+            [Resolved]
+            private IAPIProvider api { get; set; }
+
             public MessageSender(User sender)
             {
                 this.sender = sender;
@@ -213,11 +218,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Chat
                 startChatAction = () => chatManager?.OpenPrivateChannel(sender);
             }
 
-            public MenuItem[] ContextMenuItems => new MenuItem[]
+            public MenuItem[] ContextMenuItems
             {
-                new OsuMenuItem("View Profile", MenuItemType.Highlighted, Action),
-                new OsuMenuItem("Start Chat", MenuItemType.Standard, startChatAction),
-            };
+                get
+                {
+                    List<MenuItem> items = new List<MenuItem>
+                    {
+                        new OsuMenuItem("View Profile", MenuItemType.Highlighted, Action)
+                    };
+
+                    if (sender.Id != api.LocalUser.Value.Id)
+                        items.Add(new OsuMenuItem("Start Chat", MenuItemType.Standard, startChatAction));
+
+                    return items.ToArray();
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         private static readonly Color4[] username_colours =