diff --git a/src/widgets/messagebox.h b/src/widgets/messagebox.h
--- a/src/widgets/messagebox.h
+++ b/src/widgets/messagebox.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     virtual ~MessageBox();
 
     QMessageBox::Button askConfirmation(QWidget *parent, const QString &title, const QString &text) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+    QString askTextInput(QWidget *parent, const QString &title, const QString &text) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/messagebox.cpp b/src/widgets/messagebox.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/messagebox.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/messagebox.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,18 @@
 
 #include "messagebox.h"
 
+#include <QInputDialog>
+
 Widgets::MessageBox::~MessageBox()
 {
 }
 
 QMessageBox::Button Widgets::MessageBox::askConfirmation(QWidget *parent, const QString &title, const QString &text)
 {
     return QMessageBox::question(parent, title, text, QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No);
 }
+
+QString Widgets::MessageBox::askTextInput(QWidget *parent, const QString &title, const QString &text)
+{
+    return QInputDialog::getText(parent, title, text);
+}
diff --git a/src/widgets/messageboxinterface.h b/src/widgets/messageboxinterface.h
--- a/src/widgets/messageboxinterface.h
+++ b/src/widgets/messageboxinterface.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     virtual ~MessageBoxInterface();
 
     virtual QMessageBox::Button askConfirmation(QWidget *parent, const QString &title, const QString &text) = 0;
+    virtual QString askTextInput(QWidget *parent, const QString &title, const QString &text) = 0;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/units/widgets/messageboxstub.h b/tests/units/widgets/messageboxstub.h
--- a/tests/units/widgets/messageboxstub.h
+++ b/tests/units/widgets/messageboxstub.h
@@ -38,11 +38,18 @@
         return QMessageBox::Yes;
     }
 
+    QString askTextInput(QWidget *, const QString &, const QString &) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE {
+        m_called = true;
+        return m_textInput;
+    }
+
     bool called() const { return m_called; }
 
+    void setTextInput(const QString &text) { m_textInput = text; }
+
 private:
     bool m_called;
+    QString m_textInput;
 };
 
 #endif
-