diff --git a/steam/client/builtins/user.py b/steam/client/builtins/user.py
index c1b7f2a..d6b84c0 100644
--- a/steam/client/builtins/user.py
+++ b/steam/client/builtins/user.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from weakref import WeakValueDictionary
 from steam.client.user import SteamUser
-from steam.enums import EPersonaState
+from steam.enums import EPersonaState, EChatEntryType
 from steam.enums.emsg import EMsg
 from steam.core.msg import MsgProto
 from steam.util import proto_fill_from_dict
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class User(object):
         self.on(EMsg.ClientFriendMsgIncoming, self.__handle_message_incoming)
 
     def __handle_message_incoming(self, msg):
-        if msg.body.chat_entry_type == 1:
+        if msg.body.chat_entry_type == EChatEntryType.ChatMsg:
             user = self.get_user(msg.body.steamid_from)
             self.emit("chat_message", user, msg.body.message)
 
diff --git a/steam/client/user.py b/steam/client/user.py
index 485543d..4d19fb4 100644
--- a/steam/client/user.py
+++ b/steam/client/user.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from binascii import hexlify
 from gevent.event import Event
 from steam.steamid import SteamID
-from steam.enums import EFriendRelationship, EPersonaState
+from steam.enums import EFriendRelationship, EPersonaState, EChatEntryType
 from steam.enums.emsg import EMsg
 from steam.core.msg import MsgProto
 
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ class SteamUser(object):
         """
         self._steam.send(MsgProto(EMsg.ClientFriendMsg), {
             'steamid': self.steam_id,
-            'chat_entry_type': 1,
+            'chat_entry_type': EChatEntryType.ChatMsg,
             'message': message.encode('utf8'),
             })
diff --git a/steam/enums/common.py b/steam/enums/common.py
index 434f059..e4d6223 100644
--- a/steam/enums/common.py
+++ b/steam/enums/common.py
@@ -374,6 +374,23 @@ class ETwoFactorTokenType(SteamIntEnum):
     ValveMobileApp = 1
     ThirdParty = 2
 
+class EChatEntryType(SteamIntEnum):
+    Invalid = 0
+    ChatMsg = 1
+    Typing = 2
+    InviteGame = 3
+    Emote = 4  # No longer supported by clients
+    LobbyGameStart = 5  # Listen for LobbyGameCreated_t callback instead
+    LeftConversation = 6
+    Entered = 7
+    WasKicked = 8
+    WasBanned = 9
+    Disconnected = 10
+    HistoricalChat = 11
+    Reserved1 = 12
+    Reserved2 = 13
+    LinkBlocked = 14
+
 # Do not remove
 from sys import modules
 from enum import EnumMeta