diff --git a/src/components/ActionCard/AddComment.jsx b/src/components/ActionCard/AddComment.jsx
index 72fbab580..0a02c49d5 100644
--- a/src/components/ActionCard/AddComment.jsx
+++ b/src/components/ActionCard/AddComment.jsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default class AddComment extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { className, avatarUrl, authorName, placeholder, isAdding, hasError, allMembers, projectMembers } = this.props
+    const { className, avatarUrl, authorName, placeholder, isAdding, hasError, allMembers, projectMembers, defaultContent } = this.props
 
     return (
       <RichTextArea ref="richTextArea"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export default class AddComment extends React.Component {
         allMembers={allMembers}
         projectMembers={projectMembers}
         canUploadAttachment
+        content={defaultContent}
       />
     )
   }
@@ -57,5 +58,9 @@ AddComment.propTypes = {
   hasError: PropTypes.bool,
   isAdding: PropTypes.bool,
   allMembers: PropTypes.object,
-  projectMembers: PropTypes.object
+  projectMembers: PropTypes.object,
+  /**
+   * Default value for comment content
+   */
+  defaultContent: PropTypes.string,
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Feed/Feed.jsx b/src/components/Feed/Feed.jsx
index feeb4e4cd..9eec7834c 100644
--- a/src/components/Feed/Feed.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Feed/Feed.jsx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Feed extends React.Component {
       allowComments, comments, children, onNewCommentChange, onAddNewComment, isAddingComment, onSaveMessageChange,
       onEditMessage, onSaveMessage, isSavingTopic, onDeleteMessage, onDeleteTopic, isDeletingTopic, error, allMembers,
       onEnterFullscreenClick, onExitFullscreenClick, isFullScreen, commentId, projectMembers, commentAnchorPrefix, tag,
-      inTopicDrawer, onDrawerClose
+      inTopicDrawer, onDrawerClose, newComment
     } = this.props
     const { editTopicMode, headerHeight } = this.state
 
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ class Feed extends React.Component {
           commentId={commentId}
           error={error}
           commentAnchorPrefix={commentAnchorPrefix}
+          newComment={newComment}
         />
         {children}
         {isDeletingTopic &&
diff --git a/src/components/Feed/FeedComments.jsx b/src/components/Feed/FeedComments.jsx
index 0c16e242c..6cbf2a63d 100644
--- a/src/components/Feed/FeedComments.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Feed/FeedComments.jsx
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class FeedComments extends React.Component {
     const {
       currentUser, onLoadMoreComments, isLoadingComments, hasMoreComments, onAddNewComment,
       onNewCommentChange, error, avatarUrl, isAddingComment, allowComments, onSaveMessage, onDeleteMessage, allMembers,
-      totalComments, isFullScreen, headerHeight, projectMembers, commentAnchorPrefix
+      totalComments, isFullScreen, headerHeight, projectMembers, commentAnchorPrefix, newComment
     } = this.props
     let { comments } = this.props
     comments = _.sortBy(comments, 'createdBy')
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ class FeedComments extends React.Component {
                     hasError={error}
                     allMembers={allMembers}
                     projectMembers={projectMembers}
+                    defaultContent={newComment}
                   />
                 </div>
               }
diff --git a/src/projects/detail/containers/FeedContainer.js b/src/projects/detail/containers/FeedContainer.js
index 991ab6dd8..4ab05e360 100644
--- a/src/projects/detail/containers/FeedContainer.js
+++ b/src/projects/detail/containers/FeedContainer.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class FeedView extends React.Component {
     return hasThread || hasComment
   }
 
-  mapFeed(feed, showAll = false, resetNewComment = false, prevProps) {
+  mapFeed(feed, showAll = false, resetNewComment = false, prevProps, currentProps) {
     const { allMembers, project, currentMemberRole } = this.props
     const item = _.pick(feed, ['id', 'date', 'read', 'tag', 'title', 'totalPosts', 'userId', 'reference', 'referenceId', 'postIds', 'isSavingTopic', 'isDeletingTopic', 'isAddingComment', 'isLoadingComments', 'error'])
     // Github issue##623, allow comments on all posts (including system posts)
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ class FeedView extends React.Component {
     item.newComment = ''
     if (!resetNewComment) {
       const feedFromState = _.find(this.state.feeds, f => feed.id === f.id)
-      item.newComment = feedFromState ? feedFromState.newComment : ''
+      const preservedNewComment =_.find(currentProps && currentProps.preservedNewComments, { feedId: feed.id })
+      item.newComment = (feedFromState || preservedNewComment) ? (feedFromState || preservedNewComment).newComment : ''
     }
     item.hasMoreComments = item.comments.length !== item.totalComments
     // adds permalink for the feed
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ class FeedView extends React.Component {
         }
         // reset new comment if we were adding comment and there is no error in doing so
         const resetNewComment = prevFeed && prevFeed.isAddingComment && !feed.isAddingComment && !feed.error
-        return this.mapFeed(feed, this.state.showAll.indexOf(feed.id) > -1, resetNewComment, prevProps)
+        return this.mapFeed(feed, this.state.showAll.indexOf(feed.id) > -1, resetNewComment, prevProps, props)
       }).filter(item => item)
     })
   }
@@ -247,6 +248,8 @@ class FeedView extends React.Component {
         return item
       })
     })
+    // also save new comment to a place where we can keep it even during feed reloading
+    this.props.updatePreservedNewComment(feedId, content)
   }
 
   onShowAllComments(feedId) {
@@ -489,6 +492,32 @@ const EnhancedFeedView = enhance(FeedView)
 class FeedContainer extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
+
+    this.state = {
+      // as we loose `newComment` in the state inside `EnhancedFeedView` we have to keep it here
+      // so we can restore the currently edited new comment, in case the feed has been reloaded
+      preservedNewComments: []
+    }
+
+    this.updatePreservedNewComment = this.updatePreservedNewComment.bind(this)
+  }
+
+  updatePreservedNewComment (feedId, newComment) {
+    const feedIndex = _.findIndex(this.state.preservedNewComments, { feedId })
+
+    if (feedIndex !== -1) {
+      this.setState({
+        preservedNewComments: [
+          ...this.state.preservedNewComments.slice(0, feedIndex),
+          { feedId, newComment },
+          ...this.state.preservedNewComments.slice(feedIndex + 1),
+        ]
+      })
+    } else {
+      this.setState({
+        preservedNewComments: [...this.state.preservedNewComments, { feedId, newComment }]
+      })
+    }
   }
 
   componentWillMount() {
@@ -502,11 +531,14 @@ class FeedContainer extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
+    console.log('preservedNewComments', this.state.preservedNewComments)
     // Load only specified topics if topics input is available. Otherwise, load all feeds
     const {feeds, topics} = this.props
     const props = {
       ...this.props,
-      feeds: topics ? feeds.filter(f => _.includes(topics, f.id)) : feeds
+      feeds: topics ? feeds.filter(f => _.includes(topics, f.id)) : feeds,
+      preservedNewComments: this.state.preservedNewComments,
+      updatePreservedNewComment: this.updatePreservedNewComment,
     }
     return <EnhancedFeedView {...props} />
   }