diff --git a/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js b/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js
index a2c807b3f..6fd77c4f2 100644
--- a/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js
+++ b/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js
@@ -352,6 +352,30 @@ angular.module('eventHandlerService', [])
             resetRoomMessages(room_id);
         },
         
+        /**
+         * Return the last message event of a room
+         * @param {String} room_id the room id
+         * @param {Boolean} filterFake true to not take into account fake messages
+         * @returns {undefined | Event} the last message event if available
+         */
+        getLastMessage: function(room_id, filterEcho) {
+            var lastMessage;
+
+            var room = $rootScope.events.rooms[room_id];
+            if (room) {
+                for (var i = room.messages.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                    var message = room.messages[i];
+
+                    if (!filterEcho || undefined === message.echo_msg_state) {
+                        lastMessage = message;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return lastMessage;
+        },
+        
         /**
          * Compute the room users number, ie the number of members who has joined the room.
          * @param {String} room_id the room id
diff --git a/webclient/recents/recents-controller.js b/webclient/recents/recents-controller.js
index 2006f13a5..ee8a41c36 100644
--- a/webclient/recents/recents-controller.js
+++ b/webclient/recents/recents-controller.js
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
 angular.module('RecentsController', ['matrixService', 'matrixFilter'])
-.controller('RecentsController', ['$rootScope', 
-                               function($rootScope) {
+.controller('RecentsController', ['$rootScope', '$scope', 'eventHandlerService', 
+                               function($rootScope, $scope, eventHandlerService) {
+
+    // Expose the service to the view
+    $scope.eventHandlerService = eventHandlerService;
 
     // $rootScope of the parent where the recents component is included can override this value
     // in order to highlight a specific room in the list
diff --git a/webclient/recents/recents-filter.js b/webclient/recents/recents-filter.js
index e8a706a5d..67fe49d4b 100644
--- a/webclient/recents/recents-filter.js
+++ b/webclient/recents/recents-filter.js
@@ -35,14 +35,9 @@ angular.module('RecentsController')
         // And time sort them
         // The room with the lastest message at first
         filtered.sort(function (roomA, roomB) {
-            var lastMsgRoomA, lastMsgRoomB;
 
-            if (roomA.messages && 0 < roomA.messages.length) {
-                lastMsgRoomA = roomA.messages[roomA.messages.length - 1];
-            }
-            if (roomB.messages && 0 < roomB.messages.length) {
-                lastMsgRoomB = roomB.messages[roomB.messages.length - 1];
-            }
+            var lastMsgRoomA = eventHandlerService.getLastMessage(roomA.room_id, true);
+            var lastMsgRoomB = eventHandlerService.getLastMessage(roomB.room_id, true);
 
             // Invite message does not have a body message nor ts
             // Puth them at the top of the list
diff --git a/webclient/recents/recents.html b/webclient/recents/recents.html
index eb9e269a4..789ffc9d2 100644
--- a/webclient/recents/recents.html
+++ b/webclient/recents/recents.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                 <td class="recentsRoomSummaryTS">
                     <!-- Use a temp var as alias to the last room message.
                          Declaring it in this way ensures the data-binding -->
-                    {{lastMsg = room.messages[room.messages.length - 1];""}}
+                    {{ lastMsg = eventHandlerService.getLastMessage(room.room_id, true);"" }}
 
                     {{ (lastMsg.ts) | date:'MMM d HH:mm' }}
                 </td>