diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/requests/restaction/MessageCreateAction.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/requests/restaction/MessageCreateAction.java
index b15e92444e..b60895186d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/requests/restaction/MessageCreateAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/requests/restaction/MessageCreateAction.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.sticker.GuildSticker;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.sticker.Sticker;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.sticker.StickerSnowflake;
+import net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.message.MessageReceivedEvent;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.requests.FluentRestAction;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.utils.messages.MessageCreateData;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.utils.messages.MessageCreateRequest;
@@ -54,14 +55,14 @@ static void setDefaultFailOnInvalidReply(boolean fail)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Unique string/number used to identify messages using {@link Message#getNonce()} in events.
-     * <br>This can be useful to handle round-trip messages.
+     * Unique string/number used to identify messages using {@link Message#getNonce()} in {@link MessageReceivedEvent}.
      *
-     * <p>Discord also uses the nonce to dedupe messages for users, but this is not currently supported for bots.
-     * However, for future proofing, it is highly recommended to use a unique nonce for each message.
+     * <p>The nonce can be used for deduping messages and marking them for use with {@link MessageReceivedEvent}.
+     * JDA will automatically generate a unique nonce per message, it is not necessary to do this manually.
      *
      * @param  nonce
-     *         The nonce string to use
+     *         The nonce string to use, must be unique per message.
+     *         A unique nonce will be generated automatically if this is null.
      *
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException
      *         If the provided nonce is longer than {@value Message#MAX_NONCE_LENGTH} characters
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/requests/restaction/MessageCreateActionImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/requests/restaction/MessageCreateActionImpl.java
index 395366df56..6f80cd8167 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/requests/restaction/MessageCreateActionImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/requests/restaction/MessageCreateActionImpl.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 
 public class MessageCreateActionImpl extends RestActionImpl<Message> implements MessageCreateAction, MessageCreateBuilderMixin<MessageCreateAction>
 {
+    protected static final SecureRandom nonceGenerator = new SecureRandom();
     protected static boolean defaultFailOnInvalidReply = false;
 
     private final MessageChannel channel;
@@ -83,8 +85,11 @@ protected RequestBody finalizeData()
         try (MessageCreateData data = builder.build())
         {
             DataObject json = data.toData();
-            if (nonce != null)
+            json.put("enforce_nonce", true);
+            if (nonce != null && !nonce.isEmpty())
                 json.put("nonce", nonce);
+            else
+                json.put("nonce", Long.toUnsignedString(nonceGenerator.nextLong()));
             if (stickers != null && !stickers.isEmpty())
                 json.put("sticker_ids", stickers);
             if (messageReferenceId != null)