diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.qrc b/qgroundcontrol.qrc
index a8df5dd55aa1c800b50fa4ed31037f99c22e2ecd..8283130f45de6acca27d867c67a637a867438727 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.qrc
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.qrc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCView.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCView.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCViewPanel.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCViewPanel.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCViewDialog.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCViewDialog.qml</file>
+        <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCViewMessage.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCViewMessage.qml</file>
 
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/ParameterEditor.qml">src/QmlControls/ParameterEditor.qml</file>
 
diff --git a/src/AutoPilotPlugins/PX4/AirframeComponent.qml b/src/AutoPilotPlugins/PX4/AirframeComponent.qml
index 277458be031cc5cb28f7d99d2f150c7dd56a67e6..f169bf63c093aeec53eaba93018872b5d732235d 100644
--- a/src/AutoPilotPlugins/PX4/AirframeComponent.qml
+++ b/src/AutoPilotPlugins/PX4/AirframeComponent.qml
@@ -64,15 +64,11 @@ QGCView {
             Component {
                 id: customConfigDialog
 
-                QGCLabel {
+                QGCViewMessage {
                     id:             customConfigPanel
-                    anchors.fill:   parent
-                    wrapMode:       Text.WordWrap
-                    text:           "Your vehicle is using a custom airframe configuration. " +
-                                    "This configuration can only be modified through the Parameter Editor.\n\n" +
-                                    "If you want to Reset your airframe configuration and select a standard configuration, click 'Reset' above."
-
-                    signal hideDialog
+                    message:        "Your vehicle is using a custom airframe configuration. " +
+                                        "This configuration can only be modified through the Parameter Editor.\n\n" +
+                                        "If you want to Reset your airframe configuration and select a standard configuration, click 'Reset' above."
 
                     Fact { id: sys_autostart; name: "SYS_AUTOSTART" }
 
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGCView.qml b/src/QmlControls/QGCView.qml
index 001c2e59e7c1bbacce2ce404cd5cc5c446f6220d..6a61211c8efbed9ad9e474fe7111dff4aadbbcd1 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QGCView.qml
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGCView.qml
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ Item {
     /// to go.
     signal completed
 
-    function __showDialog(component, title, charWidth, buttons) {
+    function __setupDialogButtons(buttons) {
         __acceptButton.visible = false
         __rejectButton.visible = false
-        __dialogCharWidth = charWidth
-        __dialogTitle = title
 
         // Accept role buttons
         if (buttons & StandardButton.Ok) {
@@ -106,12 +104,31 @@ Item {
             __rejectButton.text = "Abort"
             __rejectButton.visible = true
         }
+    }
+
+    function __showDialog(component, title, charWidth, buttons) {
+        __dialogCharWidth = charWidth
+        __dialogTitle = title
+
+        __setupDialogButtons(buttons)
 
         __dialogComponent = component
         __viewPanel.enabled = false
         __dialogOverlay.visible = true
     }
 
+    function __showMessage(title, message, buttons) {
+        __dialogCharWidth = 50
+        __dialogTitle = title
+        __messageDialogText = message
+
+        __setupDialogButtons(buttons)
+
+        __dialogComponent = __messageDialog
+        __viewPanel.enabled = false
+        __dialogOverlay.visible = true
+    }
+
     function __hideDialog() {
         __dialogComponent = null
         __viewPanel.enabled = true
@@ -130,6 +147,8 @@ Item {
     /// The title for the dialog panel
     property string __dialogTitle
 
+    property string __messageDialogText
+
     property Component __dialogComponent
 
     Component.onCompleted: completed()
@@ -137,8 +156,9 @@ Item {
     Connections {
         target: __viewPanel.item
 
-        onShowDialog: __showDialog(component, title, charWidth, buttons)
-        onHideDialog: __hideDialog()
+        onShowDialog:   __showDialog(component, title, charWidth, buttons)
+        onShowMessage:  __showMessage(title, message, buttons)
+        onHideDialog:   __hideDialog()
     }
 
     Connections {
@@ -230,4 +250,12 @@ Item {
             }
         } // Rectangle - Dialog panel
     } // Item - Dialog overlay
+
+    Component {
+        id: __messageDialog
+
+        QGCViewMessage {
+            message: __messageDialogText
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGCViewMessage.qml b/src/QmlControls/QGCViewMessage.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..303436df4c314010f626608987a72c51f46d38e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGCViewMessage.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*=====================================================================
+
+ QGroundControl Open Source Ground Control Station
+
+ (c) 2009 - 2015 QGROUNDCONTROL PROJECT <http://www.qgroundcontrol.org>
+
+ This file is part of the QGROUNDCONTROL project
+
+ QGROUNDCONTROL is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ QGROUNDCONTROL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with QGROUNDCONTROL. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+ ======================================================================*/
+
+/// @file
+///     @author Don Gagne <don@thegagnes.com>
+
+import QtQuick 2.3
+import QtQuick.Controls 1.3
+
+import QGroundControl.Controls 1.0
+import QGroundControl.Palette 1.0
+
+QGCViewDialog {
+    property string message
+
+    QGCLabel {
+        anchors.fill:   parent
+        wrapMode:       Text.WordWrap
+        text:           message
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGCViewPanel.qml b/src/QmlControls/QGCViewPanel.qml
index 3bf89d9e84660ee2d671337e8b1056af1d3604a2..de4a49bc4668f9f5e55ee5827c22b2285dd8a107 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QGCViewPanel.qml
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGCViewPanel.qml
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ import QGroundControl.Palette 1.0
 import QGroundControl.Controls 1.0
 
 Rectangle {
-    QGCPalette { id: qgcPal; colorGroupEnabled: enabled }
+    property QGCPalette qgcPal: QGCPalette { colorGroupEnabled: enabled }
 
     signal showDialog(Component component, string title, int charWidth, int buttons)
     signal hideDialog
+    signal showMessage(string title, string message, int buttons)
 
     color: qgcPal.window
 }
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/qmldir b/src/QmlControls/qmldir
index 5c30f2a0d5b974f6ead3384828496b3546e9cae1..c158fd07b1d90f13cbd080addd453c2e207177b4 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/qmldir
+++ b/src/QmlControls/qmldir
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ ViewWidget 1.0 ViewWidget.qml
 QGCView 1.0 QGCView.qml
 QGCViewPanel 1.0 QGCViewPanel.qml
 QGCViewDialog 1.0 QGCViewDialog.qml
+QGCViewMessage 1.0 QGCViewMessage.qml