diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1f37fba3..50a8ed3ef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ if(SWITCH)
     SourceX/platform/switch/docking.cpp)
   set(BIN_TARGET devilutionx.elf)
 endif()
+
+if(VITA)
+  list(APPEND devilutionx_SRCS
+    SourceX/platform/vita/keyboard.cpp)
+endif()
 
 if(N3DS)
   list(APPEND devilutionx_SRCS
diff --git a/SourceX/DiabloUI/diabloui.cpp b/SourceX/DiabloUI/diabloui.cpp
index 533a311c2..50c900ef5 100644
--- a/SourceX/DiabloUI/diabloui.cpp
+++ b/SourceX/DiabloUI/diabloui.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 // for virtual keyboard on Switch
 #include "platform/switch/keyboard.h"
 #endif
+#ifdef __vita__
+// for virtual keyboard on Vita
+#include "platform/vita/keyboard.h"
+#endif
 
 namespace dvl {
 
@@ -102,6 +106,8 @@ void UiInitList(int count, void (*fnFocus)(int value), void (*fnSelect)(int valu
 			textInputActive = true;
 #ifdef __SWITCH__
 			switch_start_text_input("", pItemUIEdit->m_value, pItemUIEdit->m_max_length, /*multiline=*/0);
+#elif defined(__vita__)
+			vita_start_text_input("", pItemUIEdit->m_value, pItemUIEdit->m_max_length);
 #else
 			SDL_StartTextInput();
 #endif
@@ -218,6 +224,12 @@ void selhero_CatToName(char *in_buf, char *out_buf, int cnt)
 	strncat(out_buf, output.c_str(), cnt - strlen(out_buf));
 }
 
+void selhero_SetName(char *in_buf, char *out_buf, int cnt)
+{
+	std::string output = utf8_to_latin1(in_buf);
+	strncpy(out_buf, output.c_str(), cnt);
+}
+
 bool HandleMenuAction(MenuAction menu_action)
 {
 	switch (menu_action) {
@@ -333,7 +345,11 @@ void UiFocusNavigation(SDL_Event *event)
 #ifndef USE_SDL1
 		case SDL_TEXTINPUT:
 			if (textInputActive) {
+#ifdef __vita__
+				selhero_SetName(event->text.text, UiTextInput, UiTextInputLen);
+#else
 				selhero_CatToName(event->text.text, UiTextInput, UiTextInputLen);
+#endif
 			}
 			return;
 #endif
diff --git a/SourceX/platform/vita/keyboard.cpp b/SourceX/platform/vita/keyboard.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adb529226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SourceX/platform/vita/keyboard.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include <SDL.h>
+#include <psp2/types.h>
+#include <psp2/ime_dialog.h>
+#include "platform/vita/keyboard.h"
+
+static void utf16_to_utf8(const uint16_t *src, uint8_t *dst)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; src[i]; i++) {
+		if ((src[i] & 0xFF80) == 0) {
+			*(dst++) = src[i] & 0xFF;
+		} else if((src[i] & 0xF800) == 0) {
+			*(dst++) = ((src[i] >> 6) & 0xFF) | 0xC0;
+			*(dst++) = (src[i] & 0x3F) | 0x80;
+		} else if((src[i] & 0xFC00) == 0xD800 && (src[i + 1] & 0xFC00) == 0xDC00) {
+			*(dst++) = (((src[i] + 64) >> 8) & 0x3) | 0xF0;
+			*(dst++) = (((src[i] >> 2) + 16) & 0x3F) | 0x80;
+			*(dst++) = ((src[i] >> 4) & 0x30) | 0x80 | ((src[i + 1] << 2) & 0xF);
+			*(dst++) = (src[i + 1] & 0x3F) | 0x80;
+			i += 1;
+		} else {
+			*(dst++) = ((src[i] >> 12) & 0xF) | 0xE0;
+			*(dst++) = ((src[i] >> 6) & 0x3F) | 0x80;
+			*(dst++) = (src[i] & 0x3F) | 0x80;
+		}
+	}
+
+	*dst = '\0';
+}
+
+static void utf8_to_utf16(const uint8_t *src, uint16_t *dst)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; src[i];) {
+		if ((src[i] & 0xE0) == 0xE0) {
+			*(dst++) = ((src[i] & 0x0F) << 12) | ((src[i + 1] & 0x3F) << 6) | (src[i + 2] & 0x3F);
+			i += 3;
+		} else if ((src[i] & 0xC0) == 0xC0) {
+			*(dst++) = ((src[i] & 0x1F) << 6) | (src[i + 1] & 0x3F);
+			i += 2;
+		} else {
+			*(dst++) = src[i];
+			i += 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	*dst = '\0';
+}
+
+static int vita_input_thread(void *ime_buffer)
+{
+	while(1) {
+		// update IME status. Terminate, if finished
+		SceCommonDialogStatus dialogStatus = sceImeDialogGetStatus();
+		if (dialogStatus == SCE_COMMON_DIALOG_STATUS_FINISHED) {
+			uint8_t utf8_buffer[SCE_IME_DIALOG_MAX_TEXT_LENGTH];
+			SceImeDialogResult result;
+
+			SDL_memset(&result, 0, sizeof(SceImeDialogResult));
+			sceImeDialogGetResult(&result);
+
+			// Convert UTF16 to UTF8
+			utf16_to_utf8((SceWChar16*)ime_buffer, utf8_buffer);
+
+			// send sdl event
+			SDL_Event event;
+			event.text.type = SDL_TEXTINPUT;
+			SDL_utf8strlcpy(event.text.text, (const char*)utf8_buffer, SDL_arraysize(event.text.text));
+			SDL_PushEvent(&event);
+
+			sceImeDialogTerm();
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int vita_keyboard_get(const char *guide_text, const char *initial_text, int max_len, SceWChar16 *buf)
+{
+	SceWChar16 title[SCE_IME_DIALOG_MAX_TITLE_LENGTH];
+	SceWChar16 text[SCE_IME_DIALOG_MAX_TEXT_LENGTH];
+	SceInt32 res;
+
+	SDL_memset(&title, 0, sizeof(title));
+	SDL_memset(&text, 0, sizeof(text));
+	utf8_to_utf16((const uint8_t*)guide_text, title);
+	utf8_to_utf16((const uint8_t*)initial_text, text);
+
+	SceImeDialogParam param;
+	sceImeDialogParamInit(&param);
+
+	param.supportedLanguages = SCE_IME_LANGUAGE_ENGLISH;
+	param.languagesForced = SCE_FALSE;
+	param.type = SCE_IME_TYPE_DEFAULT;
+	param.option = 0;
+	param.textBoxMode = SCE_IME_DIALOG_TEXTBOX_MODE_WITH_CLEAR;
+	param.maxTextLength = max_len;
+
+	param.title = title;
+	param.initialText = text;
+	param.inputTextBuffer = buf;
+
+	res = sceImeDialogInit(&param);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+void vita_start_text_input(const char *guide_text, const char *initial_text, int max_length)
+{
+	SceWChar16 ime_buffer[SCE_IME_DIALOG_MAX_TEXT_LENGTH];
+	if (vita_keyboard_get(guide_text, initial_text, max_length, ime_buffer)) {
+		SDL_CreateThread(vita_input_thread, "vita_input_thread", (void *)ime_buffer);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/SourceX/platform/vita/keyboard.h b/SourceX/platform/vita/keyboard.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a229527d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SourceX/platform/vita/keyboard.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#pragma once
+
+void vita_start_text_input(const char *guide_text, const char *initial_text, int max_length);