diff --git a/framework/yii/mail/BaseMailer.php b/framework/yii/mail/BaseMailer.php
index e5a1dde..4d61fd6 100644
--- a/framework/yii/mail/BaseMailer.php
+++ b/framework/yii/mail/BaseMailer.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ use yii\base\ViewContextInterface;
  * @see BaseMessage
  *
  * @property \yii\base\View|array $view view instance or its array configuration.
- * @property \yii\mail\ViewResolver|array $viewResolver view resolver instance or its array configuration.
  *
  * @author Paul Klimov <klimov.paul@gmail.com>
  * @since 2.0
@@ -36,6 +35,14 @@ abstract class BaseMailer extends Component implements MailerInterface, ViewCont
 	 */
 	public $viewPath = '@app/mailviews';
 	/**
+	 * @var string HTML layout view name.
+	 */
+	public $htmlLayout = 'layouts/html';
+	/**
+	 * @var string text layout view name.
+	 */
+	public $textLayout = 'layouts/text';
+	/**
 	 * @var array configuration, which should be applied by default to any new created
 	 * email message instance.
 	 * For example:
@@ -128,11 +135,17 @@ abstract class BaseMailer extends Component implements MailerInterface, ViewCont
 	 * Renders a view.
 	 * @param string $view the view name or the path alias of the view file.
 	 * @param array $params the parameters (name-value pairs) that will be extracted and made available in the view file.
-	 * @return string string the rendering result
+	 * @param string|boolean $layout layout view name, if false given no layout will be applied.
+	 * @return string the rendering result.
 	 */
-	public function render($view, $params = [])
+	public function render($view, $params = [], $layout = false)
 	{
-		return $this->getView()->render($view, $params, $this);
+		$output = $this->getView()->render($view, $params, $this);
+		if ($layout !== false) {
+			return $this->getView()->render($layout, ['content' => $output], $this);
+		} else {
+			return $output;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/framework/yii/mail/BaseMessage.php b/framework/yii/mail/BaseMessage.php
index a641521..4952721 100644
--- a/framework/yii/mail/BaseMessage.php
+++ b/framework/yii/mail/BaseMessage.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use Yii;
 abstract class BaseMessage extends Object implements MessageInterface
 {
 	/**
-	 * @return \yii\mail\BaseMailer
+	 * @return \yii\mail\BaseMailer mailer component instance.
 	 */
 	public function getMailer()
 	{
@@ -54,8 +54,18 @@ abstract class BaseMessage extends Object implements MessageInterface
 	/**
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
-	public function render($view, $params = [])
+	public function renderHtml($view, $params = [])
 	{
-		return $this->getMailer()->render($view, $params);
+		$this->setHtml($this->render($view, $params, $this->getMailer()->htmlLayout));
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @inheritdoc
+	 */
+	public function renderText($view, $params = [])
+	{
+		$this->setText($this->render($view, $params, $this->getMailer()->textLayout));
+		return $this;
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/framework/yii/mail/MessageInterface.php b/framework/yii/mail/MessageInterface.php
index 171c4f3..301a8d1 100644
--- a/framework/yii/mail/MessageInterface.php
+++ b/framework/yii/mail/MessageInterface.php
@@ -122,15 +122,26 @@ interface MessageInterface
 	public function send();
 
 	/**
-	 * Renders a view.
+	 * Fills up HTML body rendering a view.
 	 * The view to be rendered can be specified in one of the following formats:
-	 * - path alias (e.g. "@app/emails/contact/body");
-	 * - relative path (e.g. "contact"): the actual view file will be resolved by [[resolveView]].
+	 * - path alias (e.g. "@app/mails/contact/body");
+	 * - relative path (e.g. "contact"): the actual view file will be resolved by [[\yii\base\ViewContextInterface]].
 	 * @param string $view the view name or the path alias of the view file.
 	 * @param array $params the parameters (name-value pairs) that will be extracted and made available in the view file.
-	 * @return string string the rendering result
+	 * @return static self reference.
 	 */
-	public function render($view, $params = []);
+	public function renderHtml($view, $params = []);
+
+	/**
+	 * Fills up plain text body rendering a view.
+	 * The view to be rendered can be specified in one of the following formats:
+	 * - path alias (e.g. "@app/mails/contact/body");
+	 * - relative path (e.g. "contact"): the actual view file will be resolved by [[\yii\base\ViewContextInterface]].
+	 * @param string $view the view name or the path alias of the view file.
+	 * @param array $params the parameters (name-value pairs) that will be extracted and made available in the view file.
+	 * @return static self reference.
+	 */
+	public function renderText($view, $params = []);
 
 	/**
 	 * String output.
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/mail/BaseMailerTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/mail/BaseMailerTest.php
index 1781657..f2d3762 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/mail/BaseMailerTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/mail/BaseMailerTest.php
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ class BaseMailerTest extends TestCase
 		$mailer->viewPath = $filePath;
 
 		$viewName = 'test_view';
-		$fileName = $filePath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $viewName . '.php';
-		$fileContent = '<?php echo $testParam; ?>';
-		file_put_contents($fileName, $fileContent);
+		$viewFileName = $filePath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $viewName . '.php';
+		$viewFileContent = '<?php echo $testParam; ?>';
+		file_put_contents($viewFileName, $viewFileContent);
 
 		$params = [
 			'testParam' => 'test output'
@@ -144,6 +144,30 @@ class BaseMailerTest extends TestCase
 		$renderResult = $mailer->render($viewName, $params);
 		$this->assertEquals($params['testParam'], $renderResult);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @depends testRender
+	 */
+	public function testRenderLayout()
+	{
+		$mailer = new Mailer();
+
+		$filePath = $this->getTestFilePath();
+		$mailer->viewPath = $filePath;
+
+		$viewName = 'test_view';
+		$viewFileName = $filePath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $viewName . '.php';
+		$viewFileContent = 'view file content';
+		file_put_contents($viewFileName, $viewFileContent);
+
+		$layoutName = 'test_layout';
+		$layoutFileName = $filePath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $layoutName . '.php';
+		$layoutFileContent = 'Begin Layout <?php echo $content; ?> End Layout';
+		file_put_contents($layoutFileName, $layoutFileContent);
+
+		$renderResult = $mailer->render($viewName, [], $layoutName);
+		$this->assertEquals('Begin Layout ' . $viewFileContent . ' End Layout', $renderResult);
+	}
 }
 
 /**