diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index 5f4b56f4d8..53608024c9 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -182,6 +182,18 @@
 					text = e.text().format("<span class='contactname'>"+e.attr('name')+"</span>");
 					html = notifications_tpl.format(e.attr('href'),e.attr('photo'), text, e.attr('date'), e.attr('seen'));
 					nnm.append(html);
+					
+					if(e.text().search('&rarr;') == 0) {
+                                         var notification = new Notification(document.title, {
+                                          body: e.text().replace('&rarr; ',''),
+                                          icon: e.attr('photo')
+                                         });
+   
+                                         // TODO (yet unsupported by most browsers): 
+                                         // Implement notification.onclick()
+                                         
+                                        notifyMarkAll();
+                                       }
 				});
 
 				$("img[data-src]", nnm).each(function(i, el){
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index 5ae30d7d36..67f8d69a2e 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -1187,6 +1187,10 @@ function settings_content(&$a) {
 		'$notify7'  => array('notify7', t('You are tagged in a post'), ($notify & NOTIFY_TAGSELF), NOTIFY_TAGSELF, ''),
 		'$notify8'  => array('notify8', t('You are poked/prodded/etc. in a post'), ($notify & NOTIFY_POKE), NOTIFY_POKE, ''),
 
+		'$desktop_notifications' => t('Activate desktop notifications'),
+                '$desktop_notifications_note' => t('Note: This is an experimental feature, as being not supported by each browser'),
+                '$desktop_notifications_success_message' => t('You will now receive desktop notifications!'),
+                
 		'$email_textonly' => array('email_textonly', t('Text-only notification emails'),
 									get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','email_textonly'),
 									t('Send text only notification emails, without the html part')),
diff --git a/view/templates/settings.tpl b/view/templates/settings.tpl
index 323b614ef6..95ee0f6fbc 100644
--- a/view/templates/settings.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/settings.tpl
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@
 {{include file="field_intcheckbox.tpl" field=$notify8}}
 </div>
 
+<div class="field">
+ <button onclick="javascript:Notification.requestPermission(function(perm){if(perm === 'granted')alert('{{$desktop_notifications_success_message}}');});return false;">{{$desktop_notifications}}</button>
+ <span class="field_help">{{$desktop_notifications_note}}</span>
+</div>
+
 {{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$email_textonly}}
 
 </div>