diff --git a/build/webpack.base.conf.js b/build/webpack.base.conf.js
index 198532ca..ea46ce6f 100644
--- a/build/webpack.base.conf.js
+++ b/build/webpack.base.conf.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var path = require('path')
 var config = require('../config')
 var utils = require('./utils')
 var projectRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '../')
+var ServiceWorkerWebpackPlugin = require('serviceworker-webpack-plugin')
 
 var env = process.env.NODE_ENV
 // check env & config/index.js to decide weither to enable CSS Sourcemaps for the
@@ -91,5 +92,10 @@ module.exports = {
         browsers: ['last 2 versions']
       })
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  plugins: [
+    new ServiceWorkerWebpackPlugin({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src/sw.js')
+    })
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7dcb88e7..60e5ca02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "selenium-server": "2.53.1",
     "semver": "^5.3.0",
+    "serviceworker-webpack-plugin": "0.2.3",
     "shelljs": "^0.7.4",
     "sinon": "^1.17.3",
     "sinon-chai": "^2.8.0",
diff --git a/src/boot/after_store.js b/src/boot/after_store.js
index a80baaf5..0d1cabd5 100644
--- a/src/boot/after_store.js
+++ b/src/boot/after_store.js
@@ -17,17 +17,21 @@ import FollowRequests from '../components/follow_requests/follow_requests.vue'
 import OAuthCallback from '../components/oauth_callback/oauth_callback.vue'
 import UserSearch from '../components/user_search/user_search.vue'
 
-const afterStoreSetup = ({store, i18n}) => {
+const afterStoreSetup = ({ store, i18n }) => {
   window.fetch('/api/statusnet/config.json')
     .then((res) => res.json())
     .then((data) => {
-      const {name, closed: registrationClosed, textlimit, server} = data.site
+      const { name, closed: registrationClosed, textlimit, server, vapidPublicKey } = data.site
 
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'name', value: name })
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'registrationOpen', value: (registrationClosed === '0') })
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'textlimit', value: parseInt(textlimit) })
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'server', value: server })
 
+      if (vapidPublicKey) {
+        store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'vapidPublicKey', value: vapidPublicKey })
+      }
+
       var apiConfig = data.site.pleromafe
 
       window.fetch('/static/config.json')
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.js b/src/components/settings/settings.js
index c9e12708..681ccda8 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.js
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const settings = {
       scopeCopyLocal: user.scopeCopy,
       scopeCopyDefault: this.$t('settings.values.' + instance.scopeCopy),
       stopGifs: user.stopGifs,
+      webPushNotificationsLocal: user.webPushNotifications,
       loopSilentAvailable:
         // Firefox
         Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLVideoElement.prototype, 'mozHasAudio') ||
@@ -142,6 +143,10 @@ const settings = {
     },
     stopGifs (value) {
       this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'stopGifs', value })
+    },
+    webPushNotificationsLocal (value) {
+      this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'webPushNotifications', value })
+      if (value) this.$store.dispatch('registerPushNotifications')
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.vue b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
index 6cdc82da..3f920de5 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
@@ -143,6 +143,18 @@
             </li>
           </ul>
         </div>
+
+       <div class="setting-item">
+          <h2>{{$t('settings.notifications')}}</h2>
+          <ul class="setting-list">
+            <li>
+              <input type="checkbox" id="webPushNotifications" v-model="webPushNotificationsLocal">
+              <label for="webPushNotifications">
+                {{$t('settings.enable_web_push_notifications')}}
+              </label>
+            </li>
+          </ul>
+        </div>
       </div>
 
       <div :label="$t('settings.theme')" >
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 92429e4b..eebf606a 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     "inputRadius": "Input fields",
     "checkboxRadius": "Checkboxes",
     "instance_default": "(default: {value})",
-    "instance_default_simple" : "(default)",
+    "instance_default_simple": "(default)",
     "interface": "Interface",
     "interfaceLanguage": "Interface language",
     "invalid_theme_imported": "The selected file is not a supported Pleroma theme. No changes to your theme were made.",
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@
       "false": "no",
       "true": "yes"
     },
+    "notifications": "Notifications",
+    "enable_web_push_notifications": "Enable web push notifications",
     "style": {
       "switcher": {
         "keep_color": "Keep colors",
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 378fe95c..23ea854b 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -50,6 +50,32 @@ const persistedStateOptions = {
     'oauth'
   ]
 }
+
+const registerPushNotifications = store => {
+  store.subscribe((mutation, state) => {
+    const vapidPublicKey = state.instance.vapidPublicKey
+    const permission = state.interface.notificationPermission === 'granted'
+    const isUserMutation = mutation.type === 'setCurrentUser'
+
+    if (isUserMutation && vapidPublicKey && permission) {
+      return store.dispatch('registerPushNotifications')
+    }
+
+    const user = state.users.currentUser
+    const isVapidMutation = mutation.type === 'setInstanceOption' && mutation.payload.name === 'vapidPublicKey'
+
+    if (isVapidMutation && user && permission) {
+      return store.dispatch('registerPushNotifications')
+    }
+
+    const isPermMutation = mutation.type === 'setNotificationPermission' && mutation.payload === 'granted'
+
+    if (isPermMutation && user && vapidPublicKey) {
+      return store.dispatch('registerPushNotifications')
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 createPersistedState(persistedStateOptions).then((persistedState) => {
   const store = new Vuex.Store({
     modules: {
@@ -62,10 +88,10 @@ createPersistedState(persistedStateOptions).then((persistedState) => {
       chat: chatModule,
       oauth: oauthModule
     },
-    plugins: [persistedState],
+    plugins: [persistedState, registerPushNotifications],
     strict: false // Socket modifies itself, let's ignore this for now.
     // strict: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
   })
 
-  afterStoreSetup({store, i18n})
+  afterStoreSetup({ store, i18n })
 })
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index 72839476..ccfd0190 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const defaultState = {
     likes: true,
     repeats: true
   },
+  webPushNotifications: true,
   muteWords: [],
   highlight: {},
   interfaceLanguage: browserLocale,
diff --git a/src/modules/interface.js b/src/modules/interface.js
index 132fb08d..956c9cb3 100644
--- a/src/modules/interface.js
+++ b/src/modules/interface.js
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ import { set, delete as del } from 'vue'
 const defaultState = {
   settings: {
     currentSaveStateNotice: null,
-    noticeClearTimeout: null
+    noticeClearTimeout: null,
+    notificationPermission: null
   },
   browserSupport: {
     cssFilter: window.CSS && window.CSS.supports && (
       window.CSS.supports('filter', 'drop-shadow(0 0)') ||
-        window.CSS.supports('-webkit-filter', 'drop-shadow(0 0)')
+      window.CSS.supports('-webkit-filter', 'drop-shadow(0 0)')
     )
   }
 }
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@ const interfaceMod = {
         }
         set(state.settings, 'currentSaveStateNotice', { error: false, data: success })
         set(state.settings, 'noticeClearTimeout',
-            setTimeout(() => del(state.settings, 'currentSaveStateNotice'), 2000))
+          setTimeout(() => del(state.settings, 'currentSaveStateNotice'), 2000))
       } else {
         set(state.settings, 'currentSaveStateNotice', { error: true, errorData: error })
       }
+    },
+    setNotificationPermission (state, permission) {
+      state.notificationPermission = permission
     }
   },
   actions: {
@@ -35,6 +39,9 @@ const interfaceMod = {
     },
     settingsSaved ({ commit, dispatch }, { success, error }) {
       commit('settingsSaved', { success, error })
+    },
+    setNotificationPermission ({ commit }, permission) {
+      commit('setNotificationPermission', permission)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/users.js b/src/modules/users.js
index 6d966c3b..d2ac95cd 100644
--- a/src/modules/users.js
+++ b/src/modules/users.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import backendInteractorService from '../services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js'
 import { compact, map, each, merge } from 'lodash'
 import { set } from 'vue'
+import registerPushNotifications from '../services/push/push.js'
 import oauthApi from '../services/new_api/oauth'
-import {humanizeErrors} from './errors'
+import { humanizeErrors } from './errors'
 
 // TODO: Unify with mergeOrAdd in statuses.js
 export const mergeOrAdd = (arr, obj, item) => {
@@ -11,17 +12,25 @@ export const mergeOrAdd = (arr, obj, item) => {
   if (oldItem) {
     // We already have this, so only merge the new info.
     merge(oldItem, item)
-    return {item: oldItem, new: false}
+    return { item: oldItem, new: false }
   } else {
     // This is a new item, prepare it
     arr.push(item)
     obj[item.id] = item
-    return {item, new: true}
+    return { item, new: true }
   }
 }
 
+const getNotificationPermission = () => {
+  const Notification = window.Notification
+
+  if (!Notification) return Promise.resolve(null)
+  if (Notification.permission === 'default') return Notification.requestPermission()
+  return Promise.resolve(Notification.permission)
+}
+
 export const mutations = {
-  setMuted (state, { user: {id}, muted }) {
+  setMuted (state, { user: { id }, muted }) {
     const user = state.usersObject[id]
     set(user, 'muted', muted)
   },
@@ -45,7 +54,7 @@ export const mutations = {
   setUserForStatus (state, status) {
     status.user = state.usersObject[status.user.id]
   },
-  setColor (state, { user: {id}, highlighted }) {
+  setColor (state, { user: { id }, highlighted }) {
     const user = state.usersObject[id]
     set(user, 'highlight', highlighted)
   },
@@ -77,9 +86,16 @@ const users = {
   mutations,
   actions: {
     fetchUser (store, id) {
-      store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchUser({id})
+      store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchUser({ id })
         .then((user) => store.commit('addNewUsers', user))
     },
+    registerPushNotifications (store) {
+      const token = store.state.currentUser.credentials
+      const vapidPublicKey = store.rootState.instance.vapidPublicKey
+      const isEnabled = store.rootState.config.webPushNotifications
+
+      registerPushNotifications(isEnabled, vapidPublicKey, token)
+    },
     addNewStatuses (store, { statuses }) {
       const users = map(statuses, 'user')
       const retweetedUsers = compact(map(statuses, 'retweeted_status.user'))
@@ -143,6 +159,9 @@ const users = {
                   commit('setCurrentUser', user)
                   commit('addNewUsers', [user])
 
+                  getNotificationPermission()
+                    .then(permission => commit('setNotificationPermission', permission))
+
                   // Set our new backend interactor
                   commit('setBackendInteractor', backendInteractorService(accessToken))
 
@@ -161,12 +180,8 @@ const users = {
                     store.commit('addNewUsers', mutedUsers)
                   })
 
-                  if ('Notification' in window && window.Notification.permission === 'default') {
-                    window.Notification.requestPermission()
-                  }
-
                   // Fetch our friends
-                  store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchFriends({id: user.id})
+                  store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchFriends({ id: user.id })
                     .then((friends) => commit('addNewUsers', friends))
                 })
             } else {
diff --git a/src/services/push/push.js b/src/services/push/push.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ac304d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/push/push.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import runtime from 'serviceworker-webpack-plugin/lib/runtime'
+
+function urlBase64ToUint8Array (base64String) {
+  const padding = '='.repeat((4 - base64String.length % 4) % 4)
+  const base64 = (base64String + padding)
+    .replace(/-/g, '+')
+    .replace(/_/g, '/')
+
+  const rawData = window.atob(base64)
+  return Uint8Array.from([...rawData].map((char) => char.charCodeAt(0)))
+}
+
+function isPushSupported () {
+  return 'serviceWorker' in navigator && 'PushManager' in window
+}
+
+function registerServiceWorker () {
+  return runtime.register()
+    .catch((err) => console.error('Unable to register service worker.', err))
+}
+
+function subscribe (registration, isEnabled, vapidPublicKey) {
+  if (!isEnabled) return Promise.reject(new Error('Web Push is disabled in config'))
+  if (!vapidPublicKey) return Promise.reject(new Error('VAPID public key is not found'))
+
+  const subscribeOptions = {
+    userVisibleOnly: true,
+    applicationServerKey: urlBase64ToUint8Array(vapidPublicKey)
+  }
+  return registration.pushManager.subscribe(subscribeOptions)
+}
+
+function sendSubscriptionToBackEnd (subscription, token) {
+  return window.fetch('/api/v1/push/subscription/', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      subscription,
+      data: {
+        alerts: {
+          follow: true,
+          favourite: true,
+          mention: true,
+          reblog: true
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  })
+    .then((response) => {
+      if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Bad status code from server.')
+      return response.json()
+    })
+    .then((responseData) => {
+      if (!responseData.id) throw new Error('Bad response from server.')
+      return responseData
+    })
+}
+
+export default function registerPushNotifications (isEnabled, vapidPublicKey, token) {
+  if (isPushSupported()) {
+    registerServiceWorker()
+      .then((registration) => subscribe(registration, isEnabled, vapidPublicKey))
+      .then((subscription) => sendSubscriptionToBackEnd(subscription, token))
+      .catch((e) => console.warn(`Failed to setup Web Push Notifications: ${e.message}`))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/sw.js b/src/sw.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cecb3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sw.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* eslint-env serviceworker */
+
+import localForage from 'localforage'
+
+function isEnabled () {
+  return localForage.getItem('vuex-lz')
+    .then(data => data.config.webPushNotifications)
+}
+
+function getWindowClients () {
+  return clients.matchAll({ includeUncontrolled: true })
+    .then((clientList) => clientList.filter(({ type }) => type === 'window'))
+}
+
+self.addEventListener('push', (event) => {
+  if (event.data) {
+    event.waitUntil(isEnabled().then((isEnabled) => {
+      return isEnabled && getWindowClients().then((list) => {
+        const data = event.data.json()
+
+        if (list.length === 0) return self.registration.showNotification(data.title, data)
+      })
+    }))
+  }
+})
+
+self.addEventListener('notificationclick', (event) => {
+  event.notification.close()
+
+  event.waitUntil(getWindowClients().then((list) => {
+    for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+      var client = list[i]
+      if (client.url === '/' && 'focus' in client) { return client.focus() }
+    }
+
+    if (clients.openWindow) return clients.openWindow('/')
+  }))
+})
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1547bfc8..6b8a97cb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3925,7 +3925,7 @@ mime@^1.3.4, mime@^1.5.0:
   version "1.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime/-/mime-1.6.0.tgz#32cd9e5c64553bd58d19a568af452acff04981b1"
 
-"minimatch@2 || 3", minimatch@^3.0.0, minimatch@^3.0.2, minimatch@^3.0.4, minimatch@~3.0.2:
+"minimatch@2 || 3", minimatch@^3.0.0, minimatch@^3.0.2, minimatch@^3.0.3, minimatch@^3.0.4, minimatch@~3.0.2:
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz#5166e286457f03306064be5497e8dbb0c3d32083"
   dependencies:
@@ -5289,6 +5289,12 @@ serve-static@1.13.1:
     parseurl "~1.3.2"
     send "0.16.1"
 
+serviceworker-webpack-plugin@0.2.3:
+  version "0.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/serviceworker-webpack-plugin/-/serviceworker-webpack-plugin-0.2.3.tgz#1873ed6fc83c873ac8240fac443c615d374feeb2"
+  dependencies:
+    minimatch "^3.0.3"
+
 set-blocking@^2.0.0, set-blocking@~2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/set-blocking/-/set-blocking-2.0.0.tgz#045f9782d011ae9a6803ddd382b24392b3d890f7"