diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 16ceb93ae..ce3fd8394 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ const DerivedConfig = struct {
     clipboard_paste_bracketed_safe: bool,
     copy_on_select: configpkg.CopyOnSelect,
     confirm_close_surface: bool,
+    desktop_notifications: bool,
     mouse_interval: u64,
     mouse_hide_while_typing: bool,
     mouse_shift_capture: configpkg.MouseShiftCapture,
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ const DerivedConfig = struct {
             .clipboard_paste_bracketed_safe = config.@"clipboard-paste-bracketed-safe",
             .copy_on_select = config.@"copy-on-select",
             .confirm_close_surface = config.@"confirm-close-surface",
+            .desktop_notifications = config.@"desktop-notifications",
             .mouse_interval = config.@"click-repeat-interval" * 1_000_000, // 500ms
             .mouse_hide_while_typing = config.@"mouse-hide-while-typing",
             .mouse_shift_capture = config.@"mouse-shift-capture",
@@ -713,6 +715,27 @@ pub fn handleMessage(self: *Surface, msg: Message) !void {
             self.child_exited = true;
             self.close();
         },
+
+        .desktop_notification => |notification| {
+            if (!self.config.desktop_notifications) {
+                log.info("application attempted to display a desktop notification, but 'desktop-notifications' is disabled", .{});
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const title: [:0]const u8 = switch (notification.title) {
+                .small => |v| v.data[0..v.len :0],
+                // Stream handler only sends small messages
+                else => unreachable,
+            };
+
+            const body: [:0]const u8 = switch (notification.body) {
+                .small => |v| v.data[0..v.len :0],
+                // Stream handler only sends small messages
+                else => unreachable,
+            };
+
+            try self.showDesktopNotification(title, body);
+        },
     }
 }
 
@@ -2721,6 +2744,12 @@ fn completeClipboardReadOSC52(
     self.io_thread.wakeup.notify() catch {};
 }
 
+fn showDesktopNotification(self: *Surface, title: [:0]const u8, body: [:0]const u8) !void {
+    if (@hasDecl(apprt.Surface, "showDesktopNotification")) {
+        try self.rt_surface.showDesktopNotification(title, body);
+    } else log.warn("runtime doesn't support desktop notifications", .{});
+}
+
 pub const face_ttf = @embedFile("font/res/FiraCode-Regular.ttf");
 pub const face_bold_ttf = @embedFile("font/res/FiraCode-Bold.ttf");
 pub const face_emoji_ttf = @embedFile("font/res/NotoColorEmoji.ttf");
diff --git a/src/apprt/embedded.zig b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
index 9d6dc5d00..43d693385 100644
--- a/src/apprt/embedded.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ pub const App = struct {
 
         /// Called when the cell size changes.
         set_cell_size: ?*const fn (SurfaceUD, u32, u32) callconv(.C) void = null,
+
+        /// Show a desktop notification to the user.
+        show_desktop_notification: ?*const fn (SurfaceUD, [*:0]const u8, [*:0]const u8) void = null,
     };
 
     /// Special values for the goto_tab callback.
@@ -939,6 +942,20 @@ pub const Surface = struct {
         const scale = try self.getContentScale();
         return .{ .x = pos.x * scale.x, .y = pos.y * scale.y };
     }
+
+    /// Show a desktop notification.
+    pub fn showDesktopNotification(
+        self: *const Surface,
+        title: [:0]const u8,
+        body: [:0]const u8,
+    ) !void {
+        const func = self.app.opts.show_desktop_notification orelse {
+            log.info("runtime embedder does not support show_desktop_notification", .{});
+            return;
+        };
+
+        func(self.opts.userdata, title, body);
+    }
 };
 
 /// Inspector is the state required for the terminal inspector. A terminal
diff --git a/src/apprt/structs.zig b/src/apprt/structs.zig
index d452bc8eb..9cdbe599a 100644
--- a/src/apprt/structs.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/structs.zig
@@ -50,3 +50,13 @@ pub const ClipboardRequest = union(ClipboardRequestType) {
     /// A request to write clipboard contents via OSC 52.
     osc_52_write: Clipboard,
 };
+
+/// A desktop notification.
+pub const DesktopNotification = struct {
+    /// The title of the notification. May be an empty string to not show a
+    /// title.
+    title: []const u8,
+
+    /// The body of a notification. This will always be shown.
+    body: []const u8,
+};
diff --git a/src/apprt/surface.zig b/src/apprt/surface.zig
index b86fbf54b..cf54a7bb3 100644
--- a/src/apprt/surface.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/surface.zig
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ pub const Message = union(enum) {
     /// The child process running in the surface has exited. This may trigger
     /// a surface close, it may not.
     child_exited: void,
+
+    /// Show a desktop notification.
+    desktop_notification: struct {
+        /// Desktop notification title.
+        title: WriteReq,
+
+        /// Desktop notification body.
+        body: WriteReq,
+    },
 };
 
 /// A surface mailbox.
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index c13a76bef..56bf73ad9 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -650,6 +650,10 @@ keybind: Keybinds = .{},
 /// libadwaita support.
 @"gtk-adwaita": bool = true,
 
+/// If true (default), applications running in the terminal can show desktop
+/// notifications using certain escape sequences such as OSC 9 or OSC 777.
+@"desktop-notifications": bool = true,
+
 /// This will be used to set the TERM environment variable.
 /// HACK: We set this with an "xterm" prefix because vim uses that to enable key
 /// protocols (specifically this will enable 'modifyOtherKeys'), among other
diff --git a/src/terminal/osc.zig b/src/terminal/osc.zig
index 2e59eb279..1ab7aa651 100644
--- a/src/terminal/osc.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/osc.zig
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ pub const Command = union(enum) {
         value: []const u8,
     },
 
+    /// Show a desktop notification (OSC 9 or OSC 777)
+    show_desktop_notification: struct {
+        title: []const u8,
+        body: []const u8,
+    },
+
     pub const ColorKind = union(enum) {
         palette: u8,
         foreground,
@@ -225,6 +231,9 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
         @"5",
         @"52",
         @"7",
+        @"77",
+        @"777",
+        @"9",
 
         // OSC 10 is used to query or set the current foreground color.
         query_fg_color,
@@ -255,6 +264,13 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
         // Reset color palette index
         reset_color_palette_index,
 
+        // rxvt extension. Only used for OSC 777 and only the value "notify" is
+        // supported
+        rxvt_extension,
+
+        // Title of a desktop notification
+        notification_title,
+
         // Expect a string parameter. param_str must be set as well as
         // buf_start.
         string,
@@ -311,6 +327,7 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
                 '4' => self.state = .@"4",
                 '5' => self.state = .@"5",
                 '7' => self.state = .@"7",
+                '9' => self.state = .@"9",
                 else => self.state = .invalid,
             },
 
@@ -465,17 +482,6 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
                 else => self.state = .invalid,
             },
 
-            .@"7" => switch (c) {
-                ';' => {
-                    self.command = .{ .report_pwd = .{ .value = "" } };
-
-                    self.state = .string;
-                    self.temp_state = .{ .str = &self.command.report_pwd.value };
-                    self.buf_start = self.buf_idx;
-                },
-                else => self.state = .invalid,
-            },
-
             .@"52" => switch (c) {
                 ';' => {
                     self.command = .{ .clipboard_contents = undefined };
@@ -506,6 +512,72 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
                 else => self.state = .invalid,
             },
 
+            .@"7" => switch (c) {
+                ';' => {
+                    self.command = .{ .report_pwd = .{ .value = "" } };
+
+                    self.state = .string;
+                    self.temp_state = .{ .str = &self.command.report_pwd.value };
+                    self.buf_start = self.buf_idx;
+                },
+                '7' => self.state = .@"77",
+                else => self.state = .invalid,
+            },
+
+            .@"77" => switch (c) {
+                '7' => self.state = .@"777",
+                else => self.state = .invalid,
+            },
+
+            .@"777" => switch (c) {
+                ';' => {
+                    self.state = .rxvt_extension;
+                    self.buf_start = self.buf_idx;
+                },
+                else => self.state = .invalid,
+            },
+
+            .rxvt_extension => switch (c) {
+                'a'...'z' => {},
+                ';' => {
+                    const ext = self.buf[self.buf_start .. self.buf_idx - 1];
+                    if (!std.mem.eql(u8, ext, "notify")) {
+                        log.warn("unknown rxvt extension: {s}", .{ext});
+                        self.state = .invalid;
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    self.command = .{ .show_desktop_notification = undefined };
+                    self.buf_start = self.buf_idx;
+                    self.state = .notification_title;
+                },
+                else => self.state = .invalid,
+            },
+
+            .notification_title => switch (c) {
+                ';' => {
+                    self.command.show_desktop_notification.title = self.buf[self.buf_start .. self.buf_idx - 1];
+                    self.temp_state = .{ .str = &self.command.show_desktop_notification.body };
+                    self.buf_start = self.buf_idx;
+                    self.state = .string;
+                },
+                else => {},
+            },
+
+            .@"9" => switch (c) {
+                ';' => {
+                    self.command = .{ .show_desktop_notification = .{
+                        .title = "",
+                        .body = undefined,
+                    } };
+
+                    self.temp_state = .{ .str = &self.command.show_desktop_notification.body };
+                    self.buf_start = self.buf_idx;
+                    self.state = .string;
+                },
+                else => self.state = .invalid,
+            },
+
             .query_fg_color => switch (c) {
                 '?' => {
                     self.command = .{ .report_color = .{ .kind = .foreground } };
@@ -1128,3 +1200,31 @@ test "OSC: set palette color" {
     try testing.expectEqual(cmd.set_color.kind, .{ .palette = 17 });
     try testing.expectEqualStrings(cmd.set_color.value, "rgb:aa/bb/cc");
 }
+
+test "OSC: show desktop notification" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+
+    var p: Parser = .{};
+
+    const input = "9;Hello world";
+    for (input) |ch| p.next(ch);
+
+    const cmd = p.end('\x1b').?;
+    try testing.expect(cmd == .show_desktop_notification);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(cmd.show_desktop_notification.title, "");
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(cmd.show_desktop_notification.body, "Hello world");
+}
+
+test "OSC: show desktop notification with title" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+
+    var p: Parser = .{};
+
+    const input = "777;notify;Title;Body";
+    for (input) |ch| p.next(ch);
+
+    const cmd = p.end('\x1b').?;
+    try testing.expect(cmd == .show_desktop_notification);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(cmd.show_desktop_notification.title, "Title");
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(cmd.show_desktop_notification.body, "Body");
+}
diff --git a/src/terminal/stream.zig b/src/terminal/stream.zig
index c438776dd..be0381f23 100644
--- a/src/terminal/stream.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/stream.zig
@@ -1067,6 +1067,13 @@ pub fn Stream(comptime Handler: type) type {
                         return;
                     } else log.warn("unimplemented OSC callback: {}", .{cmd});
                 },
+
+                .show_desktop_notification => |v| {
+                    if (@hasDecl(T, "showDesktopNotification")) {
+                        try self.handler.showDesktopNotification(v.title, v.body);
+                        return;
+                    } else log.warn("unimplemented OSC callback: {}", .{cmd});
+                },
             }
 
             // Fall through for when we don't have a handler.
diff --git a/src/termio/Exec.zig b/src/termio/Exec.zig
index fa85c53d4..85f2ce8ce 100644
--- a/src/termio/Exec.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Exec.zig
@@ -2388,4 +2388,34 @@ const StreamHandler = struct {
             },
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn showDesktopNotification(
+        self: *StreamHandler,
+        title: []const u8,
+        body: []const u8,
+    ) !void {
+        // Subtract one to leave room for the sentinel
+        const max_length = apprt.surface.Message.WriteReq.Small.Max - 1;
+        if (title.len >= max_length or body.len >= max_length) {
+            log.warn("requested notification is too long", .{});
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var req_title: apprt.surface.Message.WriteReq.Small = .{};
+        @memcpy(req_title.data[0..title.len], title);
+        req_title.data[title.len] = 0;
+        req_title.len = @intCast(title.len);
+
+        var req_body: apprt.surface.Message.WriteReq.Small = .{};
+        @memcpy(req_body.data[0..body.len], body);
+        req_body.data[body.len] = 0;
+        req_body.len = @intCast(body.len);
+
+        _ = self.ev.surface_mailbox.push(.{
+            .desktop_notification = .{
+                .title = .{ .small = req_title },
+                .body = .{ .small = req_body },
+            },
+        }, .{ .forever = {} });
+    }
 };