diff --git a/src/cli/action.zig b/src/cli/action.zig
index 8113f991a..397c9eb12 100644
--- a/src/cli/action.zig
+++ b/src/cli/action.zig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const list_colors = @import("list_colors.zig");
 const list_actions = @import("list_actions.zig");
 const show_config = @import("show_config.zig");
 const validate_config = @import("validate_config.zig");
+const notify = @import("notify.zig");
 
 /// Special commands that can be invoked via CLI flags. These are all
 /// invoked by using `+<action>` as a CLI flag. The only exception is
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ pub const Action = enum {
     // Validate passed config file
     @"validate-config",
 
+    // Send a desktop notification
+    notify,
+
     pub const Error = error{
         /// Multiple actions were detected. You can specify at most one
         /// action on the CLI otherwise the behavior desired is ambiguous.
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ pub const Action = enum {
             .@"list-actions" => try list_actions.run(alloc),
             .@"show-config" => try show_config.run(alloc),
             .@"validate-config" => try validate_config.run(alloc),
+            .notify => try notify.run(alloc),
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cli/notify.zig b/src/cli/notify.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f73342a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/notify.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const ArenaAllocator = std.heap.ArenaAllocator;
+const Action = @import("action.zig").Action;
+const args = @import("args.zig");
+
+const log = std.log.scoped(.notify);
+
+pub const Config = struct {
+    /// This is set by the CLI parser for deinit.
+    _arena: ?ArenaAllocator = null,
+
+    /// The title of the notifiction.
+    title: [:0]const u8 = "Ghostty",
+
+    /// The body of the notification.
+    body: ?[:0]const u8 = null,
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *Config) void {
+        if (self._arena) |arena| arena.deinit();
+        self.* = undefined;
+    }
+
+    /// Enables "-h" and "--help" to work.
+    pub fn help(self: Config) !void {
+        _ = self;
+        return Action.help_error;
+    }
+};
+
+/// The `notify` command is used to send a desktop notification to the user
+/// using OSC 777.
+///
+/// The `--title` argument is used to set the title of the notification. If
+/// unspecified, the default of "Ghostty" will be used.
+///
+/// The `--body` argument is used to set the body of the notification. This
+/// argument is required.
+pub fn run(alloc: Allocator) !u8 {
+    var iter = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(alloc);
+    defer iter.deinit();
+    return try runArgs(alloc, &iter);
+}
+
+fn runArgs(alloc_gpa: Allocator, argsIter: anytype) !u8 {
+    var config: Config = .{};
+    defer config.deinit();
+    try args.parse(Config, alloc_gpa, &config, argsIter);
+
+    const body = config.body orelse {
+        return Action.help_error;
+    };
+
+    var buffer: [2048]u8 = undefined;
+    const message = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&buffer, "\x1b]777;notify;{s};{s}\x1b\\", .{ config.title, body });
+
+    const stdout = std.io.getStdOut();
+    try stdout.writeAll(message);
+
+    return 0;
+}