diff --git a/dist/linux/app.desktop b/dist/linux/app.desktop
index e6e736da7..c87e73cee 100644
--- a/dist/linux/app.desktop
+++ b/dist/linux/app.desktop
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Keywords=terminal;tty;pty;
 StartupNotify=true
 Terminal=false
 Actions=new-window;
+X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true
 
 [Desktop Action new-window]
 Name=New Window
diff --git a/include/ghostty.h b/include/ghostty.h
index 0546115a2..f66f92c47 100644
--- a/include/ghostty.h
+++ b/include/ghostty.h
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ typedef void (*ghostty_runtime_toggle_fullscreen_cb)(void *, ghostty_non_native_
 typedef void (*ghostty_runtime_set_initial_window_size_cb)(void *, uint32_t, uint32_t);
 typedef void (*ghostty_runtime_render_inspector_cb)(void *);
 typedef void (*ghostty_runtime_set_cell_size_cb)(void *, uint32_t, uint32_t);
+typedef void (*ghostty_runtime_show_desktop_notification_cb)(void *, const char *, const char *);
 
 typedef struct {
     void *userdata;
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ typedef struct {
     ghostty_runtime_set_initial_window_size_cb set_initial_window_size_cb;
     ghostty_runtime_render_inspector_cb render_inspector_cb;
     ghostty_runtime_set_cell_size_cb set_cell_size_cb;
+    ghostty_runtime_show_desktop_notification_cb show_desktop_notification_cb;
 } ghostty_runtime_config_s;
 
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/macos/Sources/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
index 00cfd8479..600038963 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import AppKit
+import UserNotifications
 import OSLog
 import GhosttyKit
 
-class AppDelegate: NSObject, ObservableObject, NSApplicationDelegate, GhosttyAppStateDelegate {
+class AppDelegate: NSObject, ObservableObject, NSApplicationDelegate, UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate, GhosttyAppStateDelegate {
     // The application logger. We should probably move this at some point to a dedicated
     // class/struct but for now it lives here! 🤷‍♂️
     static let logger = Logger(
@@ -87,6 +88,22 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, ObservableObject, NSApplicationDelegate, GhosttyApp
         // Register our service provider. This must happen after everything
         // else is initialized.
         NSApp.servicesProvider = ServiceProvider()
+
+        // Configure user notifications
+        let actions = [
+            UNNotificationAction(identifier: Ghostty.userNotificationActionShow, title: "Show")
+        ]
+
+        let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current()
+        center.setNotificationCategories([
+            UNNotificationCategory(
+                identifier: Ghostty.userNotificationCategory,
+                actions: actions,
+                intentIdentifiers: [],
+                options: [.customDismissAction]
+            )
+        ])
+        center.delegate = self
     }
 
     func applicationShouldTerminateAfterLastWindowClosed(_ sender: NSApplication) -> Bool {
@@ -248,7 +265,28 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, ObservableObject, NSApplicationDelegate, GhosttyApp
     private func focusedSurface() -> ghostty_surface_t? {
         return terminalManager.focusedSurface?.surface
     }
-    
+
+    //MARK: - UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate
+
+    func userNotificationCenter(
+        _ center: UNUserNotificationCenter,
+        didReceive: UNNotificationResponse,
+        withCompletionHandler: () -> Void
+    ) {
+        ghostty.handleUserNotification(response: didReceive)
+        withCompletionHandler()
+    }
+
+    func userNotificationCenter(
+        _ center: UNUserNotificationCenter,
+        willPresent: UNNotification,
+        withCompletionHandler: (UNNotificationPresentationOptions) -> Void
+    ) {
+        let shouldPresent = ghostty.shouldPresentNotification(notification: willPresent)
+        let options: UNNotificationPresentationOptions = shouldPresent ? [.banner, .sound] : []
+        withCompletionHandler(options)
+    }
+
     //MARK: - GhosttyAppStateDelegate
     
     func configDidReload(_ state: Ghostty.AppState) {
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift
index 0b61fbcb6..f9f4da8b8 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import SwiftUI
+import UserNotifications
 import GhosttyKit
 
 protocol GhosttyAppStateDelegate: AnyObject {
@@ -167,7 +168,10 @@ extension Ghostty {
                 toggle_fullscreen_cb: { userdata, nonNativeFullscreen in AppState.toggleFullscreen(userdata, nonNativeFullscreen: nonNativeFullscreen) },
                 set_initial_window_size_cb: { userdata, width, height in AppState.setInitialWindowSize(userdata, width: width, height: height) },
                 render_inspector_cb: { userdata in AppState.renderInspector(userdata) },
-                set_cell_size_cb: { userdata, width, height in AppState.setCellSize(userdata, width: width, height: height) }
+                set_cell_size_cb: { userdata, width, height in AppState.setCellSize(userdata, width: width, height: height) },
+                show_desktop_notification_cb: { userdata, title, body in
+                    AppState.showUserNotification(userdata, title: title, body: body)
+                }
             )
 
             // Create the ghostty app.
@@ -350,7 +354,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         // MARK: Ghostty Callbacks
 
         static func newSplit(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, direction: ghostty_split_direction_e, config: ghostty_surface_config_s) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.ghosttyNewSplit, object: surface, userInfo: [
                 "direction": direction,
                 Notification.NewSurfaceConfigKey: SurfaceConfiguration(from: config),
@@ -358,14 +362,14 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         static func closeSurface(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, processAlive: Bool) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.ghosttyCloseSurface, object: surface, userInfo: [
                 "process_alive": processAlive,
             ])
         }
 
         static func focusSplit(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, direction: ghostty_split_focus_direction_e) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             guard let splitDirection = SplitFocusDirection.from(direction: direction) else { return }
             NotificationCenter.default.post(
                 name: Notification.ghosttyFocusSplit,
@@ -377,7 +381,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         static func resizeSplit(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, direction: ghostty_split_resize_direction_e, amount: UInt16) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             guard let resizeDirection = SplitResizeDirection.from(direction: direction) else { return }
             NotificationCenter.default.post(
                 name: Notification.didResizeSplit,
@@ -390,12 +394,12 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         static func equalizeSplits(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.didEqualizeSplits, object: surface)
         }
 
         static func toggleSplitZoom(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
 
             NotificationCenter.default.post(
                 name: Notification.didToggleSplitZoom,
@@ -404,7 +408,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         static func gotoTab(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, n: Int32) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             NotificationCenter.default.post(
                 name: Notification.ghosttyGotoTab,
                 object: surface,
@@ -417,7 +421,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         static func readClipboard(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, location: ghostty_clipboard_e, state: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
             // If we don't even have a surface, something went terrible wrong so we have
             // to leak "state".
-            guard let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             guard let surface = surfaceView.surface else { return }
             
             // We only support the standard clipboard
@@ -436,7 +440,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
             state: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?,
             request: ghostty_clipboard_request_e
         ) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             guard let valueStr = String(cString: string!, encoding: .utf8) else { return }
             guard let request = Ghostty.ClipboardRequest.from(request: request) else { return }
             NotificationCenter.default.post(
@@ -462,7 +466,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         static func writeClipboard(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, string: UnsafePointer<CChar>?, location: ghostty_clipboard_e, confirm: Bool) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
 
             // We only support the standard clipboard
             if (location != GHOSTTY_CLIPBOARD_STANDARD) { return }
@@ -515,7 +519,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
         
         static func renderInspector(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             NotificationCenter.default.post(
                 name: Notification.inspectorNeedsDisplay,
                 object: surface
@@ -523,7 +527,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         static func setTitle(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, title: UnsafePointer<CChar>?) {
-            let surfaceView = Unmanaged<SurfaceView>.fromOpaque(userdata!).takeUnretainedValue()
+            let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             guard let titleStr = String(cString: title!, encoding: .utf8) else { return }
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 surfaceView.title = titleStr
@@ -531,17 +535,17 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         static func setMouseShape(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, shape: ghostty_mouse_shape_e) {
-            let surfaceView = Unmanaged<SurfaceView>.fromOpaque(userdata!).takeUnretainedValue()
+            let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             surfaceView.setCursorShape(shape)
         }
 
         static func setMouseVisibility(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, visible: Bool) {
-            let surfaceView = Unmanaged<SurfaceView>.fromOpaque(userdata!).takeUnretainedValue()
+            let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             surfaceView.setCursorVisibility(visible)
         }
 
         static func toggleFullscreen(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, nonNativeFullscreen: ghostty_non_native_fullscreen_e) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             NotificationCenter.default.post(
                 name: Notification.ghosttyToggleFullscreen,
                 object: surface,
@@ -553,18 +557,66 @@ extension Ghostty {
         
         static func setInitialWindowSize(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, width: UInt32, height: UInt32) {
             // We need a window to set the frame
-            guard let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             surfaceView.initialSize = NSMakeSize(Double(width), Double(height))
         }
 
         static func setCellSize(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, width: UInt32, height: UInt32) {
-            guard let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             let backingSize = NSSize(width: Double(width), height: Double(height))
             surfaceView.cellSize = surfaceView.convertFromBacking(backingSize)
         }
 
+        static func showUserNotification(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, title: UnsafePointer<CChar>?, body: UnsafePointer<CChar>?) {
+            let surfaceView = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
+            guard let title = String(cString: title!, encoding: .utf8) else { return }
+            guard let body = String(cString: body!, encoding: .utf8) else { return }
+
+            let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current()
+            center.requestAuthorization(options: [.alert, .sound]) { _, error in
+                if let error = error {
+                    AppDelegate.logger.error("Error while requesting notification authorization: \(error)")
+                }
+            }
+
+            center.getNotificationSettings() { settings in
+                guard settings.authorizationStatus == .authorized else { return }
+                surfaceView.showUserNotification(title: title, body: body)
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// Handle a received user notification. This is called when a user notification is clicked or dismissed by the user
+        func handleUserNotification(response: UNNotificationResponse) {
+            let userInfo = response.notification.request.content.userInfo
+            guard let address = userInfo["address"] as? Int else { return }
+            guard let userdata = UnsafeMutableRawPointer(bitPattern: address) else { return }
+            let surface = Ghostty.AppState.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
+
+            switch (response.actionIdentifier) {
+            case UNNotificationDefaultActionIdentifier, Ghostty.userNotificationActionShow:
+                // The user clicked on a notification
+                surface.handleUserNotification(notification: response.notification, focus: true)
+            case UNNotificationDismissActionIdentifier:
+                // The user dismissed the notification
+                surface.handleUserNotification(notification: response.notification, focus: false)
+            default:
+                break
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// Determine if a given notification should be presented to the user when Ghostty is running in the foreground.
+        func shouldPresentNotification(notification: UNNotification) -> Bool {
+            let userInfo = notification.request.content.userInfo
+            guard let address = userInfo["address"] as? Int else { return false }
+            guard let userdata = UnsafeMutableRawPointer(bitPattern: address) else { return false }
+            let surface = Ghostty.AppState.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
+
+            guard let window = surface.window else { return false }
+            return !window.isKeyWindow || !surface.focused
+        }
+
         static func newTab(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, config: ghostty_surface_config_s) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             
             guard let appState = self.appState(fromView: surface) else { return }
             guard appState.windowDecorations else {
@@ -587,7 +639,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         static func newWindow(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, config: ghostty_surface_config_s) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
 
             NotificationCenter.default.post(
                 name: Notification.ghosttyNewWindow,
@@ -599,7 +651,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
         
         static func controlInspector(_ userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, mode: ghostty_inspector_mode_e) {
-            guard let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata) else { return }
+            let surface = self.surfaceUserdata(from: userdata)
             NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.didControlInspector, object: surface, userInfo: [
                 "mode": mode,
             ])
@@ -614,7 +666,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         /// Returns the surface view from the userdata.
-        static private func surfaceUserdata(from userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) -> SurfaceView? {
+        static private func surfaceUserdata(from userdata: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) -> SurfaceView {
             return Unmanaged<SurfaceView>.fromOpaque(userdata!).takeUnretainedValue()
         }
     }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
index 49ab84ab6..e1f3f5e99 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ import GhosttyKit
 struct Ghostty {
     // All the notifications that will be emitted will be put here.
     struct Notification {}
+
+    // The user notification category identifier
+    static let userNotificationCategory = "com.mitchellh.ghostty.userNotification"
+
+    // The user notification "Show" action
+    static let userNotificationActionShow = "com.mitchellh.ghostty.userNotification.Show"
 }
 
 // MARK: Surface Notifications
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
index b1a8a69ab..51e9e5eec 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import SwiftUI
+import UserNotifications
 import GhosttyKit
 
 extension Ghostty {
@@ -275,13 +276,16 @@ extension Ghostty {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        // Notification identifiers associated with this surface
+        var notificationIdentifiers: Set<String> = []
         
         private(set) var surface: ghostty_surface_t?
         var error: Error? = nil
 
         private var markedText: NSMutableAttributedString
         private var mouseEntered: Bool = false
-        private var focused: Bool = true
+        private(set) var focused: Bool = true
         private var cursor: NSCursor = .iBeam
         private var cursorVisible: CursorVisibility = .visible
         
@@ -348,6 +352,10 @@ extension Ghostty {
         /// Ghostty resources while references may still be held to this view. I've found that SwiftUI
         /// tends to hold this view longer than it should so we free the expensive stuff explicitly.
         func close() {
+            // Remove any notifications associated with this surface
+            let identifiers = Array(self.notificationIdentifiers)
+            UNUserNotificationCenter.current().removeDeliveredNotifications(withIdentifiers: identifiers)
+
             guard let surface = self.surface else { return }
             ghostty_surface_free(surface)
             self.surface = nil
@@ -1001,6 +1009,52 @@ extension Ghostty {
 
             print("SEL: \(selector)")
         }
+
+        /// Show a user notification and associate it with this surface
+        func showUserNotification(title: String, body: String) {
+            let content = UNMutableNotificationContent()
+            content.title = title
+            content.subtitle = self.title
+            content.body = body
+            content.sound = UNNotificationSound.default
+            content.categoryIdentifier = Ghostty.userNotificationCategory
+
+            // The userInfo must conform to NSSecureCoding, which SurfaceView
+            // does not. So instead we pass an integer representation of the
+            // SurfaceView's address, which is reconstructed back into a
+            // SurfaceView if the notification is clicked. This is safe to do
+            // so long as the SurfaceView removes all of its notifications when
+            // it closes so that there are no dangling pointers.
+            content.userInfo = [
+                "address": Int(bitPattern: Unmanaged.passUnretained(self).toOpaque()),
+            ]
+
+            let uuid = UUID().uuidString
+            let request = UNNotificationRequest(
+                identifier: uuid,
+                content: content,
+                trigger: nil
+            )
+
+            UNUserNotificationCenter.current().add(request) { error in
+                if let error = error {
+                    AppDelegate.logger.error("Error scheduling user notification: \(error)")
+                    return
+                }
+
+                self.notificationIdentifiers.insert(uuid)
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// Handle a user notification click
+        func handleUserNotification(notification: UNNotification, focus: Bool) {
+            let id = notification.request.identifier
+            guard self.notificationIdentifiers.remove(id) != nil else { return }
+            if focus {
+                self.window?.makeKeyAndOrderFront(self)
+                Ghostty.moveFocus(to: self)
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 70b276658..308e6e878 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 +715,17 @@ 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 = std.mem.sliceTo(&notification.title, 0);
+            const body = std.mem.sliceTo(&notification.body, 0);
+            try self.showDesktopNotification(title, body);
+        },
     }
 }
 
@@ -2755,6 +2768,12 @@ 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 5ac6cef43..da74de9bb 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.
@@ -932,6 +935,20 @@ 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/gtk/Surface.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
index 5a7b2da0b..06293e8e5 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
@@ -596,6 +596,50 @@ pub fn getCursorPos(self: *const Surface) !apprt.CursorPos {
     return self.cursor_pos;
 }
 
+pub fn showDesktopNotification(
+    self: *Surface,
+    title: []const u8,
+    body: []const u8,
+) !void {
+    // Set a default title if we don't already have one
+    const t = switch (title.len) {
+        0 => "Ghostty",
+        else => title,
+    };
+    const notif = c.g_notification_new(t.ptr);
+    defer c.g_object_unref(notif);
+    c.g_notification_set_body(notif, body.ptr);
+
+    // Find our icon in the current icon theme. Not pretty, but the builtin GIO
+    // method "g_themed_icon_new" doesn't search XDG_DATA_DIRS, so any install
+    // not in /usr/share will be unable to find an icon
+    const display = c.gdk_display_get_default();
+    const theme = c.gtk_icon_theme_get_for_display(display);
+    const icon = c.gtk_icon_theme_lookup_icon(
+        theme,
+        "com.mitchellh.ghostty",
+        null,
+        48,
+        1, // Window scale
+        c.GTK_TEXT_DIR_LTR,
+        0,
+    );
+    defer c.g_object_unref(icon);
+    // Get the filepath of the icon we found
+    const file = c.gtk_icon_paintable_get_file(icon);
+    defer c.g_object_unref(file);
+    // Create a GIO icon
+    const gicon = c.g_file_icon_new(file);
+    defer c.g_object_unref(gicon);
+    c.g_notification_set_icon(notif, gicon);
+
+    const g_app: *c.GApplication = @ptrCast(self.app.app);
+
+    // We set the notification ID to the body content. If the content is the
+    // same, this notification may replace a previous notification
+    c.g_application_send_notification(g_app, body.ptr, notif);
+}
+
 fn gtkRealize(area: *c.GtkGLArea, ud: ?*anyopaque) callconv(.C) void {
     log.debug("gl surface realized", .{});
 
diff --git a/src/apprt/structs.zig b/src/apprt/structs.zig
index abb062503..aaf4738fe 100644
--- a/src/apprt/structs.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/structs.zig
@@ -51,3 +51,13 @@ 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..8e8fe01e0 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: [63:0]u8,
+
+        /// Desktop notification body.
+        body: [255:0]u8,
+    },
 };
 
 /// A surface mailbox.
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index 11890d5b5..af0d1d4af 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -658,6 +658,10 @@ 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 2b8f5eee9..79da8eef8 100644
--- a/src/termio/Exec.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Exec.zig
@@ -2389,4 +2389,22 @@ const StreamHandler = struct {
             },
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn showDesktopNotification(
+        self: *StreamHandler,
+        title: []const u8,
+        body: []const u8,
+    ) !void {
+        var message = apprt.surface.Message{ .desktop_notification = undefined };
+
+        const title_len = @min(title.len, message.desktop_notification.title.len);
+        @memcpy(message.desktop_notification.title[0..title_len], title[0..title_len]);
+        message.desktop_notification.title[title_len] = 0;
+
+        const body_len = @min(body.len, message.desktop_notification.body.len);
+        @memcpy(message.desktop_notification.body[0..body_len], body[0..body_len]);
+        message.desktop_notification.body[body_len] = 0;
+
+        _ = self.ev.surface_mailbox.push(message, .{ .forever = {} });
+    }
 };