diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb04d301..75477b2c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "chalk": "^2.3.0",
     "fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
+    "node-notifier": "^5.2.1",
     "password-prompt": "^1.0.4",
     "semver": "^5.5.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1db41ef1..3721f6cc 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import deps from './deps'
 import Errors, {CLIError, Options as ErrorOptions} from './errors'
 import {ExitError} from './exit'
 import * as Logger from './logger'
+import notify from './notify'
 import Output from './output'
 import {IPromptOptions} from './prompt'
 import * as Table from './styled/table'
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export const scope = (_scope?: string) => {
     fatal: errors('fatal', _scope),
 
     exit(code = 1, error?: Error) { throw new ExitError(code, error) },
+    notify,
 
     get prompt() { return deps.prompt.prompt },
     get confirm() { return deps.prompt.confirm },
diff --git a/src/notify.ts b/src/notify.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8791d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/notify.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import Notifier = require('node-notifier')
+
+export default (opts: Notifier.Notification, cb?: Notifier.NotificationCallback) => {
+  const notifier: typeof Notifier = require('node-notifier')
+  return notifier.notify({
+    // title: `heroku ${process.argv[2]}`,
+    // icon: path.join('Terminal Icon'),
+    // icon: path.join(__dirname, '../assets/heroku.png'),
+    // contentImage: path.join(__dirname, '../assets/heroku.png'),
+    // open: // URL to open on Click
+    // wait: false, // Wait for User Action against Notification or times out. Same as timeout = 5 seconds
+
+    // New in latest version. See `example/macInput.js` for usage
+    // timeout: 5, // Takes precedence over wait if both are defined.
+    // closeLabel: void 0, // String. Label for cancel button
+    // actions: void 0, // String | Array<String>. Action label or list of labels in case of dropdown
+    // dropdownLabel: void 0, // String. Label to be used if multiple actions
+    // reply: false // Boolean. If notification should take input. Value passed as third argument in callback and event emitter.
+    ...opts
+  }, cb)
+}
diff --git a/test/fancy.ts b/test/fancy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e84ecac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fancy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import chalk from 'chalk'
+import {expect, fancy as base, FancyTypes, NockScope} from 'fancy-test'
+import * as fs from 'fs-extra'
+import * as path from 'path'
+
+import cli from '../src'
+
+export {
+  expect,
+  FancyTypes,
+  NockScope,
+}
+
+let count = 0
+const logLevel = cli.config.logLevel
+
+export const fancy = base
+.do(async (ctx: {count: number, base: string}) => {
+  ctx.count = count++
+  ctx.base = path.join(__dirname, '../tmp', `test-${ctx.count}`)
+  await fs.remove(ctx.base)
+  cli.config.errlog = path.join(ctx.base, 'error.log')
+  chalk.enabled = false
+})
+.finally(async () => {
+  cli.config.logLevel = logLevel
+  await cli.done()
+})
diff --git a/test/notify.test.ts b/test/notify.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc54bfe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/notify.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import cli from '../src'
+
+import {fancy} from './fancy'
+
+describe('notify', () => {
+  fancy
+  .stderr()
+  .it('shows notification', (_, done) => {
+    cli.notify({message: 'example notification'}, done)
+  })
+})