diff --git a/.changes/core-windows-notification-sound.md b/.changes/core-windows-notification-sound.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9057e5c49e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/core-windows-notification-sound.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": "patch"
+---
+
+Play a sound when showing a notification on Windows.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/api/notification.rs b/core/tauri/src/api/notification.rs
index 8110f52ddf64..aaf9249339b4 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/api/notification.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/api/notification.rs
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ impl Notification {
       {
         notification.app_id(&self.identifier);
       }
+
+      // will be parsed as a `::winrt_notification::Sound`
+      notification.sound_name("Default");
     }
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     {