diff --git a/itl/Makefile.am b/itl/Makefile.am
index 1f0215aca..5d8d03eb3 100644
--- a/itl/Makefile.am
+++ b/itl/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ icinga2itldir = ${pkgdatadir}/itl
 icinga2itl_DATA = \
 	itl.conf \
 	host.conf \
+	notification.conf \
 	service.conf \
 	service-common.conf \
 	standalone.conf \
diff --git a/itl/itl.conf b/itl/itl.conf
index 271a286fb..7ae68c7d1 100644
--- a/itl/itl.conf
+++ b/itl/itl.conf
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
 #include "host.conf"
 #include "service.conf"
 #include "service-common.conf"
+#include "notification.conf"
diff --git a/itl/notification.conf b/itl/notification.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7dcc6d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itl/notification.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * Icinga 2                                                                   *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Icinga Development Team (http://www.icinga.org/)        *
+ *                                                                            *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or              *
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License                *
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2             *
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.                     *
+ *                                                                            *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,            *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of             *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the              *
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.                               *
+ *                                                                            *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License          *
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation     *
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.             *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+abstract object Notification "plugin-notification" {
+	methods = {
+		notify = "native::PluginNotification"
+	}
+}