diff --git a/components/notification/notification-type.conf b/components/notification/notification-type.conf
index bcb3f676b..54bf6d5d6 100644
--- a/components/notification/notification-type.conf
+++ b/components/notification/notification-type.conf
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 %type NotificationComponent {
+	%attribute %number "enable_ha"
 }
diff --git a/components/notification/notificationcomponent.cpp b/components/notification/notificationcomponent.cpp
index faf2a7092..efe0b66ea 100644
--- a/components/notification/notificationcomponent.cpp
+++ b/components/notification/notificationcomponent.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ void NotificationComponent::NotificationTimerHandler(void)
 	BOOST_FOREACH(const Notification::Ptr& notification, DynamicType::GetObjects<Notification>()) {
 		Checkable::Ptr checkable = notification->GetCheckable();
 
+		if (checkable->IsPaused() && GetEnableHA())
+			continue;
+
 		if (!IcingaApplication::GetInstance()->GetEnableNotifications() || !checkable->GetEnableNotifications())
 			continue;
 
@@ -128,5 +131,8 @@ void NotificationComponent::NotificationTimerHandler(void)
 void NotificationComponent::SendNotificationsHandler(const Checkable::Ptr& checkable, NotificationType type,
     const CheckResult::Ptr& cr, const String& author, const String& text)
 {
+	if (checkable->IsPaused() && GetEnableHA())
+		return;
+
 	checkable->SendNotifications(type, cr, author, text);
 }
diff --git a/components/notification/notificationcomponent.ti b/components/notification/notificationcomponent.ti
index 1758f9537..53a28d7b3 100644
--- a/components/notification/notificationcomponent.ti
+++ b/components/notification/notificationcomponent.ti
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ namespace icinga
 
 class NotificationComponent : DynamicObject
 {
+	[config] bool enable_ha (EnableHA) {
+		default {{{ return true; }}}
+	};
 };
 
 }