diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 51f8bb3..e69d5c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 !.gitmodules
 !early-init.el
 !init.el
+!scripts
+!scripts/**
 !snippets
 !snippets/**
 
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 934101f..ed5980d 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -437,6 +437,13 @@
   :config
   (dirvish-override-dired-mode))
 
+(use-package alert
+  :ensure nil
+  :custom
+  (alert-default-style 'libnotify)
+  (alert-libnotify-command (expand-file-name "scripts/emacs-hyprland-notify"
+                                             user-emacs-directory)))
+
 (use-package pdf-tools
   :mode ("\\.pdf\\'" . pdf-view-mode)
   :bind (:map pdf-view-mode-map ("/" . #'isearch-forward))
diff --git a/scripts/emacs-hyprland-notify b/scripts/emacs-hyprland-notify
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f6ff56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/emacs-hyprland-notify
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec nohup sh -s -- "$@" <<-'EOF' >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+	STATUS="$(notify-send --action='focusEmacs,Focus EmacsClient' "$@")"
+	[ "$STATUS" = 0 ] && exec hyprctl dispatch focuswindow '^(emacs)$'
+EOF