diff --git a/app/res/drawable/ic_stat_github.png b/app/res/drawable/ic_stat_github.png
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e27f1c012
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/res/drawable/ic_stat_github.png differ
diff --git a/app/res/drawable/icon.xml b/app/res/drawable/icon.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8b409b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/res/drawable/icon.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+
+</selector>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/mobile/accounts/GitHubAccount.java b/app/src/main/java/com/github/mobile/accounts/GitHubAccount.java
index 03ebbef61..83af2fe9e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/mobile/accounts/GitHubAccount.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/mobile/accounts/GitHubAccount.java
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@
 import android.accounts.AccountManager;
 import android.accounts.AccountManagerFuture;
 import android.accounts.AccountsException;
+import android.app.Notification;
+import android.app.NotificationManager;
+import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.github.mobile.R;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
@@ -92,3 +97,30 @@ public String toString() {
         return getClass().getSimpleName() + '[' + account.name + ']';
     }
 }
+
+// prepare intent which is triggered if the
+// notification is selected
+
+Intent intent = new Intent(this, NotificationReceiver.class);
+PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, 0);
+
+// build notification
+// the addAction re-use the same intent to keep the example short
+Notification n = new Notification.Builder(this)
+        .setContentTitle("A pull request " + "has been merged")
+        .setContentText("Github")
+        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_stat_github)
+        .setContentIntent(pIntent)
+        .setAutoCancel(true)
+         .build();
+
+
+NotificationManager notificationManager =
+        (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
+
+private class Intent {
+    public Intent(GitHubAccount gitHubAccount, Class<NotificationReceiver> notificationReceiverClass) {
+    }
+}
+
+notificationManager.notify(0, n);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/mobile/accounts/NotificationReceiver.java b/app/src/main/java/com/github/mobile/accounts/NotificationReceiver.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..454b3eb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/mobile/accounts/NotificationReceiver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.github.mobile.accounts;
+
+/**
+ * Created by c4q-joshelynvivas on 6/25/15.
+ */
+public class NotificationReceiver {
+}