diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php
index 8d3011aa..3fd43c63 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php
@@ -698,6 +698,8 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 			}
 			else
 			{
+				$issue_url_base = $this->input->post('issue_url_base');
+
 				$change = new stdClass();
 				$change->type = $this->input->post('issue_change_type');
 				$change->status = $this->input->post('issue_change_status');
@@ -705,13 +707,27 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 				$change->priority = $this->input->post('issue_change_priority');
 				$change->comment = $this->input->post('issue_change_comment');
 
-				if ($this->issues->change ($login['id'], $project, $issueid, $change, $is_nonmember) === FALSE)
+				if ($this->issues->change ($login['id'], $project, $issueid, $change, $is_nonmember, $old_state) === FALSE)
 				{
 					$status = 'error - ' . $this->issues->getErrorMessage();
 				}
 				else
 				{
 					$status = 'ok';
+
+					if (CODEPOT_ISSUE_NOTIFICATION && $old_state->owner != $change->owner)
+					{
+						// TODO: message localization
+						$email_subject =  sprintf (
+							'Issue #%d - owner change from %s to %s in %s', 
+							$issueid, $old_state->owner, $change->owner, $projectid
+						);
+
+						$email_message = $issue_url_base . '/' . $this->converter->AsciiToHex((string)$issueid) . "\r\n" . $email_subject;
+						$this->projects->emailMessageToMembers (
+							$projectid, $this->login, $email_subject, $email_message
+						);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/models/issuemodel.php b/codepot/src/codepot/models/issuemodel.php
index 9828c007..1b788a46 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/models/issuemodel.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/models/issuemodel.php
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class IssueModel extends Model
 		return $result[0];
 	}
 
-	function change ($userid, $project, $id, $change, $disallow_state_change)
+	function change ($userid, $project, $id, $change, $disallow_state_change, &$old_state)
 	{
 		$now = codepot_nowtodbdate();
 
@@ -289,29 +289,29 @@ class IssueModel extends Model
 		$maxsno = (empty($result) || $result[0] == NULL)? 0: $result[0]->maxsno;
 		$newsno = $maxsno + 1;
 
-		if ($change->comment == '' || $disallow_state_change)
+		$this->db->where ('projectid', $project->id);
+		$this->db->where ('id', $id);
+		$this->db->where ('sno', $maxsno);
+		$this->db->select('type,status,owner,priority');
+		$query = $this->db->get ('issue_change');
+		if ($this->db->trans_status() === FALSE) 
 		{
-			$this->db->where ('projectid', $project->id);
-			$this->db->where ('id', $id);
-			$this->db->where ('sno', $maxsno);
-			$this->db->select('type,status,owner,priority');
-			$query = $this->db->get ('issue_change');
-			if ($this->db->trans_status() === FALSE) 
-			{
-				$this->errmsg = $this->db->_error_message(); 
-				$this->db->trans_rollback ();
-				return FALSE;
-			}
+			$this->errmsg = $this->db->_error_message(); 
+			$this->db->trans_rollback ();
+			return FALSE;
+		}
 
-			$result = $query->result();
-			if (!empty($result))
+		$result = $query->result();
+		if (!empty($result))
+		{
+			$old_state = $result[0];
+			if ($change->comment == '' || $disallow_state_change)
 			{
-				$c = $result[0];
 
-				if ($c->type == $change->type &&
-				    $c->status == $change->status &&
-				    $c->owner == $change->owner &&
-				    $c->priority == $change->priority)
+				if ($old_state->type == $change->type &&
+				    $old_state->status == $change->status &&
+				    $old_state->owner == $change->owner &&
+				    $old_state->priority == $change->priority)
 				{
 					if ($change->comment == '')
 					{
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/views/issue_show.php b/codepot/src/codepot/views/issue_show.php
index 773007cb..35a907e0 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/views/issue_show.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/views/issue_show.php
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ $(function () {
 
 						var form_data = new FormData();
 
+						form_data.append ('issue_url_base', codepot_merge_path('<?php print site_url(); ?>', '<?php print "/issue/show/{$project->id}"; ?>'));
+
 						form_data.append ('issue_change_type', $('#issue_change_type').val());
 						form_data.append ('issue_change_status', $('#issue_change_status').val());
 						form_data.append ('issue_change_priority', $('#issue_change_priority').val());