diff --git a/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in b/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in
index c046a2d4..e7f3dbe8 100644
--- a/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in
+++ b/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ commit_review_notification = "yes"
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 commit_notification_url = ""
 
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+; Send notification upon new issue registration if yes
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+issue_notification = "yes"
+
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; Codepot sets this revision property to assign a tag to a specific revision. 
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php
index b66357eb..8d3011aa 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/issue.php
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 			//}
 			else
 			{
+				$issue_url_base = $this->input->post('issue_url_base');
+
 				$issue = new stdClass();
 				$issue->projectid = $projectid;
 				$issue->summary = $this->input->post('issue_new_summary');
@@ -332,13 +334,28 @@ class Issue extends Controller
 
 					if ($status == '')
 					{
-						if ($this->issues->createWithFiles ($login['id'], $issue, $attached_files, $this->upload) === FALSE)
+						$issue_sno = $this->issues->createWithFiles ($login['id'], $issue, $attached_files, $this->upload);
+						if ($issue_sno === FALSE)
 						{
 							$status = 'error - ' . $this->issues->getErrorMessage();
 						}
 						else
 						{
 							$status = 'ok';
+
+							if (CODEPOT_ISSUE_NOTIFICATION)
+							{
+								// TODO: message localization
+								$email_subject =  sprintf (
+									'New issue #%d for %s by %s in %s', 
+									$issue_sno, $issue->owner, $login['id'], $projectid
+								);
+
+								$email_message = $issue_url_base . '/' . $this->converter->AsciiToHex((string)$issue_sno) . "\r\n" . $issue->summary;
+								$this->projects->emailMessageToMembers (
+									$projectid, $this->login, $email_subject, $email_message
+								);
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/views/issue_home.php b/codepot/src/codepot/views/issue_home.php
index 212275a0..38e42323 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/views/issue_home.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/views/issue_home.php
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ $(function () {
 						form_data.append ('issue_new_owner', $('#issue_home_new_owner').val());
 						form_data.append ('issue_new_summary', $('#issue_home_new_summary').val());
 						form_data.append ('issue_new_description', $('#issue_home_new_description').val());
+						form_data.append ('issue_url_base', codepot_merge_path('<?php print site_url(); ?>', '<?php print "/issue/show/{$project->id}"; ?>'));
 
 						$('#issue_home_new_form').dialog('disable');
 						$.ajax({
diff --git a/codepot/src/config.php.in b/codepot/src/config.php.in
index 429ca936..25ed05a6 100644
--- a/codepot/src/config.php.in
+++ b/codepot/src/config.php.in
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ function load_ini ($file)
 		array ('email_sender',                 'string',     ''),
 		array ('commit_notification',          'boolean',    TRUE),
 		array ('commit_review_notification',   'boolean',    TRUE),
-		array ('commit_notification_url',      'string',     ''),
+		array ('commit_notification_url',      'string',     ''), // used by the svn post-commit script
+		array ('issue_notification',           'boolean',    TRUE),
 
 		array ('svn_tag_property',             'string',     'codepot:tag'),