diff --git a/public/src/modules/notifications.js b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
index 4d9fffcde0..6e36cf7296 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/notifications.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ define('notifications', ['sounds'], function(sound) {
 		});
 
 		notifList.on('click', '[data-nid]', function() {
-			var nid = $(this).attr('data-nid');
+			var nid = this.getAttribute('data-nid');
+
 			socket.emit('notifications.markRead', nid, function(err) {
 				if (err) {
 					app.alertError(err.message);
@@ -54,6 +55,25 @@ define('notifications', ['sounds'], function(sound) {
 			});
 		});
 
+		notifList.on('click', '.mark-read', function(e) {
+			var anchorEl = $(this.parentNode),
+				parentEl = anchorEl.parent(),
+				nid = anchorEl.attr('data-nid'),
+				unread = parentEl.hasClass('unread');
+
+			e.preventDefault();
+			e.stopPropagation();
+
+			socket.emit('notifications.mark' + (unread ? 'Read' : 'Unread'), nid, function(err) {
+				if (err) {
+					app.alertError(err.message);
+				}
+
+				parentEl.toggleClass('unread');
+				increaseNotifCount(unread ? -1 : 1);
+			});
+		});
+
 		function updateNotifCount(count) {
 			if (count > 0) {
 				notifIcon.removeClass('fa-bell-o').addClass('fa-bell');
@@ -67,8 +87,8 @@ define('notifications', ['sounds'], function(sound) {
 			Tinycon.setBubble(count);
 		};
 
-		function increaseNotifCount() {
-			var count = parseInt(notifIcon.attr('data-content'), 10) + 1;
+		function increaseNotifCount(delta) {
+			var count = parseInt(notifIcon.attr('data-content'), 10) + delta;
 			updateNotifCount(count);
 		}
 
@@ -94,7 +114,7 @@ define('notifications', ['sounds'], function(sound) {
 				ajaxify.refresh();
 			}
 
-			increaseNotifCount();
+			increaseNotifCount(1);
 
 			sound.play('notification');
 		});
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index dc3aae7ea2..0008fb1f69 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -223,6 +223,22 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		Notifications.markReadMultiple([nid], uid, callback);
 	};
 
+	Notifications.markUnread = function(nid, uid, callback) {
+		callback = callback || function() {};
+		if (!parseInt(uid, 10) || !nid) {
+			return callback();
+		}
+
+		db.getObjectField(nid, 'datetime', function(err, datetime) {
+			datetime = datetime || Date.now();
+
+			async.parallel([
+				async.apply(db.sortedSetRemove, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', nid),
+				async.apply(db.sortedSetAdd, 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', datetime, nid)
+			], callback);
+		});
+	};
+
 	Notifications.markReadMultiple = function(nids, uid, callback) {
 		callback = callback || function() {};
 		if (!Array.isArray(nids) || !nids.length) {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/notifications.js b/src/socket.io/notifications.js
index ebd633b080..cb93e1ca45 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/notifications.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/notifications.js
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ SocketNotifs.markRead = function(socket, nid, callback) {
 	notifications.markRead(nid, socket.uid, callback);
 };
 
+SocketNotifs.markUnread = function(socket, nid, callback) {
+	notifications.markUnread(nid, socket.uid, callback);
+};
+
 SocketNotifs.markAllRead = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	notifications.markAllRead(socket.uid, callback);
 };
diff --git a/src/user/notifications.js b/src/user/notifications.js
index ccadf4f999..523b9e4903 100644
--- a/src/user/notifications.js
+++ b/src/user/notifications.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 						deletedNids.push(nids[index]);
 					} else {
 						notification.read = read;
-						notification.readClass = !notification.read ? 'label-warning' : '';
+						notification.readClass = !notification.read ? 'unread' : '';
 					}
 				});