diff --git a/public/language/en_GB/notifications.json b/public/language/en_GB/notifications.json
index 489e0c6077..d480d39a2e 100644
--- a/public/language/en_GB/notifications.json
+++ b/public/language/en_GB/notifications.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	"new_notification": "New Notification",
 	"you_have_unread_notifications": "You have unread notifications.",
 
+	"user_made_post": "<strong>%1</strong> made a new post",
 	"new_message_from": "New message from <strong>%1</strong>",
 	"upvoted_your_post": "<strong>%1</strong> has upvoted your post.",
 	"favourited_your_post": "<strong>%1</strong> has favourited your post.",
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index 8b59929726..f597b53d7d 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -180,9 +180,10 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 			},
 			function(data, next) {
 				postData = data;
-
 				threadTools.notifyFollowers(tid, postData.pid, uid);
 
+				user.notifications.sendPostNotificationToFollowers(uid, tid, postData.pid);
+
 				next();
 			},
 			function(next) {
diff --git a/src/user/notifications.js b/src/user/notifications.js
index d949222429..fd6c0dab72 100644
--- a/src/user/notifications.js
+++ b/src/user/notifications.js
@@ -148,6 +148,27 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		});
 	};
 
+	UserNotifications.sendPostNotificationToFollowers = function(uid, tid, pid) {
+		user.getUserField(uid, 'username', function(err, username) {
+			db.getSetMembers('followers:' + uid, function(err, followers) {
+				if (followers && followers.length) {
+					topics.getTopicField(tid, 'slug', function(err, slug) {
+						var message = '[[notifications:user_made_post, ' + username + ']]';
+
+						notifications.create({
+							text: message,
+							path: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + slug + '#' + pid,
+							uniqueId: 'topic:' + tid,
+							from: uid
+						}, function(nid) {
+							notifications.push(nid, followers);
+						});
+					});
+				}
+			});
+		});
+	};
+
 	UserNotifications.pushCount = function(uid) {
 		var websockets = require('./../socket.io');
 		UserNotifications.getUnreadCount(uid, function(err, count) {