diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/chat.json b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/chat.json
index c1741d101c..0284d64266 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/chat.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/chat.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	"max-length": "Maximum length of chat messages",
 	"max-room-size": "Maximum number of users in chat rooms",
 	"delay": "Time between chat messages in milliseconds",
+	"notification-delay": "Notification delay for chat messages",
 	"restrictions.seconds-edit-after": "Number of seconds a chat message will remain editable. (0 disabled)",
 	"restrictions.seconds-delete-after": "Number of seconds a chat message will remain deletable. (0 disabled)"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/messaging/notifications.js b/src/messaging/notifications.js
index 91ad877123..b03a26ec83 100644
--- a/src/messaging/notifications.js
+++ b/src/messaging/notifications.js
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ var user = require('../user');
 var notifications = require('../notifications');
 var sockets = require('../socket.io');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
+var meta = require('../meta');
 
 module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 	Messaging.notifyQueue = {};	// Only used to notify a user of a new chat message, see Messaging.notifyUser
 
-	Messaging.notificationSendDelay = 1000 * 60;
-
 	Messaging.notifyUsersInRoom = async (fromUid, roomId, messageObj) => {
 		let uids = await Messaging.getUidsInRoom(roomId, 0, -1);
 		uids = await user.blocks.filterUids(fromUid, uids);
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 
 		queueObj.timeout = setTimeout(function () {
 			sendNotifications(fromUid, uids, roomId, queueObj.message);
-		}, Messaging.notificationSendDelay);
+		}, (parseFloat(meta.config.notificationSendDelay) || 60) * 1000);
 	};
 
 	async function sendNotifications(fromuid, uids, roomId, messageObj) {
diff --git a/src/views/admin/settings/chat.tpl b/src/views/admin/settings/chat.tpl
index b6448adfb6..d9ee142398 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/settings/chat.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/settings/chat.tpl
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 			<label>[[admin/settings/chat:delay]]</label>
 			<input type="text" class="form-control" value="200" data-field="chatMessageDelay">
 		</div>
+
+		<div class="form-group">
+			<label>[[admin/settings/chat:notification-delay]]</label>
+			<input type="text" class="form-control" value="60" data-field="notificationSendDelay">
+		</div>
 	</div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/test/messaging.js b/test/messaging.js
index e663993a6a..ae6f3f164c 100644
--- a/test/messaging.js
+++ b/test/messaging.js
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ describe('Messaging Library', function () {
 		it('should return invalid-data error', function (done) {
 			socketModules.chats.getRaw({ uid: fooUid }, null, function (err) {
 				assert.equal(err.message, '[[error:invalid-data]]');
-				socketModules.chats.getRaw({ uid: fooUid }, { }, function (err) {
+				socketModules.chats.getRaw({ uid: fooUid }, {}, function (err) {
 					assert.equal(err.message, '[[error:invalid-data]]');
 					done();
 				});
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ describe('Messaging Library', function () {
 
 
 		it('should notify offline users of message', function (done) {
-			Messaging.notificationSendDelay = 100;
+			meta.config.notificationSendDelay = 0.1;
 
 			db.sortedSetAdd('users:online', Date.now() - ((meta.config.onlineCutoff * 60000) + 50000), herpUid, function (err) {
 				assert.ifError(err);