diff --git a/src/UniversalTelegramBot.cpp b/src/UniversalTelegramBot.cpp
index 3352cef..f696291 100644
--- a/src/UniversalTelegramBot.cpp
+++ b/src/UniversalTelegramBot.cpp
@@ -561,7 +561,8 @@ bool UniversalTelegramBot::sendSimpleMessage(const String& chat_id, const String
 }
 
 bool UniversalTelegramBot::sendMessage(const String& chat_id, const String& text,
-                                       const String& parse_mode, int message_id, bool disable_web_page_preview) {
+                                       const String& parse_mode, int message_id, bool disable_web_page_preview,
+                                       bool disable_notification) {
 
   DynamicJsonDocument payload(maxMessageLength);
   payload["chat_id"] = chat_id;
@@ -576,6 +577,9 @@ bool UniversalTelegramBot::sendMessage(const String& chat_id, const String& text
   if (disable_web_page_preview)
     payload["disable_web_page_preview"] = disable_web_page_preview;
 
+  if (disable_notification)
+    payload["disable_notification"] = disable_notification;
+
   return sendPostMessage(payload.as<JsonObject>(), message_id); // if message id == 0 then edit is false, else edit is true
 }
 
diff --git a/src/UniversalTelegramBot.h b/src/UniversalTelegramBot.h
index 4932c5a..f5b73d9 100644
--- a/src/UniversalTelegramBot.h
+++ b/src/UniversalTelegramBot.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class UniversalTelegramBot {
 
   bool sendSimpleMessage(const String& chat_id, const String& text, const String& parse_mode);
   bool sendMessage(const String& chat_id, const String& text, const String& parse_mode = "", int message_id = 0,
-                   bool disable_web_page_preview = false);
+                   bool disable_web_page_preview = false, bool disable_notification = false);
   bool deleteMessage(const String& chat_id, int message_id = 0);
   bool sendMessageWithReplyKeyboard(const String& chat_id, const String& text,
                                     const String& parse_mode, const String& keyboard,