diff --git a/app/Models/Incident.php b/app/Models/Incident.php
index 740d4c16ab3f..18eca5f0d590 100644
--- a/app/Models/Incident.php
+++ b/app/Models/Incident.php
@@ -69,19 +69,30 @@ class Incident extends Model implements HasPresenter
         'is_resolved',
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * The model's attributes.
+     *
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    protected $attributes = [
+        'stickied'      => false,
+        'notifications' => false,
+    ];
+
     /**
      * The attributes that should be casted to native types.
      *
      * @var string[]
      */
     protected $casts = [
-        'component_id'=> 'int',
-        'status'      => 'int',
-        'user_id'     => 'int',
-        'visible'     => 'int',
-        'stickied'    => 'bool',
-        'occurred_at' => 'datetime',
-        'deleted_at'  => 'date',
+        'component_id'  => 'int',
+        'status'        => 'int',
+        'user_id'       => 'int',
+        'visible'       => 'int',
+        'stickied'      => 'bool',
+        'notifications' => 'bool',
+        'occurred_at'   => 'datetime',
+        'deleted_at'    => 'date',
     ];
 
     /**
@@ -96,6 +107,7 @@ class Incident extends Model implements HasPresenter
         'status',
         'visible',
         'stickied',
+        'notifications',
         'message',
         'occurred_at',
         'created_at',
@@ -108,13 +120,14 @@ class Incident extends Model implements HasPresenter
      * @var string[]
      */
     public $rules = [
-        'user_id'      => 'required|int',
-        'component_id' => 'nullable|int',
-        'name'         => 'required|string',
-        'status'       => 'required|int',
-        'visible'      => 'required|bool',
-        'stickied'     => 'required|bool',
-        'message'      => 'required|string',
+        'user_id'       => 'required|int',
+        'component_id'  => 'nullable|int',
+        'name'          => 'required|string',
+        'status'        => 'required|int',
+        'visible'       => 'required|bool',
+        'stickied'      => 'required|bool',
+        'notifications' => 'nullable|bool',
+        'message'       => 'required|string',
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/database/migrations/2018_06_17_182507_AlterIncidentsAddNotifications.php b/database/migrations/2018_06_17_182507_AlterIncidentsAddNotifications.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..283881378866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2018_06_17_182507_AlterIncidentsAddNotifications.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Cachet.
+ *
+ * (c) Alt Three Services Limited
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+class AlterIncidentsAddNotifications extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table('incidents', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->boolean('notifications')->default(false)->after('stickied');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::table('incidents', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('notifications');
+        });
+    }
+}