diff --git a/website/common/locales/en/groups.json b/website/common/locales/en/groups.json
index 055aee204e..637a7fbb8a 100644
--- a/website/common/locales/en/groups.json
+++ b/website/common/locales/en/groups.json
@@ -487,5 +487,6 @@
   "recurringCompletion": "None - Group task does not complete",
   "singleCompletion": "Single - Completes when any assigned user finishes",
   "allAssignedCompletion": "All - Completes when all assigned users finish",
-  "suggestedGroup": "Suggested because you’re new to Habitica."
+  "suggestedGroup": "Suggested because you’re new to Habitica.",
+  "groupActivityNotificationTitle": "<%= user %> posted in <%= group %>" 
 }
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/chat.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/chat.js
index 29d75b4e41..e56337e76d 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/chat.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/chat.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import {
 import { removeFromArray } from '../../libs/collectionManipulators';
 import { getUserInfo, getGroupUrl, sendTxn } from '../../libs/email';
 import slack from '../../libs/slack';
-import { getAuthorEmailFromMessage } from '../../libs/chat';
 import { chatReporterFactory } from '../../libs/chatReporting/chatReporterFactory';
+import { getAuthorEmailFromMessage} from '../../libs/chat';
 import nconf from 'nconf';
 import bannedWords from '../../libs/bannedWords';
 import guildsAllowingBannedWords from '../../libs/guildsAllowingBannedWords';
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ api.postChat = {
       });
     }
 
-    const newChatMessage = group.sendChat({message: req.body.message, user, flagCount, metaData: null, client});
+    const newChatMessage = group.sendChat({message: req.body.message, user, flagCount, metaData: null, client, translate: res.t});
     let toSave = [newChatMessage.save()];
 
     if (group.type === 'party') {
diff --git a/website/server/libs/chat.js b/website/server/libs/chat.js
index 3554bc90ee..a19e9b260c 100644
--- a/website/server/libs/chat.js
+++ b/website/server/libs/chat.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { model as User } from '../models/user';
 import { getUserInfo } from './email';
+import {sendNotification as sendPushNotification} from './pushNotifications';
 
 export async function getAuthorEmailFromMessage (message) {
   let authorId = message.uuid;
@@ -16,3 +17,26 @@ export async function getAuthorEmailFromMessage (message) {
     return 'Author Account Deleted';
   }
 }
+
+export async function sendChatPushNotifications (user, group, message, translate) {
+  let members = await User.find({
+    'party._id': group._id,
+    _id: {$ne: user._id},
+  })
+    .select('preferences.pushNotifications preferences.language profile.name pushDevices')
+    .exec();
+  members.forEach(member => {
+    if (member.preferences.pushNotifications.partyActivity !== false) {
+      sendPushNotification(
+        member,
+        {
+          title: translate('groupActivityNotificationTitle', {user: message.user, group: group.name}, member.preferences.language),
+          message: message.text,
+          identifier: 'groupActivity',
+          category: 'groupActivity',
+          payload: {groupID: group._id, type: group.type, groupName: group.name, message: message.text, timestamp: message.timestamp, senderName: message.user},
+        }
+      );
+    }
+  });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/website/server/libs/inbox/index.js b/website/server/libs/inbox/index.js
index fbc1b81ffe..9cb610cc5e 100644
--- a/website/server/libs/inbox/index.js
+++ b/website/server/libs/inbox/index.js
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ const PM_PER_PAGE = 10;
 
 export async function sentMessage (sender, receiver, message, translate) {
   const messageSent = await sender.sendMessage(receiver, { receiverMsg: message });
+  const senderName = getUserInfo(sender, ['name']).name;
 
   if (receiver.preferences.emailNotifications.newPM !== false) {
     sendTxnEmail(receiver, 'new-pm', [
-      {name: 'SENDER', content: getUserInfo(sender, ['name']).name},
+      {name: 'SENDER', content: senderName},
     ]);
   }
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export async function sentMessage (sender, receiver, message, translate) {
         message,
         identifier: 'newPM',
         category: 'newPM',
-        payload: {replyTo: sender._id},
+        payload: {replyTo: sender._id, senderName, message},
       }
     );
   }
diff --git a/website/server/models/group.js b/website/server/models/group.js
index 20c992d360..f7325bc636 100644
--- a/website/server/models/group.js
+++ b/website/server/models/group.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import amazonPayments from '../libs/payments/amazon';
 import stripePayments from '../libs/payments/stripe';
 import { getGroupChat, translateMessage } from '../libs/chat/group-chat';
 import { model as UserNotification } from './userNotification';
+import { sendChatPushNotifications } from '../libs/chat';
 
 const questScrolls = shared.content.quests;
 const questSeriesAchievements = shared.content.questSeriesAchievements;
@@ -512,7 +513,7 @@ schema.methods.getMemberCount = async function getMemberCount () {
 };
 
 schema.methods.sendChat = function sendChat (options = {}) {
-  const {message, user, metaData, client, flagCount = 0, info = {}} = options;
+  const {message, user, metaData, client, flagCount = 0, info = {}, translate} = options;
   let newMessage = messageDefaults(message, user, client, flagCount, info);
   let newChatMessage = new Chat();
   newChatMessage = Object.assign(newChatMessage, newMessage);
@@ -574,6 +575,10 @@ schema.methods.sendChat = function sendChat (options = {}) {
     User.update(query, lastSeenUpdateAddNew, {multi: true}).exec();
   });
 
+  if (this.type === 'party' && user) {
+    sendChatPushNotifications(user, this, newChatMessage, translate);
+  }
+
   return newChatMessage;
 };
 
diff --git a/website/server/models/user/schema.js b/website/server/models/user/schema.js
index ccf2c3e966..66222b5eee 100644
--- a/website/server/models/user/schema.js
+++ b/website/server/models/user/schema.js
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ let schema = new Schema({
       questStarted: {$type: Boolean, default: true},
       invitedQuest: {$type: Boolean, default: true},
       majorUpdates: {$type: Boolean, default: true},
+      partyActivity: {$type: Boolean, default: true},
     },
     suppressModals: {
       levelUp: {$type: Boolean, default: false},