diff --git a/apprise/plugins/NotifyPushover.py b/apprise/plugins/NotifyPushover.py
index 3dca2440..ebc77ae0 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/NotifyPushover.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/NotifyPushover.py
@@ -194,12 +194,26 @@ class NotifyPushover(NotifyBase):
             'regex': (r'[a-z]{1,12}', 'i'),
             'default': PushoverSound.PUSHOVER,
         },
+        'retry': {
+            'name': _('Retry'),
+            'type': 'int',
+            'min': 30,
+            'default': 900,  # 15 minutes
+        },
+        'expire': {
+            'name': _('Expire'),
+            'type': 'int',
+            'min': 0,
+            'max': 10800,
+            'default': 3600,  # 1 hour
+        },
         'to': {
             'alias_of': 'targets',
         },
     })
 
     def __init__(self, token, targets=None, priority=None, sound=None,
+                 retry=None, expire=None,
                  **kwargs):
         """
         Initialize Pushover Object
@@ -240,6 +254,34 @@ class NotifyPushover(NotifyBase):
         else:
             self.priority = priority
 
+        # The following are for emergency alerts
+        if self.priority == PushoverPriority.EMERGENCY:
+
+            # How often to resend notification, in seconds
+            self.retry = NotifyPushover.template_args['retry']['default']
+            try:
+                self.retry = int(retry)
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                # Do nothing
+                pass
+
+            # How often to resend notification, in seconds
+            self.expire = NotifyPushover.template_args['expire']['default']
+            try:
+                self.expire = int(expire)
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                # Do nothing
+                pass
+
+            if self.retry < 30:
+                msg = 'Retry must be at least 30.'
+                self.logger.warning(msg)
+                raise TypeError(msg)
+            if self.expire < 0 or self.expire > 10800:
+                msg = 'Expire has a max value of at most 10800 seconds.'
+                self.logger.warning(msg)
+                raise TypeError(msg)
+
         if not self.user:
             msg = 'No user key was specified.'
             self.logger.warning(msg)
@@ -289,6 +331,9 @@ class NotifyPushover(NotifyBase):
                 'sound': self.sound,
             }
 
+            if self.priority == PushoverPriority.EMERGENCY:
+                payload.update({'retry': self.retry, 'expire': self.expire})
+
             self.logger.debug('Pushover POST URL: %s (cert_verify=%r)' % (
                 self.notify_url, self.verify_certificate,
             ))
@@ -365,6 +410,10 @@ class NotifyPushover(NotifyBase):
                 else _map[self.priority],
             'verify': 'yes' if self.verify_certificate else 'no',
         }
+        # Only add expire and retry for emergency messages,
+        # pushover ignores for all other priorities
+        if self.priority == PushoverPriority.EMERGENCY:
+            args.update({'expire': self.expire, 'retry': self.retry})
 
         # Escape our devices
         devices = '/'.join([NotifyPushover.quote(x, safe='')
@@ -422,6 +471,12 @@ class NotifyPushover(NotifyBase):
             results['sound'] = \
                 NotifyPushover.unquote(results['qsd']['sound'])
 
+        # Get expire and retry
+        if 'expire' in results['qsd'] and len(results['qsd']['expire']):
+            results['expire'] = results['qsd']['expire']
+        if 'retry' in results['qsd'] and len(results['qsd']['retry']):
+            results['retry'] = results['qsd']['retry']
+
         # The 'to' makes it easier to use yaml configuration
         if 'to' in results['qsd'] and len(results['qsd']['to']):
             results['targets'] += \
diff --git a/test/test_rest_plugins.py b/test/test_rest_plugins.py
index fc674b36..f282c4b2 100644
--- a/test/test_rest_plugins.py
+++ b/test/test_rest_plugins.py
@@ -1379,6 +1379,10 @@ TEST_URLS = (
     ('pover://%s@%s?sound=invalid' % ('u' * 30, 'a' * 30), {
         'instance': TypeError,
     }),
+    # APIKey + valid alternate sound picked
+    ('pover://%s@%s?sound=spacealarm' % ('u' * 30, 'a' * 30), {
+        'instance': plugins.NotifyPushover,
+    }),
     # APIKey + Valid User
     ('pover://%s@%s' % ('u' * 30, 'a' * 30), {
         'instance': plugins.NotifyPushover,
@@ -1417,6 +1421,43 @@ TEST_URLS = (
     ('pover://%s@%s?priority=invalid' % ('u' * 30, 'a' * 30), {
         'instance': plugins.NotifyPushover,
     }),
+    # APIKey + emergency(2) priority setting
+    ('pover://%s@%s?priority=emergency' % ('u' * 30, 'a' * 30), {
+        'instance': plugins.NotifyPushover,
+    }),
+    # APIKey + emergency priority setting with retry and expire
+    ('pover://%s@%s?priority=emergency&%s&%s' % ('u' * 30,
+                                                 'a' * 30,
+                                                 'retry=30',
+                                                 'expire=300'), {
+        'instance': plugins.NotifyPushover,
+    }),
+    # APIKey + emergency priority setting with text retry
+    ('pover://%s@%s?priority=emergency&%s&%s' % ('u' * 30,
+                                                 'a' * 30,
+                                                 'retry=invalid',
+                                                 'expire=300'), {
+        'instance': plugins.NotifyPushover,
+    }),
+    # APIKey + emergency priority setting with text expire
+    ('pover://%s@%s?priority=emergency&%s&%s' % ('u' * 30,
+                                                 'a' * 30,
+                                                 'retry=30',
+                                                 'expire=invalid'), {
+        'instance': plugins.NotifyPushover,
+    }),
+    # APIKey + emergency priority setting with invalid expire
+    ('pover://%s@%s?priority=emergency&%s' % ('u' * 30,
+                                              'a' * 30,
+                                              'expire=100000'), {
+        'instance': TypeError,
+    }),
+    # APIKey + emergency priority setting with invalid retry
+    ('pover://%s@%s?priority=emergency&%s' % ('u' * 30,
+                                              'a' * 30,
+                                              'retry=15'), {
+        'instance': TypeError,
+    }),
     # APIKey + priority setting (empty)
     ('pover://%s@%s?priority=' % ('u' * 30, 'a' * 30), {
         'instance': plugins.NotifyPushover,