diff --git a/calendar/inc/class.calendar_import_ical.inc.php b/calendar/inc/class.calendar_import_ical.inc.php
index ed9ee8924a..fa4da1c3f8 100644
--- a/calendar/inc/class.calendar_import_ical.inc.php
+++ b/calendar/inc/class.calendar_import_ical.inc.php
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ class calendar_import_ical implements importexport_iface_import_plugin  {
 			echo lang("No preview for iCal");
 			return;
 		}
+		// switch off notifications by default
+		if (!isset($_definition->plugin_options['no_notification']))
+		{
+			$_definition->plugin_options['no_notification'] = true;
+		}
 		if (!$calendar_ical->importVCal($_stream, -1,null,false,0,'',null,null,null,$_definition->plugin_options['no_notification']))
 		{
 			$this->errors[] = lang('Error: importing the iCal');
diff --git a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_import_ui.inc.php b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_import_ui.inc.php
index 1b95daf174..61d70789dd 100644
--- a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_import_ui.inc.php
+++ b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_import_ui.inc.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 			$definition = $_GET['definition'] ? $_GET['definition'] : $content['definition'];
 
 			$template = new etemplate_new('importexport.import_dialog');
-			
+
 			// Load application's translations
 			if($appname)
 			{
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
 			$data['appname'] = $preserve['appname'] = $appname ? $appname : ($definition_obj ? $definition_obj->application : '');
 			$data['definition'] = $definition;
 			$data['delimiter'] = $definition_obj->plugin_options['delimiter'];
+			$data['no_notifications'] = true;	// switch notifications off by default
 
 			$sel_options = self::get_select_options($data);
 
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@
 					continue;
 				}
 				//error_log("Raw[Defn: {$options['csv_fields'][$index]} File: $header] Lang[Defn: $lang_defn File: $lang_file] MSG_ID[Defn: $defn_message_id File: $file_message_id]");
-		
+
 				// Problem
 				$message[] = lang("Column mismatch: %1 should be %2, not %3",
 					$index,$options['csv_fields'][$index], $header);