diff --git a/notifications/inc/class.notifications.inc.php b/notifications/inc/class.notifications.inc.php
index ac9ecec83c..d1f87507c4 100644
--- a/notifications/inc/class.notifications.inc.php
+++ b/notifications/inc/class.notifications.inc.php
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ class notifications {
 	 * it's an int with the account id or the e-mail address of a non-eGW user
 	 */
 	public function set_sender($_sender) {
+		// Check configured sender first - that overrides all
+		$config = Api\Config::read('notifications');
+		if($config && ($config['async_account' || $config['async_email']]))
+		{
+			$send_user = $config['async_account'];
+			$email = $config['async_email'] ?: $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->id2name($send_user,'account_email');
+		}
+
 		if(is_object($_sender)) {
 			$this->sender = $_sender;
 			return true;
diff --git a/notifications/inc/class.notifications_email.inc.php b/notifications/inc/class.notifications_email.inc.php
index 615f748f20..f86e048b91 100644
--- a/notifications/inc/class.notifications_email.inc.php
+++ b/notifications/inc/class.notifications_email.inc.php
@@ -76,7 +76,21 @@ class notifications_email implements notifications_iface {
 		{
 			unset($this->mail);
 		}
-		$this->mail = new Api\Mailer();
+
+		// Use configured mail ac
+		$ident = null;
+		if($this->config->async_account)
+		{
+			$mail_identities = Api\Mail\Account::identities([], true, 'params', $this->config->async_account);
+			foreach ($mail_identities as $mi)
+			{
+				if ($mi['ident_email'] == $this->config->async_email || !$this->config->async_email)
+				{
+					$ident = Api\Mail\Account::read($mi['acc_id']);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		$this->mail = new Api\Mailer($ident);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/notifications/templates/default/config.xet b/notifications/templates/default/config.xet
index f9cc1afd42..b82bf8e616 100644
--- a/notifications/templates/default/config.xet
+++ b/notifications/templates/default/config.xet
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@
 						<option value="True">Yes</option>
 					</select>
 				</row>
+				<row>
+					<description value="Account" span="all" class="subHeader"/>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+					<description value="User to use for async notifications"/>
+					<select-account id="newsettings[async_account]"/>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+					<description value="Email address to use for async notifications"/>
+					<url-email id="newsettings[async_email]"/>
+				</row>
 				<row>
 					<description value="Signature" span="all" class="subHeader"/>
 				</row>