diff --git a/migrations/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/down.sql b/migrations/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcebcc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- This file should undo anything in `up.sql`
+DROP TABLE notifications;
diff --git a/migrations/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/up.sql b/migrations/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8d1184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- Your SQL goes here
+CREATE TABLE notifications (
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    title VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    content TEXT,
+    link VARCHAR,
+    user_id INTEGER REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL
+)
diff --git a/src/models/mod.rs b/src/models/mod.rs
index eb093a1..f858e36 100644
--- a/src/models/mod.rs
+++ b/src/models/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub mod comments;
 pub mod follows;
 pub mod instance;
 pub mod likes;
+pub mod notifications;
 pub mod post_authors;
 pub mod posts;
 pub mod users;
diff --git a/src/models/notifications.rs b/src/models/notifications.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c35e4f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/notifications.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use diesel::{self, PgConnection, RunQueryDsl, QueryDsl, ExpressionMethods};
+
+use schema::notifications;
+
+#[derive(Queryable, Identifiable)]
+pub struct Notification {
+    pub id: i32,
+    pub title: String,
+    pub content: Option<String>,
+    pub link: Option<String>,
+    pub user_id: i32
+}
+
+#[derive(Insertable)]
+#[table_name = "notifications"]
+pub struct NewNotification {
+    pub title: String,
+    pub content: Option<String>,
+    pub link: Option<String>,
+    pub user_id: i32
+}
+
+impl Notification {
+    pub fn insert(conn: &PgConnection, new: NewNotification) -> Notification {
+        diesel::insert_into(notifications::table)
+            .values(new)
+            .get_result(conn)
+            .expect("Couldn't save notification")
+    }
+
+    pub fn get(conn: &PgConnection, id: i32) -> Option<Notification> {
+        notifications::table.filter(notifications::id.eq(id))
+            .limit(1)
+            .load::<Notification>(conn)
+            .expect("Couldn't load notification by ID")
+            .into_iter().nth(0)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
index af20e6d..264a2b8 100644
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ table! {
     }
 }
 
+table! {
+    notifications (id) {
+        id -> Int4,
+        title -> Varchar,
+        content -> Nullable<Text>,
+        link -> Nullable<Varchar>,
+        user_id -> Int4,
+    }
+}
+
 table! {
     post_authors (id) {
         id -> Int4,
@@ -114,6 +124,7 @@ joinable!(comments -> posts (post_id));
 joinable!(comments -> users (author_id));
 joinable!(likes -> posts (post_id));
 joinable!(likes -> users (user_id));
+joinable!(notifications -> users (user_id));
 joinable!(post_authors -> posts (post_id));
 joinable!(post_authors -> users (author_id));
 joinable!(posts -> blogs (blog_id));
@@ -126,6 +137,7 @@ allow_tables_to_appear_in_same_query!(
     follows,
     instances,
     likes,
+    notifications,
     post_authors,
     posts,
     users,