diff --git a/zeppelin-web/bower.json b/zeppelin-web/bower.json
index 4e5c3534066..70a08b48515 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/bower.json
+++ b/zeppelin-web/bower.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "angular-animate": "1.3.8",
     "angular-touch": "1.3.8",
     "angular-route": "1.3.8",
+    "angular-resource": "1.3.8",
     "angular-bootstrap": "~0.13.0",
     "angular-websocket": "~1.0.13",
     "ace-builds": "1.1.9",
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@
     "angular-filter": "~0.5.4",
     "ngtoast": "~1.5.5",
     "ng-focus-if": "~1.0.2",
-    "bootstrap3-dialog": "bootstrap-dialog#~1.34.7"
+    "bootstrap3-dialog": "bootstrap-dialog#~1.34.7",
+    "floatThead": "~1.3.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "angular-mocks": "1.3.8"
@@ -61,4 +63,4 @@
       "name": "highlightjs"
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/app.controller.js b/zeppelin-web/src/app/app.controller.js
index 2c302b542d9..f6af014bfe4 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/app.controller.js
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/app.controller.js
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
-angular.module('zeppelinWebApp').controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope, $window) {
+angular.module('zeppelinWebApp').controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope, $window, webNotification) {
   $rootScope.compiledScope = $scope.$new(true, $rootScope);
   $scope.looknfeel = 'default';
+  $scope.windowFocus = true;
+  $rootScope.hasNewStatus = false;
 
   var init = function() {
     $scope.asIframe = (($window.location.href.indexOf('asIframe') > -1) ? true : false);
@@ -45,4 +47,41 @@ angular.module('zeppelinWebApp').controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $rootSc
   BootstrapDialog.defaultOptions.onshown = function() {
     angular.element('#' + this.id).find('.btn:last').focus();
   };
+
+  $rootScope.$on('hasNewStatus', function(event, data) {
+    if (!event.defaultPrevented && data && data === true && $rootScope.hasNewStatus === false) {
+      $rootScope.hasNewStatus = true;
+
+      // Send desktop notification
+      webNotification.showNotification('Zeppelin Notification', {
+         body: 'You have a job finished!',
+         icon: 'my-icon.ico',
+         onClick: function onNotificationClicked() {
+           console.log('Notification clicked.');
+         },
+         autoClose: 4000 //auto close the notification after 2 seconds (you can manually close it via hide function)
+      }, function onShow(error, hide) {
+         if (error) {
+             window.alert('Unable to show notification: ' + error.message);
+         } else {
+             setTimeout(function hideNotification() {
+                 hide();
+             }, 5000);
+         }
+      });
+
+      event.preventDefault();
+    }
+  });
+
+  $window.onblur = function (){
+    $rootScope.windowFocus = false;
+  };
+
+  $window.onfocus = function (){
+    $rootScope.windowFocus = true;
+    if($rootScope.hasNewStatus === true) {
+      $rootScope.hasNewStatus = false;
+    }
+  };
 });
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/app.js b/zeppelin-web/src/app/app.js
index 64d43bb3c59..d1c0a7940e0 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/app.js
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/app.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ angular.module('zeppelinWebApp', [
     'puElasticInput',
     'xeditable',
     'ngToast',
-    'focus-if'
+    'focus-if',
+    'angular-web-notification'
   ])
   .filter('breakFilter', function() {
     return function (text) {
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js
index 8eafa6fb4dd..72bbb3c1a09 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ angular.module('zeppelinWebApp')
       $scope.paragraph.result = data.paragraph.result;
       $scope.paragraph.settings = data.paragraph.settings;
 
+      // when paragraph finishes, activate blinking tab notification if user is not focusing the the tab.
+      if (statusChanged && ($rootScope.windowFocus === false)) {
+        $rootScope.$emit('hasNewStatus', true);
+      }
+      
       if (!$scope.asIframe) {
         $scope.paragraph.config = data.paragraph.config;
         initializeDefault();
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/index.html b/zeppelin-web/src/index.html
index 4bddd9849d4..1954a870212 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/index.html
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/index.html
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@
     <script src="bower_components/ngtoast/dist/ngToast.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/ng-focus-if/focusIf.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/bootstrap3-dialog/dist/js/bootstrap-dialog.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/HTML5-Desktop-Notifications2/desktop-notify.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/angular-web-notification/angular-web-notification.js"></script>
+
     <!-- endbower -->
     <!-- endbuild -->
     <!-- build:js({.tmp,src}) scripts/scripts.js -->