diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index f8ca9cf..c5f2577 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct settings defaults = {
 .history_length = 20,        /* max amount of notifications kept in history */
 .show_indicators = true,
 .word_wrap = false,
+.ignore_dbusclose = false,
 .ellipsize = ELLIPSE_MIDDLE,
 .ignore_newline = false,
 .line_height = 0,            /* if line height < font height, it will be raised to font height */
diff --git a/src/dbus.c b/src/dbus.c
index ec8e350..eb39c38 100644
--- a/src/dbus.c
+++ b/src/dbus.c
@@ -494,7 +494,8 @@ static void dbus_cb_CloseNotification(
 {
         guint32 id;
         g_variant_get(parameters, "(u)", &id);
-        queues_notification_close_id(id, REASON_SIG);
+        if (!settings.ignore_dbusclose) 
+                queues_notification_close_id(id, REASON_SIG);
         wake_up();
         g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value(invocation, NULL);
         g_dbus_connection_flush(connection, NULL, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
index e67446b..4477403 100644
--- a/src/settings.c
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path)
                 "word_wrap", "-word_wrap", defaults.word_wrap,
                 "Truncating long lines or do word wrap"
         );
+        settings.ignore_dbusclose = option_get_bool(
+                "global",
+                "ignore_dbusclose", "-ignore_dbusclose", defaults.ignore_dbusclose,
+                "Ignore dbus CloseNotification events"
+        );
 
         {
                 char *c = option_get_string(
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index 6622880..9f1e042 100644
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct settings {
         int history_length;
         int show_indicators;
         int word_wrap;
+        int ignore_dbusclose;
         enum ellipsize ellipsize;
         int ignore_newline;
         int line_height;