diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 9e868e5..bf988e1 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ keyboard_shortcut context_ks = {.str = "none",
 rule_t default_rules[] = {
         /* name can be any unique string. It is used to identify the rule in dunstrc to override it there */
 
-        /*   name,    appname,        summary,         body,  icon, category, msg_urgency, timeout,  urgency,  markup,       history_ignore,  new_icon, fg,   bg,        format,  script */
-        {    "empty", NULL,           NULL,            NULL,  NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,       -1,       MARKUP_NULL,  false,           NULL,     NULL, NULL,      NULL,    NULL},
-        /* { "rule1", "notify-send",  NULL,            NULL,  NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,       -1,       MARKUP_NULL,  false,           NULL,     NULL, NULL,      "%s %b", NULL}, */
-        /* { "rule2", "Pidgin",       "*says*,         NULL,  NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,       CRITICAL, MARKUP_NULL,  false,           NULL,     NULL, NULL,      NULL,    NULL}, */
-        /* { "rule3", "Pidgin",       "*signed on*",   NULL,  NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,       LOW,      MARKUP_NULL,  false,           NULL,     NULL, NULL,      NULL,    NULL}, */
-        /* { "rule4", "Pidgin",       "*signed off*",  NULL,  NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,       LOW,      MARKUP_NULL,  false,           NULL,     NULL, NULL,      NULL,    NULL}, */
-        /* { "rule5", NULL,           "*foobar*",      NULL,  NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,       -1,       MARKUP_NULL,  false,           NULL,     NULL, "#00FF00", NULL,    NULL}, */
+        /*   name,    appname,       summary,        body, icon, category, msg_urgency, timeout, urgency,  markup,      history_ignore, match_transient, set_transient, new_icon, fg,   bg,        format,  script */
+        {    "empty", NULL,          NULL,           NULL, NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,      -1,       MARKUP_NULL, -1,             -1,              -1,            NULL,     NULL, NULL,      NULL,    NULL},
+        /* { "rule1", "notify-send", NULL,           NULL, NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,      -1,       MARKUP_NULL, -1,             -1,              -1,            NULL,     NULL, NULL,      "%s %b", NULL}, */
+        /* { "rule2", "Pidgin",      "*says*,        NULL, NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,      CRITICAL, MARKUP_NULL, -1,             -1,              -1,            NULL,     NULL, NULL,      NULL,    NULL}, */
+        /* { "rule3", "Pidgin",      "*signed on*",  NULL, NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,      LOW,      MARKUP_NULL, -1,             -1,              -1,            NULL,     NULL, NULL,      NULL,    NULL}, */
+        /* { "rule4", "Pidgin",      "*signed off*", NULL, NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,      LOW,      MARKUP_NULL, -1,             -1,              -1,            NULL,     NULL, NULL,      NULL,    NULL}, */
+        /* { "rule5", NULL,          "*foobar*",     NULL, NULL, NULL,     -1,          -1,      -1,       MARKUP_NULL, -1,             -1,              -1,            NULL,     NULL, "#00FF00", NULL,    NULL}, */
 };
diff --git a/src/rules.c b/src/rules.c
index 6cc6871..32ea038 100644
--- a/src/rules.c
+++ b/src/rules.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ void rule_apply(rule_t * r, notification * n)
                 n->urgency = r->urgency;
         if (r->history_ignore != -1)
                 n->history_ignore = r->history_ignore;
+        if (r->set_transient != -1)
+                n->transient = r->set_transient;
         if (r->markup != MARKUP_NULL)
                 n->markup = r->markup;
         if (r->new_icon) {
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ void rule_init(rule_t * r)
         r->markup = MARKUP_NULL;
         r->new_icon = NULL;
         r->history_ignore = false;
+        r->match_transient = -1;
+        r->set_transient = -1;
         r->fg = NULL;
         r->bg = NULL;
         r->format = NULL;
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ bool rule_matches_notification(rule_t * r, notification * n)
                 && (!r->body || !fnmatch(r->body, n->body, 0))
                 && (!r->icon || !fnmatch(r->icon, n->icon, 0))
                 && (!r->category || !fnmatch(r->category, n->category, 0))
+                && (r->match_transient == -1 || (r->match_transient == n->transient))
                 && (r->msg_urgency == -1 || r->msg_urgency == n->urgency));
 }
 /* vim: set tabstop=8 shiftwidth=8 expandtab textwidth=0: */
diff --git a/src/rules.h b/src/rules.h
index b9cbcea..82cb370 100644
--- a/src/rules.h
+++ b/src/rules.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ typedef struct _rule_t {
         int urgency;
         enum markup_mode markup;
         int history_ignore;
+        int match_transient;
+        int set_transient;
         char *new_icon;
         char *fg;
         char *bg;
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
index b53e93a..f27f8db 100644
--- a/src/settings.c
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -636,6 +636,8 @@ void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path)
                 r->format = ini_get_string(cur_section, "format", r->format);
                 r->new_icon = ini_get_string(cur_section, "new_icon", r->new_icon);
                 r->history_ignore = ini_get_bool(cur_section, "history_ignore", r->history_ignore);
+                r->match_transient = ini_get_bool(cur_section, "match_transient", r->match_transient);
+                r->set_transient = ini_get_bool(cur_section, "set_transient", r->set_transient);
                 r->script = ini_get_path(cur_section, "script", NULL);
         }