diff --git a/CHANGELOG.mkdn b/CHANGELOG.mkdn
index 6099302..283e0e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.mkdn
+++ b/CHANGELOG.mkdn
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 * Quirk tester in quirk window - Kiooeht [evacipatedBox] (Idea: [alGore])
 * Show and support giving kick reasons - Kiooeht [evacipatedBox] (Idea: Lexi [lexicalNuance])
 * Make adding quirks into multi-page wizard - Kiooeht [evacipatedBox]
+* Flash the taskbar on new messages - Kiooeht [evacipatedBox]
 * Bug fixes
     * Logviewer updates - Kiooeht [evacipatedBox]
     * Memo scrollbar thing - Kiooeht [evacipatedBox]
diff --git a/convo.py b/convo.py
index 4e010d1..8fe6099 100644
--- a/convo.py
+++ b/convo.py
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ class PesterConvo(QtGui.QFrame):
             # ok if it has a tabconvo parent, send that the notify.
             if self.parent():
                 self.parent().notifyNewMessage(self.title())
+                self.mainwindow.gainAttention.emit(self.parent())
             # if not change the window title and update system tray
             else:
                 self.newmessage = True
@@ -612,6 +613,7 @@ class PesterConvo(QtGui.QFrame):
                 def func():
                     self.showChat()
                 self.mainwindow.waitingMessages.addMessage(self.title(), func)
+                self.mainwindow.gainAttention.emit(self)
 
     def clearNewMessage(self):
         if self.parent():
diff --git a/pesterchum.py b/pesterchum.py
index 598bbcc..913bc5d 100644
--- a/pesterchum.py
+++ b/pesterchum.py
@@ -2853,6 +2853,7 @@ class PesterWindow(MovingWindow):
     inviteOnlyChan = QtCore.pyqtSignal(QtCore.QString)
     closeSignal = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
     reconnectIRC = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
+    gainAttention = QtCore.pyqtSignal(QtGui.QWidget)
 
 class PesterTray(QtGui.QSystemTrayIcon):
     def __init__(self, icon, mainwindow, parent):
@@ -2935,6 +2936,9 @@ class MainProgram(QtCore.QObject):
         self.irc = PesterIRC(self.widget.config, self.widget)
         self.connectWidgets(self.irc, self.widget)
 
+        self.connect(self.widget, QtCore.SIGNAL('gainAttention(QWidget*)'),
+                     self, QtCore.SLOT('alertWindow(QWidget*)'))
+
         # 0 Once a day
         # 1 Once a week
         # 2 Only on start
@@ -2974,6 +2978,10 @@ class MainProgram(QtCore.QObject):
             return
         QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(1000*seconds, self, QtCore.SLOT('runUpdateSlot()'))
 
+    @QtCore.pyqtSlot(QtGui.QWidget)
+    def alertWindow(self, widget):
+        self.app.alert(widget)
+
     widget2irc = [('sendMessage(QString, QString)',
                    'sendMessage(QString, QString)'),
                   ('sendNotice(QString, QString)',