diff --git a/lib/foodcritic/notifications.rb b/lib/foodcritic/notifications.rb
index e9cd2f1c..8e27163a 100644
--- a/lib/foodcritic/notifications.rb
+++ b/lib/foodcritic/notifications.rb
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def new_style_notification(notify)
 
       # Given `notifies :restart, "service[foo]"` the target is the
       # `"service[foo]"` string portion.
-      target = notify.xpath('args_add_block/args_add/
-        descendant::tstring_content/@value').to_s
+      target_path = 'args_add_block/args_add/descendant::tstring_content/@value'
+      target = notify.xpath("arg_paren/#{target_path} | #{target_path}").to_s
 
       # Test the target string against the standard syntax for a new-style
       # notification: `resource_type[resource_name]`.
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ def notification_action(notify)
     end
 
     def notification_nodes(ast, &block)
-      ast.xpath('descendant::command[ident/@value="notifies" or
-        ident/@value="subscribes"]')
+      type_path = '[ident/@value="notifies" or ident/@value="subscribes"]'
+      ast.xpath("descendant::command#{type_path} |
+        descendant::method_add_arg[fcall#{type_path}]")
     end
 
     def notification_type(notify)
-      notify.xpath('ident/@value[1]').to_s.to_sym
+      notify.xpath('ident/@value[1] | fcall/ident/@value[1]').to_s.to_sym
     end
 
     def resource_hash_references(ast)
diff --git a/spec/foodcritic/api_spec.rb b/spec/foodcritic/api_spec.rb
index f75bcd16..80fb3040 100644
--- a/spec/foodcritic/api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/foodcritic/api_spec.rb
@@ -554,6 +554,25 @@ def parse_ast(str)
         }]
       )
     end
+    it "understands old-style notifications with added parentheses" do
+      api.notifications(parse_ast(%q{
+        template "/etc/nscd.conf" do
+          source "nscd.conf"
+          owner "root"
+          group "root"
+          notifies(:restart, resources(:service => "nscd"))
+        end
+      })).must_equal(
+        [{
+          :type => :notifies,
+          :action => :restart,
+          :resource_type => :service,
+          :resource_name => 'nscd',
+          :timing => :delayed,
+          :style => :old
+        }]
+      )
+    end
     it "understands the old-style subscriptions" do
       api.notifications(parse_ast(%q{
         template "/etc/nscd.conf" do
@@ -573,6 +592,25 @@ def parse_ast(str)
         }]
       )
     end
+    it "understands old-style subscriptions with added parentheses" do
+      api.notifications(parse_ast(%q{
+        template "/etc/nscd.conf" do
+          source "nscd.conf"
+          owner "root"
+          group "root"
+          subscribes(:restart, resources(:service => "nscd"))
+        end
+      })).must_equal(
+        [{
+          :type => :subscribes,
+          :action => :restart,
+          :resource_type => :service,
+          :resource_name => 'nscd',
+          :timing => :delayed,
+          :style => :old
+        }]
+      )
+    end
     it "understands the new-style notifications" do
       api.notifications(parse_ast(%q{
         template "/etc/nscd.conf" do
@@ -592,6 +630,25 @@ def parse_ast(str)
         }]
       )
     end
+    it "understands new-style notifications with added parentheses" do
+      api.notifications(parse_ast(%q{
+        template "/etc/nscd.conf" do
+          source "nscd.conf"
+          owner "root"
+          group "root"
+          notifies(:restart, "service[nscd]")
+        end
+      })).must_equal(
+        [{
+          :type => :notifies,
+          :action => :restart,
+          :resource_type => :service,
+          :resource_name => 'nscd',
+          :timing => :delayed,
+          :style => :new
+        }]
+      )
+    end
     it "understands the new-style subscriptions" do
       api.notifications(parse_ast(%q{
         template "/etc/nscd.conf" do
@@ -611,6 +668,25 @@ def parse_ast(str)
         }]
       )
     end
+    it "understands new-style subscriptions with added parentheses" do
+      api.notifications(parse_ast(%q{
+        template "/etc/nscd.conf" do
+          source "nscd.conf"
+          owner "root"
+          group "root"
+          subscribes(:restart, "service[nscd]")
+        end
+      })).must_equal(
+        [{
+          :type => :subscribes,
+          :action => :restart,
+          :resource_type => :service,
+          :resource_name => 'nscd',
+          :timing => :delayed,
+          :style => :new
+        }]
+      )
+    end
     describe "supports a resource both notifying and subscribing" do
       it "old-style notifications" do
         api.notifications(parse_ast(%q{