diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 3fa8930150..48c751a0eb 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ bin/fail2ban-regex
 bin/fail2ban-server
 bin/fail2ban-testcases
 ChangeLog
+config/action.d/apprise.conf
 config/action.d/abuseipdb.conf
 config/action.d/apf.conf
 config/action.d/blocklist_de.conf
diff --git a/config/action.d/apprise.conf b/config/action.d/apprise.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37c42ea2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/action.d/apprise.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Fail2Ban configuration file
+#
+# Author: Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>
+#
+#
+
+[Definition]
+
+# Option:  actionstart
+# Notes.:  command executed once at the start of Fail2Ban.
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actionstart = printf %%b "The jail <name> as been started successfully." | <apprise> -t "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started on `uname -n`"
+
+# Option:  actionstop
+# Notes.:  command executed once at the end of Fail2Ban
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actionstop = printf %%b "The jail <name> has been stopped." | <apprise> -t "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped on `uname -n`"
+
+# Option:  actioncheck
+# Notes.:  command executed once before each actionban command
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actioncheck =
+
+# Option:  actionban
+# Notes.:  command executed when banning an IP. Take care that the
+#          command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights.
+# Tags:    See jail.conf(5) man page
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actionban = printf %%b "The IP <ip> has just been banned by Fail2Ban after <failures> attempts against <name>" | <apprise> -n "warning" -t "[Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip> from `uname -n`"
+
+# Option:  actionunban
+# Notes.:  command executed when unbanning an IP. Take care that the
+#          command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights.
+# Tags:    See jail.conf(5) man page
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actionunban =
+
+[Init]
+
+# Define location of the default apprise configuration file to use
+#
+config = /etc/fail2ban/apprise.conf
+#
+apprise = apprise -c "<config>"
diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf
index c46a4fb82d..c39de58c16 100644
--- a/config/jail.conf
+++ b/config/jail.conf
@@ -227,6 +227,15 @@ action_mwl = %(action_)s
 action_xarf = %(action_)s
              xarf-login-attack[service=%(__name__)s, sender="%(sender)s", logpath="%(logpath)s", port="%(port)s"]
 
+# ban & send a notification to one or more of the 50+ services supported by Apprise.
+# See https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki for details on what is supported.
+#
+# You may optionally over-ride the default configuration line (containing the Apprise URLs)
+# by using 'apprise[config="/alternate/path/to/apprise.cfg"]' otherwise
+# /etc/fail2ban/apprise.conf is sourced for your supported notification configuration.
+# action = %(action_)s
+#          apprise
+
 # ban IP on CloudFlare & send an e-mail with whois report and relevant log lines
 # to the destemail.
 action_cf_mwl = cloudflare[cfuser="%(cfemail)s", cftoken="%(cfapikey)s"]