diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e1185b82cc..6427d40e6d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1688,6 +1688,16 @@
 				"view": "github:activePullRequest:welcome",
 				"when": "!github:stateValidated",
 				"contents": "%welcome.github.activePullRequest.contents%"
+			},
+			{
+				"view": "notifications:github",
+				"when": "!github:notificationCount",
+				"contents": "%welcome.github.notificationsLoading.contents%"
+			},
+			{
+				"view": "notifications:github",
+				"when": "ReposManagerStateContext == RepositoriesLoaded && github:notificationCount == 0",
+				"contents": "%welcome.github.notifications.contents%"
 			}
 		],
 		"keybindings": [
diff --git a/package.nls.json b/package.nls.json
index def1e462d8..64087bb925 100644
--- a/package.nls.json
+++ b/package.nls.json
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@
 			"Please make sure there is no space between the right bracket and left parenthesis:  ]( this is an internal syntax for links"
 		]
 	},
+	"welcome.github.notificationsLoading.contents": "Loading...",
+	"welcome.github.notifications.contents": "No notifications, your inbox is empty $(rocket)",
 	"welcome.issues.github.uninitialized.contents": "Loading...",
 	"welcome.issues.github.noFolder.contents": "You have not yet opened a folder.",
 	"welcome.issues.github.noRepo.contents": "No git repositories found",
diff --git a/src/common/executeCommands.ts b/src/common/executeCommands.ts
index 99bbbafae2..c815f4811a 100644
--- a/src/common/executeCommands.ts
+++ b/src/common/executeCommands.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export namespace contexts {
 	export const PULL_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION_VISIBLE = 'github:pullRequestDescriptionVisible'; // Boolean indicating if the pull request description is visible
 	export const ACTIVE_COMMENT_HAS_SUGGESTION = 'github:activeCommentHasSuggestion'; // Boolean indicating if the active comment has a suggestion
 	export const CREATING = 'pr:creating';
+	export const NOTIFICATION_COUNT = 'github:notificationCount'; // Number of notifications in the notifications view
 }
 
 export namespace commands {
diff --git a/src/notifications/notificationsProvider.ts b/src/notifications/notificationsProvider.ts
index 2a8457b538..fc6f6b8419 100644
--- a/src/notifications/notificationsProvider.ts
+++ b/src/notifications/notificationsProvider.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { AuthProvider } from '../common/authentication';
+import { commands, contexts } from '../common/executeCommands';
 import { Disposable } from '../common/lifecycle';
 import { EXPERIMENTAL_NOTIFICATIONS_PAGE_SIZE, PR_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE } from '../common/settingKeys';
 import { OctokitCommon } from '../github/common';
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ export class NotificationsProvider extends Disposable {
 			.map((notification: OctokitCommon.Notification) => parseNotification(notification))
 			.filter(notification => !!notification) as Notification[];
 
+		commands.setContext(contexts.NOTIFICATION_COUNT, notifications.length);
 		return { notifications, hasNextPage: headers.link?.includes(`rel="next"`) === true };
 	}