diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d8f4770e2..5931483468 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - Fixes when having multiple custom options with overlapping option_type_id values, selecting 1 changes the others - @carlokok (#4196)
 - Update eslint and fix code style. - @gibkigonzo (#4179 #4181)
+- Fixes bug that caused addToCart action not to display messages to user - @juho-jaakkola (#4185)
 - add missing cache tags for category and product - @gibkigonzo (#4173)
 - add ssrAppId to avoid second meta render on csr - @gibkigonzo (#4203)
 
diff --git a/core/modules/cart/store/actions/connectActions.ts b/core/modules/cart/store/actions/connectActions.ts
index 03d91d252e..9b0ce22df7 100644
--- a/core/modules/cart/store/actions/connectActions.ts
+++ b/core/modules/cart/store/actions/connectActions.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const connectActions = {
     const cartToken = getters['getCartToken']
     if (storedItems.length && !cartToken) {
       Logger.info('Creating server cart token', 'cart')()
-      await dispatch('connect', { guestCart: false })
+      return dispatch('connect', { guestCart: false })
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/cart/store/actions/itemActions.ts b/core/modules/cart/store/actions/itemActions.ts
index 378db9b438..fcaf2d6ddb 100644
--- a/core/modules/cart/store/actions/itemActions.ts
+++ b/core/modules/cart/store/actions/itemActions.ts
@@ -80,9 +80,18 @@ const itemActions = {
         productIndex++
       }
     }
-    await dispatch('create')
+
+    let newDiffLog = await dispatch('create')
+    if (newDiffLog !== undefined) {
+      diffLog.merge(newDiffLog)
+    }
+
     if (getters.isCartSyncEnabled && getters.isCartConnected && !forceServerSilence) {
-      return dispatch('sync', { forceClientState: true })
+      const syncDiffLog = await dispatch('sync', { forceClientState: true })
+
+      if (!syncDiffLog.isEmpty()) {
+        diffLog.merge(syncDiffLog)
+      }
     }
 
     return diffLog
diff --git a/core/modules/cart/test/unit/store/itemActions.spec.ts b/core/modules/cart/test/unit/store/itemActions.spec.ts
index b24ac5bb07..a68bd04443 100644
--- a/core/modules/cart/test/unit/store/itemActions.spec.ts
+++ b/core/modules/cart/test/unit/store/itemActions.spec.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ jest.mock('@vue-storefront/core/modules/cart/helpers', () => ({
     createNotifications: jest.fn()
   },
   createDiffLog: () => ({
-    pushNotifications: jest.fn()
+    pushNotifications: jest.fn(),
+    merge: jest.fn()
   })
 }));
 jest.mock('@vue-storefront/core/helpers', () => ({
@@ -140,7 +141,12 @@ describe('Cart itemActions', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    contextMock.dispatch.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({ status: 'ok', onlineCheckTaskId: 1 }))
+    // The third 'dispatch' call gets an instance of DiffLog class, which has the isEmpty() method.
+    // The return value of the second 'dispatch' call is not used at all, so it can be left empty.
+    contextMock.dispatch
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({ status: 'ok', onlineCheckTaskId: 1 }))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({}))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({ isEmpty: () => { return true } }))
 
     await (cartActions as any).addItems(contextMock, { productsToAdd: [product] })
     expect(contextMock.commit).toBeCalledWith(types.CART_ADD_ITEM, { product: { ...product, onlineStockCheckid: 1 } })