diff --git a/dockcheck.sh b/dockcheck.sh
index 1d822a7..a797d99 100755
--- a/dockcheck.sh
+++ b/dockcheck.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ ScriptWorkDir="$(dirname "$ScriptPath")"
 LatestRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-50 $RawUrl | sed -n "/VERSION/s/VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
 LatestChanges="$(curl -s -r 0-200 $RawUrl | sed -n "/ChangeNotes/s/### ChangeNotes: //p")"
 
+[ -s $ScriptWorkDir/notify.sh ] && source $ScriptWorkDir/notify.sh
+
 ### Help Function:
 Help() {
   echo "Syntax:     dockcheck.sh [OPTION] [part of name to filter]" 
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ fi
 if [[ -n ${GotUpdates[*]} ]] ; then 
    printf "\n%bContainers with updates available:%b\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
    [[ -z "$AutoUp" ]] && options || printf "%s\n" "${GotUpdates[@]}"
+   [[ $(type -t send_notification) == function ]] && send_notification ${GotUpdates[@]}
 fi
 
 ### Optionally get updates if there's any 
diff --git a/notify_DSM.sh b/notify_DSM.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfb8cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notify_DSM.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable email notifications on synology DSM
+
+send_notification() {
+
+# change this to your usual destination for synology DSM notification emails
+SendMailTo=me@mydomain.com
+FromHost=$(hostname)
+
+printf "\nSending email notification\n"
+
+ssmtp $SendMailTo << __EOF
+From: "$FromHost" <$SendMailTo>
+date:$(date -R)
+To: <$SendMailTo>
+Subject: [diskstation] Some docker packages need to be updated
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
+
+The following docker packages on $FromHost need to be updated:
+
+$@
+
+ From $FromHost
+__EOF
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/notify_generic.sh b/notify_generic.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3276334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notify_generic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable email/text notifications
+# generic sample, the "Hello World" of notification addons
+
+send_notification() {
+
+FromHost=$(hostname)
+
+# platform specific notification code would go here
+printf "\n%bGeneric notification addon:%b" "$c_green" "$c_reset"
+printf "\nThe following docker packages on $FromHost need to be updated:\n$@\n"
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file