diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 9aae3e1..4c321dc 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -617,6 +617,11 @@ The following options can be overridden on a per-instance basis:
 `noNotifyWarn`::
     Disable notification at start of shutdown warning period
 
+`notifyCommand`::
+    Notify command to run.  Notify message will be in `${notifymsg}`, and templated message will be in `${msg}`
++
+e.g. `notifyCommand='echo "$msg" | mailx -s "Message from instance ${instance} on server ${HOSTNAME}" "email@domain.com"'`
+
 `logdir`::
     Specifies where to store log files
 
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index e3b966d..f057e1e 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ function notifyOverride(){
 function notify(){
   if [[ -n "$1" && "$1" != "-" ]]; then
     local msg
+    local notifymsg="$1"
     msg="${notifyTemplate:-Message from instance \`{instance\}\` on server \`{server\}\`: {msg\}}"
     msg="${msg//\{msg\}/${1}}"
     msg="${msg//\{instance\}/${instance}}"
@@ -592,6 +593,10 @@ function notify(){
 
     notifyDiscord "$msg"
     notifyOverride "$msg"
+
+    if [ -n "${notifyCommand}" ]; then
+      eval " ${notifyCommand}"
+    fi
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager.cfg b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
index 3c8185c..aa8a760 100644
--- a/tools/arkmanager.cfg
+++ b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ msgWarnCancelled="Restart cancelled by player request"
 # notifyMsgServerTerminated="Server exited - restarting"
 # notifyTemplate="Message from instance {instance} on server {server}: {msg}"
 # noNotifyWarning=true
+# notifyCommand='echo "$msg" | mailx -s "Message from instance ${instance} on server ${HOSTNAME}" "email@domain.com"'
 
 # Restart cancel chat command
 #chatCommandRestartCancel="/cancelupdate"