diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/main_layout.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/main_layout.css.scss
index e4a607b4b..535ce6b4b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/main_layout.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/main_layout.css.scss
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ div#page {
   overflow: visible;
   margin: 0 30px;
 
-  div#upgrade-account-notice, div#sign-up-notice, div#tos-notice, div#ban-notice {
+  div#upgrade-account-notice, div#sign-up-notice, div#tos-notice, div#ban-notice, div#dmail-notice {
     margin: 1em 0;
     padding: 1em;
     text-align: center;
diff --git a/app/logical/anonymous_user.rb b/app/logical/anonymous_user.rb
index c2590a0d5..1de815e21 100644
--- a/app/logical/anonymous_user.rb
+++ b/app/logical/anonymous_user.rb
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ class AnonymousUser
     false
   end
 
+  def dmail_count
+    ""
+  end
+
   %w(member banned privileged builder platinum contributor janitor moderator admin).each do |name|
     define_method("is_#{name}?") do
       false
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/default.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/default.html.erb
index 5616d07d7..c7afa5599 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/default.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/default.html.erb
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
       <%= render "users/ban_notice" %>
     <% end %>
 
+    <% if CurrentUser.dmail_count.present? %>
+      <%= render "users/dmail_notice" %>
+    <% end %>
+
     <% if cookies["accepted_tos"].blank? && !CurrentUser.is_privileged? %>
       <%= render "users/tos" %>
     <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/users/_dmail_notice.html.erb b/app/views/users/_dmail_notice.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..483a4a7e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/users/_dmail_notice.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div class="ui-corner-all ui-state-highlight" id="dmail-notice">
+  <h1>You have <%= link_to "unread mail", dmails_path(:search => {:owner_id => CurrentUser.id, :to_id => CurrentUser.id}, :folder => "received") %>.</h1>
+</div>