diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2b412a4..2b2a7d7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ a new array.
     # redefine what is ignored by auto-notify
     export AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE=("docker" "man" "sleep")
 
+*Running Custom Commands*
+
+By default ``notify-send`` is used to send notifications on Linux and ``osascript`` is used on MacOSX.
+However the command that is executed can be configured by setting the ``AUTO_NOTIFY_COMMAND`` variable.
+Specify where the text should be placed using the ``%text`` marker. An example can be seen below:
+
+::
+
+    export AUTO_NOTIFY_COMAND="my-fancy-notifier -rd -t20 \"%text\""
+
 Temporarily Disabling Notifications
 -----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
index 2b9b161..0805cfd 100644
--- a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
+++ b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@ export AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE=(
 
 
 function _auto_notify_message() {
-    local command="$1"
+    local command_run="$1"
     local elapsed="$2"
     # Run using echo -e in order to make sure notify-send picks up new line
-    text="$(echo -e "\"$command\" has completed\n(Total time: $elapsed seconds)")"
+    text="$(echo -e "\"$command_run\" has completed\n(Total time: $elapsed seconds)")"
     platform="$(uname)"
 
-    if [[ "$platform" == "Linux" ]]; then
+    if [[ -n "$AUTO_NOTIFY_COMMAND" ]]; then
+        local COMMAND="${AUTO_NOTIFY_COMMAND//\%text/$text}"
+        echo $COMMAND
+        eval $COMMAND
+    elif [[ "$platform" == "Linux" ]]; then
         notify-send "$text"
     elif [[ "$platform" == "Darwin" ]]; then
         osascript -e "display notification \"$text\" with title \"Command Completed\""
diff --git a/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit b/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit
index f461e2d..36f54e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit
+++ b/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit
@@ -78,6 +78,23 @@
     done
 }
 
+@test 'auto-notify sends notifications with custom command' {
+    AUTO_NOTIFY_COMMAND="bazzy -ef \"%text\" something"
+    AUTO_COMMAND="f bar -r"
+    AUTO_COMMAND_FULL="foo bar -r"
+    AUTO_COMMAND_START=11080
+
+    function bazzy {
+        echo - $@
+    }
+
+    run _auto_notify_send
+
+    assert $state equals 0
+    assert "$lines[1]" same_as "bazzy -ef \"\"f bar -r\" has completed"
+    assert "$lines[2]" same_as "(Total time: 20 seconds)\" something"
+}
+
 @test 'auto-notify-send sends notification on Linux' {
     AUTO_COMMAND="f bar -r"
     AUTO_COMMAND_FULL="foo bar -r"