diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/AbstractDeviceSupport.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/AbstractDeviceSupport.java
index 8387ee3ed..f67d64348 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/AbstractDeviceSupport.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/AbstractDeviceSupport.java
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge;
 
+import android.app.Notification;
+import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.support.v4.content.LocalBroadcastManager;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -25,6 +29,7 @@ import nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.deviceevents.GBDeviceEventVersionInf
 // maybe need to check for "unread notifications" on device for that.
 public abstract class AbstractDeviceSupport implements DeviceSupport {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractDeviceSupport.class);
+    private static final int NOTIFICATION_ID_SCREENSHOT = 8000;
 
     protected GBDevice gbDevice;
     private BluetoothAdapter btAdapter;
@@ -145,7 +150,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractDeviceSupport implements DeviceSupport {
 
     private void handleGBDeviceEvent(GBDeviceEventScreenshot screenshot) {
         SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd-hhmmss");
+        String filename = "screenshot_" + dateFormat.format(new Date()) + ".bmp";
 
-        GB.writeScreenshot(screenshot, "screenshot_" + dateFormat.format(new Date()) + ".bmp");
+        if (GB.writeScreenshot(screenshot, filename)) {
+            Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(context.getExternalFilesDir(null) + "/" + filename);
+
+            Notification notif = new Notification.Builder(context)
+                    .setContentTitle("Screenshot taken")
+                    .setTicker("Screenshot taken")
+                    .setContentText(filename)
+                    .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notification)
+                    .setStyle(new Notification.BigPictureStyle()
+                            .bigPicture(bmp))
+                    .build();
+            NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
+            nm.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID_SCREENSHOT, notif);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/GB.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/GB.java
index 1e2821bed..f13db2f5e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/GB.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/GB.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class GB {
         return String.valueOf(rssi);
     }
 
-    public static void writeScreenshot(GBDeviceEventScreenshot screenshot, String filename) {
+    public static boolean writeScreenshot(GBDeviceEventScreenshot screenshot, String filename) {
 
         LOG.info("Will write screenshot: " + screenshot.width + "x" + screenshot.height + "x" + screenshot.bpp + "bpp");
         final int FILE_HEADER_SIZE = 14;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class GB {
             fos = new FileOutputStream(dir + "/" + filename);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
-            return;
+            return false;
         }
 
         ByteBuffer headerbuf = ByteBuffer.allocate(FILE_HEADER_SIZE + INFO_HEADER_SIZE + screenshot.clut.length);
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ public class GB {
             fos.close();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
         }
+        return true;
     }
 }