diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.js b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.js
index a871605f7..e619fcee8 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.js
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ const publishNotifications = async (context, promises) => {
   })
 }
 
+
+const handleJoinGroup = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
+  const { groupId } = args
+  const user = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
+  if (user) {
+    await publishNotifications(
+      context,
+      [notifyOwnersOfGroup(groupId, 'user_joined_group', context)]
+    )
+  }
+  return user
+}
+
 const handleContentDataOfPost = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
   const idsOfUsers = extractMentionedUsers(args.content)
   const post = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
@@ -94,6 +107,36 @@ const postAuthorOfComment = async (commentId, { context }) => {
   }
 }
 
+const notifyOwnersOfGroup = async (groupId, reason, context) => {
+  const cypher = `
+    MATCH (group:Group { id: $groupId })<-[membership:MEMBER_OF]-(owner:User)
+    WHERE membership.role = 'owner'
+    WITH owner, group
+    MERGE (group)-[notification:NOTIFIED {reason: $reason}]->(owner)
+    WITH group, owner, notification
+    SET notification.read = FALSE
+    SET notification.createdAt = COALESCE(notification.createdAt, toString(datetime()))
+    SET notification.updatedAt = toString(datetime())
+    RETURN notification {.*, from: group, to: properties(owner)}
+  `
+  const session = context.driver.session()
+  const writeTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (transaction) => {
+    const notificationTransactionResponse = await transaction.run(cypher, {
+      groupId,
+      reason,
+    })
+    return notificationTransactionResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('notification'))
+  })
+  try {
+    const notifications = await writeTxResultPromise
+    return notifications
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(error)    
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
 const notifyUsersOfMention = async (label, id, idsOfUsers, reason, context) => {
   if (!(idsOfUsers && idsOfUsers.length)) return []
   await validateNotifyUsers(label, reason)
@@ -188,5 +231,6 @@ export default {
     UpdatePost: handleContentDataOfPost,
     CreateComment: handleContentDataOfComment,
     UpdateComment: handleContentDataOfComment,
+    JoinGroup: handleJoinGroup,
   },
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.spec.js b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.spec.js
index a8a5d396b..42ff5a0c6 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ import { cleanDatabase } from '../../db/factories'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
 import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
 import createServer, { pubsub } from '../../server'
+import {
+  createGroupMutation,
+  joinGroupMutation,
+  leaveGroupMutation,
+  changeGroupMemberRoleMutation,
+  removeUserFromGroupMutation,
+} from '../../graphql/groups'
+
 
 let server, query, mutate, notifiedUser, authenticatedUser
 let publishSpy
@@ -102,6 +110,9 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
             id
             content
           }
+          ... on Group {
+            id
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -616,4 +627,72 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  describe('group notifications', () => {
+    let groupOwner
+    let group
+    
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      groupOwner = await neode.create(
+        'User',
+        {
+          id: 'group-owner',
+          name: 'Group Owner',
+          slug: 'group-owner',
+        },
+        {
+          email: 'owner@example.org',
+          password: '1234',
+        },
+      )
+      authenticatedUser = await groupOwner.toJson()
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createGroupMutation(),
+        variables: {
+          id: 'closed-group',
+          name: 'The Closed Group',
+          about: 'Will test the closed group!',
+          description: 'Some description' + Array(50).join('_'),
+          groupType: 'public',
+          actionRadius: 'regional',
+          categoryIds,
+        },
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('user joins group', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
+          variables: {
+            groupId: 'closed-group',
+            userId: authenticatedUser.id,
+          },
+        })
+        authenticatedUser = await groupOwner.toJson()
+      })
+
+      it('works', async () => {
+        await expect(query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        })).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          data: {
+            notifications: [
+              {
+                read: false,
+                reason: 'user_joined_group',
+                createdAt: expect.any(String),
+                from: {
+                  __typename: 'Group',
+                  id: 'closed-group',
+                }
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          errors: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/types/enum/ReasonNotification.gql b/backend/src/schema/types/enum/ReasonNotification.gql
index e870e01dc..e5a348398 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/types/enum/ReasonNotification.gql
+++ b/backend/src/schema/types/enum/ReasonNotification.gql
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ enum ReasonNotification {
   mentioned_in_post
   mentioned_in_comment
   commented_on_post
+  user_joined_group
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/types/type/NOTIFIED.gql b/backend/src/schema/types/type/NOTIFIED.gql
index 864cdea4d..ea02ee87e 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/types/type/NOTIFIED.gql
+++ b/backend/src/schema/types/type/NOTIFIED.gql
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ type NOTIFIED {
   reason: NotificationReason
 }
 
-union NotificationSource = Post | Comment
+union NotificationSource = Post | Comment | Group
 
 enum NotificationOrdering {
   createdAt_asc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ enum NotificationReason {
   mentioned_in_post
   mentioned_in_comment
   commented_on_post
+  user_joined_group
 }
 
 type Query {