diff --git a/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/BackgroundJob.php b/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/BackgroundJob.php
index 3a89f3813e..e455a1642f 100644
--- a/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/BackgroundJob.php
+++ b/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/BackgroundJob.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IGroup;
 use OCP\IGroupManager;
+use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\Notification\IManager;
 
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 	/** @var IClientService */
 	protected $client;
 
+	/** @var IURLGenerator */
+	protected $urlGenerator;
+
 	/** @var IUser[] */
 	protected $users;
 
@@ -61,8 +65,9 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 	 * @param IGroupManager $groupManager
 	 * @param IAppManager $appManager
 	 * @param IClientService $client
+	 * @param IURLGenerator $urlGenerator
 	 */
-	public function __construct(IConfig $config, IManager $notificationManager, IGroupManager $groupManager, IAppManager $appManager, IClientService $client) {
+	public function __construct(IConfig $config, IManager $notificationManager, IGroupManager $groupManager, IAppManager $appManager, IClientService $client, IURLGenerator $urlGenerator) {
 		// Run once a day
 		$this->setInterval(60 * 60 * 24);
 
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 		$this->groupManager = $groupManager;
 		$this->appManager = $appManager;
 		$this->client = $client;
+		$this->urlGenerator = $urlGenerator;
 	}
 
 	protected function run($argument) {
@@ -91,7 +97,8 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 
 		$status = $updater->check();
 		if (isset($status['version'])) {
-			$this->createNotifications('core', $status['version']);
+			$url = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute('settings_admin') . '#updater';
+			$this->createNotifications('core', $status['version'], $url);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -103,7 +110,8 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 		foreach ($apps as $app) {
 			$update = $this->isUpdateAvailable($app);
 			if ($update !== false) {
-				$this->createNotifications($app, $update);
+				$url = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute('settings.AppSettings.viewApps') . '#app-' . $app;
+				$this->createNotifications($app, $update, $url);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -113,8 +121,9 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 	 *
 	 * @param string $app
 	 * @param string $version
+	 * @param string $url
 	 */
-	protected function createNotifications($app, $version) {
+	protected function createNotifications($app, $version, $url) {
 		$lastNotification = $this->config->getAppValue('updatenotification', $app, false);
 		if ($lastNotification === $version) {
 			// We already notified about this update
@@ -129,7 +138,8 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 		$notification->setApp('updatenotification')
 			->setDateTime(new \DateTime())
 			->setObject($app, $version)
-			->setSubject('update_available');
+			->setSubject('update_available')
+			->setLink($url);
 
 		foreach ($this->getUsersToNotify() as $uid) {
 			$notification->setUser($uid);
diff --git a/apps/updatenotification/tests/Notification/BackgroundJobTest.php b/apps/updatenotification/tests/Notification/BackgroundJobTest.php
index 9b920ec4ce..d1076e10be 100644
--- a/apps/updatenotification/tests/Notification/BackgroundJobTest.php
+++ b/apps/updatenotification/tests/Notification/BackgroundJobTest.php
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@
 namespace OCA\UpdateNotification\Tests\Notification;
 
 
-use OC\Installer;
-use OC\Updater\VersionCheck;
 use OCA\UpdateNotification\Notification\BackgroundJob;
 use OCP\App\IAppManager;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
 use OCP\IConfig;
-use OCP\IGroup;
 use OCP\IGroupManager;
+use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\Notification\IManager;
 use Test\TestCase;
@@ -46,6 +44,8 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 	protected $appManager;
 	/** @var IClientService|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
 	protected $client;
+	/** @var IURLGenerator|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
+	protected $urlGenerator;
 
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 		$this->groupManager = $this->getMock('OCP\IGroupManager');
 		$this->appManager = $this->getMock('OCP\App\IAppManager');
 		$this->client = $this->getMock('OCP\Http\Client\IClientService');
+		$this->urlGenerator = $this->getMock('OCP\IURLGenerator');
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 				$this->notificationManager,
 				$this->groupManager,
 				$this->appManager,
-				$this->client
+				$this->client,
+				$this->urlGenerator
 			);
 		} {
 			return $this->getMockBuilder('OCA\UpdateNotification\Notification\BackgroundJob')
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 					$this->groupManager,
 					$this->appManager,
 					$this->client,
+					$this->urlGenerator,
 				])
 				->setMethods($methods)
 				->getMock();
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 		$job->expects($this->once())
 			->method('getChannel')
 			->willReturn($channel);
-		
+
 		if ($versionCheck === null) {
 			$job->expects($this->never())
 				->method('createVersionCheck');
@@ -152,12 +155,20 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 		}
 
 		if ($notification === null) {
+			$this->urlGenerator->expects($this->never())
+				->method('linkToRouteAbsolute');
+
 			$job->expects($this->never())
 				->method('createNotifications');
 		} else {
+			$this->urlGenerator->expects($this->once())
+				->method('linkToRouteAbsolute')
+				->with('settings_admin')
+				->willReturn('admin-url');
+
 			$job->expects($this->once())
 				->method('createNotifications')
-				->willReturn('core', $notification);
+				->willReturn('core', $notification, 'admin-url#updater');
 		}
 
 		$this->invokePrivate($job, 'checkCoreUpdate');
@@ -172,7 +183,7 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 					['app2', '1.9.2'],
 				],
 				[
-					['app2', '1.9.2'],
+					['app2', '1.9.2', 'apps-url#app-app2'],
 				],
 			],
 		];
@@ -199,6 +210,11 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 			->method('isUpdateAvailable')
 			->willReturnMap($isUpdateAvailable);
 
+		$this->urlGenerator->expects($this->exactly(sizeof($notifications)))
+			->method('linkToRouteAbsolute')
+			->with('settings.AppSettings.viewApps')
+			->willReturn('apps-url');
+
 		$mockedMethod = $job->expects($this->exactly(sizeof($notifications)))
 			->method('createNotifications');
 		call_user_func_array([$mockedMethod, 'withConsecutive'], $notifications);
@@ -208,9 +224,9 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 
 	public function dataCreateNotifications() {
 		return [
-			['app1', '1.0.0', '1.0.0', false, false, null, null],
-			['app2', '1.0.1', '1.0.0', '1.0.0', true, ['user1'], [['user1']]],
-			['app3', '1.0.1', false, false, true, ['user2', 'user3'], [['user2'], ['user3']]],
+			['app1', '1.0.0', 'link1', '1.0.0', false, false, null, null],
+			['app2', '1.0.1', 'link2', '1.0.0', '1.0.0', true, ['user1'], [['user1']]],
+			['app3', '1.0.1', 'link3', false, false, true, ['user2', 'user3'], [['user2'], ['user3']]],
 		];
 	}
 
@@ -219,13 +235,14 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 	 *
 	 * @param string $app
 	 * @param string $version
+	 * @param string $url
 	 * @param string|false $lastNotification
 	 * @param string|false $callDelete
 	 * @param bool $createNotification
 	 * @param string[]|null $users
 	 * @param array|null $userNotifications
 	 */
-	public function testCreateNotifications($app, $version, $lastNotification, $callDelete, $createNotification, $users, $userNotifications) {
+	public function testCreateNotifications($app, $version, $url, $lastNotification, $callDelete, $createNotification, $users, $userNotifications) {
 		$job = $this->getJob([
 			'deleteOutdatedNotifications',
 			'getUsersToNotify',
@@ -277,6 +294,10 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 				->method('setSubject')
 				->with('update_available')
 				->willReturnSelf();
+			$notification->expects($this->once())
+				->method('setLink')
+				->with($url)
+				->willReturnSelf();
 
 			if ($userNotifications !== null) {
 				$mockedMethod = $notification->expects($this->exactly(sizeof($userNotifications)))
@@ -297,7 +318,7 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 				->method('createNotification');
 		}
 
-		$this->invokePrivate($job, 'createNotifications', [$app, $version]);
+		$this->invokePrivate($job, 'createNotifications', [$app, $version, $url]);
 	}
 
 	public function dataGetUsersToNotify() {