diff --git a/InvenTree/common/models.py b/InvenTree/common/models.py
index 559a8dc003..bc1463ca00 100644
--- a/InvenTree/common/models.py
+++ b/InvenTree/common/models.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os
 import decimal
 import math
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from django.db import models, transaction
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group
@@ -1257,3 +1258,32 @@ class NotificationEntry(models.Model):
         auto_now=True,
         null=False,
     )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def check_recent(cls, key: str, uid: int, delta: timedelta):
+        """
+        Test if a particular notification has been sent in the specified time period
+        """
+
+        since = datetime.now().date() - delta
+
+        entries = cls.objects.filter(
+            key=key,
+            uid=uid,
+            updated__gte=since
+        )
+
+        return entries.exists()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def notify(cls, key: str, uid: int):
+        """
+        Notify the database that a particular notification has been sent out
+        """
+
+        entry, created = cls.objects.get_or_create(
+            key=key,
+            uid=uid
+        )
+
+        entry.save()
diff --git a/InvenTree/common/tests.py b/InvenTree/common/tests.py
index d20f76baa0..63023da5cb 100644
--- a/InvenTree/common/tests.py
+++ b/InvenTree/common/tests.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from datetime import timedelta
+
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
 from .models import InvenTreeSetting
+from .models import NotificationEntry
 
 
 class SettingsTest(TestCase):
@@ -85,3 +88,25 @@ class SettingsTest(TestCase):
 
                 if setting.default_value not in [True, False]:
                     raise ValueError(f'Non-boolean default value specified for {key}')
+
+
+class NotificationTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_check_notification_entries(self):
+
+        # Create some notification entries
+
+        self.assertEqual(NotificationEntry.objects.count(), 0)
+
+        NotificationEntry.notify('test.notification', 1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(NotificationEntry.objects.count(), 1)
+
+        delta = timedelta(days=1)
+
+        self.assertFalse(NotificationEntry.check_recent('test.notification', 2, delta))
+        self.assertFalse(NotificationEntry.check_recent('test.notification2', 1, delta))
+
+        self.assertTrue(NotificationEntry.check_recent('test.notification', 1, delta))
+
+
diff --git a/InvenTree/users/models.py b/InvenTree/users/models.py
index a7016cbf96..4d1b46ae5d 100644
--- a/InvenTree/users/models.py
+++ b/InvenTree/users/models.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ class RuleSet(models.Model):
         'common_colortheme',
         'common_inventreesetting',
         'common_inventreeusersetting',
+        'common_notificationentry',
         'company_contact',
         'users_owner',