diff --git a/framework/core/src/Notification/Blueprint/AbstractBlueprint.php b/framework/core/src/Notification/Blueprint/AbstractBlueprint.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23eb893d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/src/Notification/Blueprint/AbstractBlueprint.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Flarum.
+ *
+ * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
+ * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Flarum\Notification\Blueprint;
+
+abstract class AbstractBlueprint implements BlueprintInterface
+{
+    public function getAttributes(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'type' => static::getType(),
+            'from_user_id' => ($fromUser = $this->getFromUser()) ? $fromUser->id : null,
+            'subject_id' => ($subject = $this->getSubject()) ? $subject->getKey() : null,
+            'data' => ($data = $this->getData()) ? json_encode($data) : null
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Notification/Blueprint/BlueprintInterface.php b/framework/core/src/Notification/Blueprint/BlueprintInterface.php
index 68b1d8553..38f5ed060 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Notification/Blueprint/BlueprintInterface.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Notification/Blueprint/BlueprintInterface.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 namespace Flarum\Notification\Blueprint;
 
+use Flarum\Database\AbstractModel;
+use Flarum\User\User;
+
 /**
  * A notification BlueprintInterface, when instantiated, represents a notification about
  * something. The blueprint is used by the NotificationSyncer to commit the
@@ -19,14 +22,14 @@ interface BlueprintInterface
     /**
      * Get the user that sent the notification.
      *
-     * @return \Flarum\User\User|null
+     * @return User|null
      */
     public function getFromUser();
 
     /**
      * Get the model that is the subject of this activity.
      *
-     * @return \Flarum\Database\AbstractModel|null
+     * @return AbstractModel|null
      */
     public function getSubject();
 
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Notification/Event/Notifying.php b/framework/core/src/Notification/Event/Notifying.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fb3ad5b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/src/Notification/Event/Notifying.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Flarum.
+ *
+ * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
+ * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Flarum\Notification\Event;
+
+use Flarum\Notification\Blueprint\BlueprintInterface;
+
+class Notifying
+{
+    /**
+     * The blueprint for the notification.
+     *
+     * @var BlueprintInterface
+     */
+    public $blueprint;
+
+    /**
+     * The users that the notification will be sent to.
+     *
+     * @var array|int[]
+     */
+    public $users;
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Flarum\Notification\Blueprint\BlueprintInterface $blueprint
+     * @param \Flarum\User\User[] $users
+     */
+    public function __construct(BlueprintInterface $blueprint, array &$users)
+    {
+        $this->blueprint = $blueprint;
+        $this->users = &$users;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Notification/Event/Sending.php b/framework/core/src/Notification/Event/Sending.php
index 4484cddc2..de2e1ca6e 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Notification/Event/Sending.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Notification/Event/Sending.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Sending
     /**
      * The users that the notification will be sent to.
      *
-     * @var array
+     * @var array|int[]
      */
     public $users;
 
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Notification/Job/SendNotificationsJob.php b/framework/core/src/Notification/Job/SendNotificationsJob.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1d329e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/src/Notification/Job/SendNotificationsJob.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Flarum.
+ *
+ * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
+ * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Flarum\Notification\Job;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Flarum\Notification\Blueprint\BlueprintInterface;
+use Flarum\Notification\Event\Notifying;
+use Flarum\Notification\Event\Sending;
+use Flarum\Notification\MailableInterface;
+use Flarum\Notification\Notification;
+use Flarum\Notification\NotificationMailer;
+use Flarum\Queue\AbstractJob;
+use Flarum\User\User;
+
+class SendNotificationsJob extends AbstractJob
+{
+    /**
+     * @var BlueprintInterface
+     */
+    private $blueprint;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $recipientIds;
+
+    public function __construct(BlueprintInterface $blueprint, array $recipientIds = [])
+    {
+        $this->blueprint = $blueprint;
+        $this->recipientIds = $recipientIds;
+    }
+
+    public function handle(NotificationMailer $mailer)
+    {
+        $now = Carbon::now('utc')->toDateTimeString();
+        $recipients = $this->recipientIds;
+
+        event(new Sending($this->blueprint, $recipients));
+
+        $attributes = $this->blueprint->getAttributes();
+
+        Notification::insert(
+            array_map(function (User $user) use ($attributes, $now) {
+                return $attributes + [
+                    'user_id' => $user->id,
+                    'created_at' => $now
+                ];
+            }, $recipients)
+        );
+
+        event(new Notifying($this->blueprint, $recipients));
+
+        if ($this->blueprint instanceof MailableInterface) {
+            $this->email($mailer, $this->blueprint, $recipients);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function email(NotificationMailer $mailer, MailableInterface $blueprint, array $recipients)
+    {
+        foreach ($recipients as $user) {
+            if ($user->shouldEmail($blueprint::getType())) {
+                $mailer->send($blueprint, $user);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Notification/NotificationSyncer.php b/framework/core/src/Notification/NotificationSyncer.php
index 12a987fec..5fd2ead77 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Notification/NotificationSyncer.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Notification/NotificationSyncer.php
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
 namespace Flarum\Notification;
 
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Flarum\Notification\Blueprint\BlueprintInterface;
-use Flarum\Notification\Event\Sending;
+use Flarum\Notification\Job\SendNotificationsJob;
 use Flarum\User\User;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Queue;
 
 /**
  * The Notification Syncer commits notification blueprints to the database, and
@@ -42,20 +42,16 @@ class NotificationSyncer
     protected $notifications;
 
     /**
-     * @var NotificationMailer
+     * @var Queue
      */
-    protected $mailer;
+    protected $queue;
 
-    /**
-     * @param NotificationRepository $notifications
-     * @param NotificationMailer $mailer
-     */
     public function __construct(
         NotificationRepository $notifications,
-        NotificationMailer $mailer
+        Queue $queue
     ) {
         $this->notifications = $notifications;
-        $this->mailer = $mailer;
+        $this->queue = $queue;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ class NotificationSyncer
      */
     public function sync(Blueprint\BlueprintInterface $blueprint, array $users)
     {
-        $attributes = $this->getAttributes($blueprint);
+        $attributes = $blueprint->getAttributes();
 
         // Find all existing notification records in the database matching this
         // blueprint. We will begin by assuming that they all need to be
@@ -87,7 +83,7 @@ class NotificationSyncer
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $existing = $toDelete->first(function ($notification, $i) use ($user) {
+            $existing = $toDelete->first(function ($notification) use ($user) {
                 return $notification->user_id === $user->id;
             });
 
@@ -115,7 +111,7 @@ class NotificationSyncer
         // receiving this notification for the first time (we know because they
         // didn't have a record in the database).
         if (count($newRecipients)) {
-            $this->sendNotifications($blueprint, $newRecipients);
+            $this->queue->push(new SendNotificationsJob($blueprint, $newRecipients));
         }
     }
 
@@ -127,7 +123,7 @@ class NotificationSyncer
      */
     public function delete(BlueprintInterface $blueprint)
     {
-        Notification::where($this->getAttributes($blueprint))->update(['is_deleted' => true]);
+        Notification::where($blueprint->getAttributes())->update(['is_deleted' => true]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@ class NotificationSyncer
      */
     public function restore(BlueprintInterface $blueprint)
     {
-        Notification::where($this->getAttributes($blueprint))->update(['is_deleted' => false]);
+        Notification::where($blueprint->getAttributes())->update(['is_deleted' => false]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -158,50 +154,6 @@ class NotificationSyncer
         static::$onePerUser = false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Create a notification record and send an email (depending on user
-     * preference) from a blueprint to a list of recipients.
-     *
-     * @param \Flarum\Notification\Blueprint\BlueprintInterface $blueprint
-     * @param User[] $recipients
-     */
-    protected function sendNotifications(Blueprint\BlueprintInterface $blueprint, array $recipients)
-    {
-        $now = Carbon::now('utc')->toDateTimeString();
-
-        event(new Sending($blueprint, $recipients));
-
-        $attributes = $this->getAttributes($blueprint);
-
-        Notification::insert(
-            array_map(function (User $user) use ($attributes, $now) {
-                return $attributes + [
-                    'user_id' => $user->id,
-                    'created_at' => $now
-                ];
-            }, $recipients)
-        );
-
-        if ($blueprint instanceof MailableInterface) {
-            $this->mailNotifications($blueprint, $recipients);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Mail a notification to a list of users.
-     *
-     * @param MailableInterface $blueprint
-     * @param User[] $recipients
-     */
-    protected function mailNotifications(MailableInterface $blueprint, array $recipients)
-    {
-        foreach ($recipients as $user) {
-            if ($user->shouldEmail($blueprint::getType())) {
-                $this->mailer->send($blueprint, $user);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Set the deleted status of a list of notification records.
      *
@@ -212,21 +164,4 @@ class NotificationSyncer
     {
         Notification::whereIn('id', $ids)->update(['is_deleted' => $isDeleted]);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Construct an array of attributes to be stored in a notification record in
-     * the database, given a notification blueprint.
-     *
-     * @param \Flarum\Notification\Blueprint\BlueprintInterface $blueprint
-     * @return array
-     */
-    protected function getAttributes(Blueprint\BlueprintInterface $blueprint)
-    {
-        return [
-            'type' => $blueprint::getType(),
-            'from_user_id' => ($fromUser = $blueprint->getFromUser()) ? $fromUser->id : null,
-            'subject_id' => ($subject = $blueprint->getSubject()) ? $subject->id : null,
-            'data' => ($data = $blueprint->getData()) ? json_encode($data) : null
-        ];
-    }
 }
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Queue/AbstractJob.php b/framework/core/src/Queue/AbstractJob.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ec8235a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/src/Queue/AbstractJob.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Flarum.
+ *
+ * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
+ * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Flarum\Queue;
+
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+
+class AbstractJob implements ShouldQueue
+{
+    use InteractsWithQueue;
+    use Queueable;
+    use SerializesModels;
+}