diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 36c5807e..e6a5c3d4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ executable(
   'ime.c', 'ime.h',
   'input.c', 'input.h',
   'main.c',
+  'notify.c', 'notify.h',
   'quirks.c', 'quirks.h',
   'reaper.c', 'reaper.h',
   'render.c', 'render.h',
diff --git a/notify.c b/notify.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..293344ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notify.c
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#include "notify.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#define LOG_MODULE "notify"
+#define LOG_ENABLE_DBG 0
+#include "log.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "spawn.h"
+#include "xmalloc.h"
+
+void
+notify_notify(const struct terminal *term, const char *title, const char *body)
+{
+    LOG_DBG("notify: title=\"%s\", msg=\"%s\"", title, msg);
+
+    if (title == NULL || body == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    if (term->conf->notify.argv == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    size_t argv_size = 0;
+    for (; term->conf->notify.argv[argv_size] != NULL; argv_size++)
+        ;
+
+#define append(s, n)                                        \
+    do {                                                    \
+        expanded = xrealloc(expanded, len + (n) + 1);       \
+        memcpy(&expanded[len], s, n);                       \
+        len += n;                                           \
+        expanded[len] = '\0';                               \
+    } while (0)
+
+    char **argv = malloc((argv_size + 1) * sizeof(argv[0]));
+
+    /* Expand ${title} and ${body} */
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < argv_size; i++) {
+        size_t len = 0;
+        char *expanded = NULL;
+
+        char *start = NULL;
+        char *last_end = term->conf->notify.argv[i];
+
+        while ((start = strstr(last_end, "${")) != NULL) {
+            /* Append everything from the last template's end to this
+             * one's beginning */
+            append(last_end, start - last_end);
+
+            /* Find end of template */
+            start += 2;
+            char *end = strstr(start, "}");
+
+            if (end == NULL) {
+                /* Ensure final append() copies the unclosed '${' */
+                last_end = start - 2;
+                LOG_WARN("notify: unclosed template: %s", last_end);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            /* Expand template */
+            if (strncmp(start, "title", end - start) == 0)
+                append(title, strlen(title));
+            else if (strncmp(start, "body", end - start) == 0)
+                append(body, strlen(body));
+            else {
+                /* Unrecognized template - append it as-is */
+                start -= 2;
+                append(start, end + 1 - start);
+                LOG_WARN("notify: unrecognized template: %.*s",
+                         (int)(end + 1 - start), start);
+            }
+
+            last_end = end + 1;;
+        }
+
+        append(last_end, term->conf->notify.argv[i] + strlen(term->conf->notify.argv[i]) - last_end);
+        argv[i] = expanded;
+    }
+    argv[argv_size] = NULL;
+
+#undef append
+
+    LOG_DBG("notify command:");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < argv_size; i++)
+        LOG_DBG("  argv[%zu] = \"%s\"", i, argv[i]);
+
+    /* Redirect stdin to /dev/null, but ignore failure to open */
+    int devnull = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+    spawn(term->reaper, NULL, argv, devnull, -1, -1);
+
+    if (devnull >= 0)
+        close(devnull);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < argv_size; i++)
+        free(argv[i]);
+    free(argv);
+}
diff --git a/notify.h b/notify.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce60562f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notify.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "terminal.h"
+
+void notify_notify(
+    const struct terminal *term, const char *title, const char *body);
diff --git a/osc.c b/osc.c
index 27b15686..d24a4603 100644
--- a/osc.c
+++ b/osc.c
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #define LOG_MODULE "osc"
 #define LOG_ENABLE_DBG 0
@@ -14,9 +10,9 @@
 #include "base64.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "grid.h"
+#include "notify.h"
 #include "render.h"
 #include "selection.h"
-#include "spawn.h"
 #include "terminal.h"
 #include "uri.h"
 #include "vt.h"
@@ -408,92 +404,7 @@ osc_notify(struct terminal *term, char *string)
     const char *title = strtok_r(string, ";", &ctx);
     const char *msg = strtok_r(NULL, "\x00", &ctx);
 
-    LOG_DBG("notify: title=\"%s\", msg=\"%s\"", title, msg);
-
-    /* TODO: move everything below to a separate function, to be able
-     * to support multiple escape sequences */
-
-    if (title == NULL || msg == NULL)
-        return;
-
-    if (term->conf->notify.argv == NULL)
-        return;
-
-    size_t argv_size = 0;
-    for (; term->conf->notify.argv[argv_size] != NULL; argv_size++)
-        ;
-
-#define append(s, n)                                        \
-    do {                                                    \
-        expanded = xrealloc(expanded, len + (n) + 1);       \
-        memcpy(&expanded[len], s, n);                       \
-        len += n;                                           \
-        expanded[len] = '\0';                               \
-    } while (0)
-
-    char **argv = malloc((argv_size + 1) * sizeof(argv[0]));
-
-    /* Expand ${title} and ${body} */
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < argv_size; i++) {
-        size_t len = 0;
-        char *expanded = NULL;
-
-        char *start = NULL;
-        char *last_end = term->conf->notify.argv[i];
-
-        while ((start = strstr(last_end, "${")) != NULL) {
-            /* Append everything from the last template's end to this
-             * one's beginning */
-            append(last_end, start - last_end);
-
-            /* Find end of template */
-            start += 2;
-            char *end = strstr(start, "}");
-
-            if (end == NULL) {
-                /* Ensure final append() copies the unclosed '${' */
-                last_end = start - 2;
-                LOG_WARN("notify: unclosed template: %s", last_end);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            /* Expand template */
-            if (strncmp(start, "title", end - start) == 0)
-                append(title, strlen(title));
-            else if (strncmp(start, "body", end - start) == 0)
-                append(msg, strlen(msg));
-            else {
-                /* Unrecognized template - append it as-is */
-                start -= 2;
-                append(start, end + 1 - start);
-                LOG_WARN("notify: unrecognized template: %.*s",
-                         (int)(end + 1 - start), start);
-            }
-
-            last_end = end + 1;;
-        }
-
-        append(last_end, term->conf->notify.argv[i] + strlen(term->conf->notify.argv[i]) - last_end);
-        argv[i] = expanded;
-    }
-    argv[argv_size] = NULL;
-
-#undef append
-
-    LOG_DBG("notify command:");
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < argv_size; i++)
-        LOG_DBG("  argv[%zu] = \"%s\"", i, argv[i]);
-
-    /* Redirect stdin to /dev/null, but ignore failure to open */
-    int devnull = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
-    spawn(term->reaper, NULL, argv, devnull, -1, -1);
-
-    if (devnull >= 0)
-        close(devnull);
-
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < argv_size; i++)
-        free(argv[i]);
-    free(argv);
+    notify_notify(term, title, msg);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/pgo/pgo.c b/pgo/pgo.c
index 0dc08f61..7874cc8d 100644
--- a/pgo/pgo.c
+++ b/pgo/pgo.c
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ void cmd_scrollback_down(struct terminal *term, int rows) {}
 void ime_enable(struct seat *seat) {}
 void ime_disable(struct seat *seat) {}
 
+void
+notify_notify(const struct terminal *term, const char *title, const char *body)
+{
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, const char *const *argv)
 {