diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/settings.html b/data/interfaces/default/settings.html
index e8805bc6..35d4df4f 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/settings.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/settings.html
@@ -713,6 +713,13 @@ available_notification_agents = sorted(notifiers.available_notification_agents()
                             </label>
                         </div>
 
+                        <div class="checkbox" style="padding-top: 15px;">
+                            <label>
+                                <input type="checkbox" name="notify_upload_posters" id="notify_upload_posters" value="1" ${config['notify_upload_posters']}> Enable Posters in Notifications
+                            </label>
+                            <p class="help-block">Allow PlexPy to upload Plex poster to Imgur for notifications.</p>
+                        </div>
+
                         <div class="padded-header">
                             <h3>Current Activity Notifications</h3>
                         </div>
diff --git a/plexpy/config.py b/plexpy/config.py
index 53e6eed3..dd4a8586 100644
--- a/plexpy/config.py
+++ b/plexpy/config.py
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'NMA_ON_EXTUP': (int, 'NMA', 0),
     'NMA_ON_INTUP': (int, 'NMA', 0),
     'NOTIFY_CONSECUTIVE': (int, 'Monitoring', 1),
+    'NOTIFY_UPLOAD_POSTERS': (int, 'Monitoring', 0),
     'NOTIFY_RECENTLY_ADDED': (int, 'Monitoring', 0),
     'NOTIFY_RECENTLY_ADDED_GRANDPARENT': (int, 'Monitoring', 0),
     'NOTIFY_RECENTLY_ADDED_DELAY': (int, 'Monitoring', 60),
diff --git a/plexpy/notification_handler.py b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
index b9a00028..cf5a15df 100644
--- a/plexpy/notification_handler.py
+++ b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ def build_notify_text(session=None, timeline=None, notify_action=None):
         poster_url = data_factory.get_poster_url(rating_key=poster_key)
 
         # If no previous poster_url
-        if not poster_url:
+        if not poster_url and plexpy.CONFIG.NOTIFY_UPLOAD_POSTERS:
             # Retrieve the poster from Plex and cache to file
             urllib.urlretrieve(plexpy.CONFIG.PMS_URL + thumb + '?X-Plex-Token=' + plexpy.CONFIG.PMS_TOKEN,
                                os.path.join(plexpy.CONFIG.CACHE_DIR, 'cache-poster.jpg'))
diff --git a/plexpy/webserve.py b/plexpy/webserve.py
index d077777f..d50dcf5a 100644
--- a/plexpy/webserve.py
+++ b/plexpy/webserve.py
@@ -1192,6 +1192,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "logging_ignore_interval": plexpy.CONFIG.LOGGING_IGNORE_INTERVAL,
             "pms_is_remote": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.PMS_IS_REMOTE),
             "notify_consecutive": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.NOTIFY_CONSECUTIVE),
+            "notify_upload_posters": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.NOTIFY_UPLOAD_POSTERS),
             "notify_recently_added": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.NOTIFY_RECENTLY_ADDED),
             "notify_recently_added_grandparent": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.NOTIFY_RECENTLY_ADDED_GRANDPARENT),
             "notify_recently_added_delay": plexpy.CONFIG.NOTIFY_RECENTLY_ADDED_DELAY,
@@ -1244,7 +1245,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "tv_notify_on_pause", "movie_notify_on_pause", "music_notify_on_pause",
             "refresh_libraries_on_startup", "refresh_users_on_startup",
             "ip_logging_enable", "movie_logging_enable", "tv_logging_enable", "music_logging_enable",
-            "pms_is_remote", "home_stats_type", "group_history_tables", "notify_consecutive",
+            "pms_is_remote", "home_stats_type", "group_history_tables", "notify_consecutive", "notify_upload_posters",
             "notify_recently_added", "notify_recently_added_grandparent", "monitor_remote_access", "get_file_sizes"
         ]
         for checked_config in checked_configs: