diff --git a/config.pl-dist b/config.pl-dist
index 1a546dd..9b7e5a9 100644
--- a/config.pl-dist
+++ b/config.pl-dist
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ $notify = {
         'push_paused'         => 0,
         'push_resumed'        => 0,
         'webhook_url'         => 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', #webhook url
-        'channel'             => '', # '@myuser', '#notifications', etc. '' uses default channel configured in the Slack webhook
+        'channel'             => '', # '@myuser', '#notifications', etc. ('' uses default channel configured in the Slack webhook)
+        'username'            => '', # username to send notifications as ('' uses default configured in Slack webhook)
         'message'             => '{user}',
     },
 
diff --git a/config.pl-dist-win32 b/config.pl-dist-win32
index a019f6d..f9e288c 100644
--- a/config.pl-dist-win32
+++ b/config.pl-dist-win32
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ $notify = {
         'push_paused'         => 0,
         'push_resumed'        => 0,
         'webhook_url'         => 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', #webhook url
-        'channel'             => '', # '@myuser', '#notifications', etc. '' uses default channel configured in the Slack webhook
+        'channel'             => '', # '@myuser', '#notifications', etc. ('' uses default channel configured in the Slack webhook)
+        'username'            => '', # username to send notifications as ('' uses default configured in Slack webhook)
         'message'             => '{user}',
     },
 
diff --git a/plexWatch.pl b/plexWatch.pl
index dd5e349..0f3776b 100755
--- a/plexWatch.pl
+++ b/plexWatch.pl
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@ ()
 
     my $channel = $sk{'channel'};
     if ($options{'slack_channel'}) { $channel = $options{'slack_channel'}; }
-    my %post = ('text' => $sk{'message'}, 'channel' => $channel);
+    my %post = ('text' => $sk{'message'}, 'channel' => $channel, 'username' => $sk{'username'});
     my $json = encode_json \%post;
     my $url = $sk{'webhook_url'};