diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 64f129a..1316245 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "image attachments for successful builds",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_SUCCESS_IMAGE_ATTACHMENTS",
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:   "success_skip_user_notify",
+			Usage:  "skip notifying user for successful builds",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_SUCCESS_SKIP_USER_NOTIFY",
+		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "failure_username",
 			Usage:  "username for failed builds",
@@ -78,6 +83,11 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "image attachments for failed builds",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_FAILURE_IMAGE_ATTACHMENTS",
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:   "failure_skip_user_notify",
+			Usage:  "skip notifying user for failed builds",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_FAILURE_SKIP_USER_NOTIFY",
+		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "repo.fullname",
 			Usage:  "repository full name",
@@ -220,12 +230,14 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 				Icon:             c.String("success_icon"),
 				Template:         c.String("success_template"),
 				ImageAttachments: c.StringSlice("success_image_attachments"),
+				SkipUserNotify:   c.Bool("success_skip_user_notify"),
 			},
 			Failure: MessageOptions{
 				Username:         c.String("failure_username"),
 				Icon:             c.String("failure_icon"),
 				Template:         c.String("failure_template"),
 				ImageAttachments: c.StringSlice("failure_image_attachments"),
+				SkipUserNotify:   c.Bool("failure_skip_user_notify"),
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index 0f75514..6208d3f 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type (
 	MessageOptions struct {
 		Icon             string
 		Username         string
+		SkipUserNotify   bool
 		Template         string
 		ImageAttachments []string
 	}
@@ -95,8 +96,15 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 	// get the associated @ string
 	messageOptions := p.createMessage()
 	var userAt string
+	var skipUserNotify bool
 
-	if p.User != nil {
+	if p.Build.Status == "success" {
+		skipUserNotify = p.Config.Success.SkipUserNotify
+	} else {
+		skipUserNotify = p.Config.Failure.SkipUserNotify
+	}
+
+	if p.User != nil && !skipUserNotify {
 		userAt = fmt.Sprintf("@%s", p.User.Name)
 
 		_, _, err := api.PostMessage(userAt, messageOptions)
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 				"username": p.User.Name,
 			}).Error("Could not notify user")
 		}
-	} else {
+	} else if p.User == nil {
 		userAt = p.Build.Author
 		logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 			"author": userAt,