diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
index 00015ae24..acd2464bf 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
@@ -400,7 +400,22 @@ our @options = (
     type        => $types{boolean},
     category    => 'system',
   },
-# PP - Google reCaptcha settings
+  {
+    name        => 'ZM_OPT_USE_EVENTNOTIFICATION',
+    default     => 'no',
+    description => 'Enable 3rd party Event Notification Server',
+    help        => q`
+      zmeventnotification is a 3rd party event notification server
+      that is used to get notifications for alarms detected by ZoneMinder
+      in real time. zmNinja requires this server for push notifications to
+      mobile phones. This option only enables the server if its already installed.
+      Please visit https://github.com/pliablepixels/zmeventserver for installation
+      instructions.
+      `,
+    type        => $types{boolean},
+    category    => 'system',
+  },
+  # Google reCaptcha settings
   {
     name        => 'ZM_OPT_USE_GOOG_RECAPTCHA',
     default     => 'no',
@@ -424,7 +439,6 @@ our @options = (
   },
   {
     name        => 'ZM_OPT_GOOG_RECAPTCHA_SITEKEY',
-    default     => '...Insert your recaptcha site-key here...',
     description => 'Your recaptcha site-key',
     help        => q`You need to generate your keys from
       the Google reCaptcha website.
diff --git a/scripts/zmdc.pl.in b/scripts/zmdc.pl.in
index 7813e7176..18ae27844 100644
--- a/scripts/zmdc.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/zmdc.pl.in
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ my @daemons = (
     'zmtelemetry.pl'
     );
 
+if ($Config{ZM_OPT_USE_EVENTNOTIFICATION}) {
+    push @daemons,'zmeventnotification.pl';
+}
+
 my $command = shift @ARGV;
 if( ! $command ) {
   print( STDERR "No command given\n" );
diff --git a/scripts/zmpkg.pl.in b/scripts/zmpkg.pl.in
index d34b93e71..d772c9944 100644
--- a/scripts/zmpkg.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/zmpkg.pl.in
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ if ( $command =~ /^(?:start|restart)$/ ) {
 
 # This is now started unconditionally
     runCommand('zmdc.pl start zmfilter.pl');
+    
     if ( $Config{ZM_RUN_AUDIT} ) {
       if ( $Server and exists $$Server{'zmaudit'} and ! $$Server{'zmaudit'} ) {
         Debug("Not running zmaudit.pl because it is turned off for this server.");
@@ -256,6 +257,9 @@ if ( $command =~ /^(?:start|restart)$/ ) {
     if ( $Config{ZM_TELEMETRY_DATA} ) {
       runCommand('zmdc.pl start zmtelemetry.pl');
     }
+    if ($Config{ZM_OPT_USE_EVENTNOTIFICATION} ) {
+        runCommand('zmdc.pl start zmeventnotification.pl');
+    }
     if ( $Server and exists $$Server{'zmstats'} and ! $$Server{'zmstats'} ) {
       Debug("Not running zmstats.pl because it is turned off for this server.");
     } else {