diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json
index 0555c2d9a7b2..be609c027cdc 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
   "name": "<%= htmlComponentName %>",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "angular-cli": {
+    "notifications": {
+      "enabled": true,
+      "playSound": false
+    }
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "angular2": "2.0.0-alpha.55",
     "es6-promise": "^3.0.2",
diff --git a/assets/angular.png b/assets/angular.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7929242740ed
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/angular.png differ
diff --git a/lib/broccoli/broccoli-typescript.js b/lib/broccoli/broccoli-typescript.js
index dab2d6dc0958..fdd45adadb1f 100644
--- a/lib/broccoli/broccoli-typescript.js
+++ b/lib/broccoli/broccoli-typescript.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var fse = require('fs-extra');
 var path = require('path');
 var ts = require('typescript');
 var diffing_broccoli_plugin_1 = require('./diffing-broccoli-plugin');
+var notifier = require('node-notifier');
 var FS_OPTS = {
     encoding: 'utf-8'
 };
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ var DiffingTSCompiler = (function () {
         this.tsOpts.outDir = this.cachePath;
         this.tsServiceHost = new CustomLanguageServiceHost(this.tsOpts, this.rootFilePaths, this.fileRegistry, this.inputPath);
         this.tsService = ts.createLanguageService(this.tsServiceHost, ts.createDocumentRegistry());
+        this.config = require(path.resolve(this.cachePath, '..', '..', 'package.json'));
     }
     DiffingTSCompiler.prototype.rebuild = function (treeDiff) {
         var _this = this;
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ var DiffingTSCompiler = (function () {
                 this.previousRunFailed = true;
                 var error = new Error('Typescript found the following errors:\n' + errorMessages.join('\n'));
                 error['showStack'] = false;
+                this.showNotification(errorMessages);
                 throw error;
             }
             else if (this.previousRunFailed) {
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ var DiffingTSCompiler = (function () {
                 this.previousRunFailed = true;
                 var error = new Error('Typescript found the following errors:\n' + errorMessages.join('\n'));
                 error['showStack'] = false;
+                this.showNotification(errorMessages);
                 throw error;
             }
             else {
@@ -186,6 +190,21 @@ var DiffingTSCompiler = (function () {
             fs.unlinkSync(absoluteDtsFilePath);
         }
     };
+
+    DiffingTSCompiler.prototype.showNotification = function (errorMessages) {
+      if (!this.config['angular-cli'].notifications.enabled) {
+        return;
+      }
+      
+      notifier.notify({
+        title: 'Build Errors: ' + errorMessages.length,
+        message: errorMessages.map(function (msg) { return msg.trim(); }).join('\n'),
+        icon: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'assets', 'angular.png'),
+        sound: this.config['angular-cli'].notifications.playSound,
+        wait: false
+      });
+    };
+
     DiffingTSCompiler.includeExtensions = ['.ts'];
     DiffingTSCompiler.excludeExtensions = ['.d.ts'];
     return DiffingTSCompiler;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index acbea66439ed..b92637d6d86e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^0.18.4",
     "leek": "0.0.19",
     "lodash": "^3.10.0",
+    "node-notifier": "^4.4.0",
     "resolve": "^1.0.0",
     "silent-error": "^1.0.0",
     "symlink-or-copy": "^1.0.1",
@@ -59,6 +60,6 @@
     "mocha": "^2.2.5",
     "rewire": "^2.3.4",
     "through": "^2.3.8",
-    "walk-sync": "^0.1.3"
+    "walk-sync": "^0.2.6"
   }
 }