diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/NotificationActivator.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/NotificationActivator.java
index 7cd65c3b6..178758e48 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/NotificationActivator.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/NotificationActivator.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import net.java.sip.communicator.util.*;
 
 import org.jitsi.service.audionotifier.*;
+import org.jitsi.service.configuration.*;
 import org.osgi.framework.*;
 
 /**
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ public class NotificationActivator
     private PopupMessageNotificationHandler popupMessageHandler;
     private SoundNotificationHandler soundHandler;
 
+    /**
+     * The <tt>ConfigurationService</tt> registered in {@link #bundleContext}
+     * and used by the <tt>NotificationActivator</tt> instance to read and write
+     * configuration properties.
+     */
+    private static ConfigurationService configurationService;
+
     public void start(BundleContext bc) throws Exception
     {
         bundleContext = bc;
@@ -145,4 +153,23 @@ public static UIService getUIService()
             uiService = ServiceUtils.getService(bundleContext, UIService.class);
         return uiService;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a reference to a ConfigurationService implementation currently
+     * registered in the bundle context or null if no such implementation was
+     * found.
+     *
+     * @return a currently valid implementation of the ConfigurationService.
+     */
+    public static ConfigurationService getConfigurationService()
+    {
+        if (configurationService == null)
+        {
+            configurationService
+                = ServiceUtils.getService(
+                        bundleContext,
+                        ConfigurationService.class);
+        }
+        return configurationService;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/SoundNotificationHandlerImpl.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/SoundNotificationHandlerImpl.java
index b12d7dec0..cb1e48ea9 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/SoundNotificationHandlerImpl.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/SoundNotificationHandlerImpl.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import net.java.sip.communicator.service.notification.*;
 
 import org.jitsi.service.audionotifier.*;
+import org.jitsi.service.configuration.*;
 import org.jitsi.util.*;
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@ public class SoundNotificationHandlerImpl
     private Map<SCAudioClip, NotificationData> playedClips
         = new WeakHashMap<SCAudioClip, NotificationData>();
 
+    /**
+     * Property to disable sound notification during an on-going call.
+     */
+    private static final String PROP_DISABLE_NOTIFICATION_DURING_CALL =
+    "net.java.sip.communicator.impl.notification.disableNotificationDuringCall";
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
@@ -81,7 +88,13 @@ private void play(
         // when playing notification in the call, can break the call and
         // no further communicating can be done after the notification.
         // So we skip playing notification if we have a call running
-        if(SCAudioClipDevice.PLAYBACK.equals(device))
+        ConfigurationService cfg
+            = NotificationActivator.getConfigurationService();
+        if(cfg != null
+                && cfg.getBoolean(
+                    PROP_DISABLE_NOTIFICATION_DURING_CALL,
+                    false)
+                && SCAudioClipDevice.PLAYBACK.equals(device))
         {
             UIService uiService = NotificationActivator.getUIService();