diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
index b461def82..06d0f0623 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Router do
     get("/statuses/mentions_timeline", TwitterAPI.Controller, :mentions_timeline)
     get("/qvitter/statuses/notifications", TwitterAPI.Controller, :notifications)
 
+    # XXX: this is really a pleroma API, but we want to keep the pleroma namespace clean
+    #      for now.
+    post("/qvitter/statuses/notifications/read", TwitterAPI.Controller, :notifications_read)
+
     post("/statuses/update", TwitterAPI.Controller, :status_update)
     post("/statuses/retweet/:id", TwitterAPI.Controller, :retweet)
     post("/statuses/unretweet/:id", TwitterAPI.Controller, :unretweet)
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
index 83d725f13..727469a66 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
@@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ def notifications(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, params) do
     |> render(NotificationView, "notification.json", %{notifications: notifications, for: user})
   end
 
+  def notifications_read(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, %{"latest_id" => latest_id} = params) do
+    Notification.set_read_up_to(user, latest_id)
+
+    notifications = Notification.for_user(user, params)
+
+    conn
+    |> render(NotificationView, "notification.json", %{notifications: notifications, for: user})
+  end
+
+  def notifications_read(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, _) do
+    bad_request_reply(conn, "You need to specify latest_id")
+  end
+
   def follow(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, params) do
     case TwitterAPI.follow(user, params) do
       {:ok, user, followed, _activity} ->