diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb
index b3fc4e561..4676f60de 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Api::V1::AccountsController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def mute
-    MuteService.new.call(current_user.account, @account)
+    MuteService.new.call(current_user.account, @account, notifications: params[:notifications])
     render json: @account, serializer: REST::RelationshipSerializer, relationships: relationships
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller_spec.rb
index c770649ec..053c53e5a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -137,6 +137,35 @@ RSpec.describe Api::V1::AccountsController, type: :controller do
     it 'creates a muting relation' do
       expect(user.account.muting?(other_account)).to be true
     end
+
+    it 'mutes notifications' do
+      expect(user.account.muting_notifications?(other_account)).to be true
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'POST #mute with notifications set to false' do
+    let(:other_account) { Fabricate(:user, email: 'bob@example.com', account: Fabricate(:account, username: 'bob')).account }
+
+    before do
+      user.account.follow!(other_account)
+      post :mute, params: {id: other_account.id, notifications: false }
+    end
+
+    it 'returns http success' do
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+    end
+
+    it 'does not remove the following relation between user and target user' do
+      expect(user.account.following?(other_account)).to be true
+    end
+
+    it 'creates a muting relation' do
+      expect(user.account.muting?(other_account)).to be true
+    end
+
+    it 'does not mute notifications' do
+      expect(user.account.muting_notifications?(other_account)).to be false
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'POST #unmute' do