diff --git a/public/language/en_GB/notifications.json b/public/language/en_GB/notifications.json
index a02cada4a6..07ec757374 100644
--- a/public/language/en_GB/notifications.json
+++ b/public/language/en_GB/notifications.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	"user_started_following_you_dual": "<strong>%1</strong> and <strong>%2</strong> started following you.",
 	"user_started_following_you_multiple": "<strong>%1</strong> and %2 others started following you.",
 	"new_register": "<strong>%1</strong> sent a registration request.",
+	"new_register_multiple": "There are <strong>%1</strong> registration requests awaiting review.",
 
 	"email-confirmed": "Email Confirmed",
 	"email-confirmed-message": "Thank you for validating your email. Your account is now fully activated.",
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 2351319413..1776103031 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -395,7 +395,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				'notifications:upvoted_your_post_in',
 				'notifications:user_started_following_you',
 				'notifications:user_posted_to',
-				'notifications:user_flagged_post_in'
+				'notifications:user_flagged_post_in',
+				'new_register'
 			],
 			isolated, differentiators, differentiator, modifyIndex, set;
 
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 			// Each isolated mergeId may have multiple differentiators, so process each separately
 			differentiators = isolated.reduce(function(cur, next) {
-				differentiator = next.mergeId.split('|')[1];
+				differentiator = next.mergeId.split('|')[1] || 0;
 				if (cur.indexOf(differentiator) === -1) {
 					cur.push(differentiator);
 				}
@@ -423,9 +424,14 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			}, []);
 
 			differentiators.forEach(function(differentiator) {
-				set = isolated.filter(function(notifObj) {
-					return notifObj.mergeId === (mergeId + '|' + differentiator);
-				});
+				if (differentiator === 0 && differentiators.length === 1) {
+					set = isolated;
+				} else {
+					set = isolated.filter(function(notifObj) {
+						return notifObj.mergeId === (mergeId + '|' + differentiator);
+					});
+				}
+
 				modifyIndex = notifications.indexOf(set[0]);
 				if (modifyIndex === -1 || set.length === 1) {
 					return notifications;
@@ -450,6 +456,10 @@ var async = require('async'),
 							notifications[modifyIndex].bodyShort = '[[' + mergeId + '_multiple, ' + usernames[0] + ', ' + (numUsers-1) + ', ' + notifications[modifyIndex].topicTitle + ']]';
 						}
 						break;
+
+					case 'new_register':
+						notifications[modifyIndex].bodyShort = '[[notifications:' + mergeId + '_multiple, ' + set.length + ']]';
+						break;
 				}
 
 				// Filter out duplicates
diff --git a/src/user/approval.js b/src/user/approval.js
index a4a3981002..9ed17be898 100644
--- a/src/user/approval.js
+++ b/src/user/approval.js
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 		notifications.create({
 			bodyShort: '[[notifications:new_register, ' + username + ']]',
 			nid: 'new_register:' + username,
-			path: '/admin/manage/registration'
+			path: '/admin/manage/registration',
+			mergeId: 'new_register'
 		}, function(err, notification) {
 			if (err || !notification) {
 				return callback(err);