diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 4bf9782e61..2c43276907 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ function pushToUids(uids, notification, callback) {
 		async.eachLimit(uids, 3, function (uid, next) {
 			emailer.send('notification', uid, {
 				path: notification.path,
-				subject: notification.subject || '[[notifications:new_notification_from, ' + meta.config.title + ']]',
+				subject: utils.stripHTMLTags(notification.subject || '[[notifications:new_notification_from, ' + meta.config.title + ']]'),
 				intro: utils.stripHTMLTags(notification.bodyShort),
 				body: utils.stripHTMLTags(notification.bodyLong || ''),
 				showUnsubscribe: true,