diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index dc9a4ac9a4..47c4633714 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Next (2018-XX-XX)
 - Remove the unused scrollable_content internal feature.
 - Remove unused animate.css package.
 - Add page loading indicator.
+- Add periodic AJAX workers to update the value of the notifications link.
 
 2.8 (2018-02-27)
 ================
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/base.js b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/base.js
index 5be92bdef7..aaab24e581 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/base.js
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/base.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function() {
 var afterBaseLoad = function () {
     MayanImage.intialize();
     app.doToastrMessages();
+    app.setupAJAXperiodicWorkers();
     app.setupAutoSubmit();
     app.setupItemsSelector();
     app.setupNewWindowAnchor();
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/mayan_app.js b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/mayan_app.js
index 16c058bd39..2238e5fec8 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/mayan_app.js
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/mayan_app.js
@@ -52,6 +52,35 @@ App.tagResultTemplate = function (tag) {
 
 // Instance methods
 
+App.prototype.AJAXperiodicWorker = function (options) {
+    var app = this;
+
+    $.ajax({
+        complete: function() {
+            setTimeout(app.AJAXperiodicWorker, options.interval, options);
+        },
+        success: function(data) {
+            options.element.text(data[options.attributeName]);
+        },
+        url: options.APIURL
+  });
+}
+
+App.prototype.setupAJAXperiodicWorkers = function () {
+    var app = this;
+
+    $('a[data-apw-url]').each(function() {
+        var $this = $(this);
+
+        app.AJAXperiodicWorker({
+            attributeName: $this.data('apw-attribute'),
+            APIURL: $this.data('apw-url'),
+            element: $this,
+            interval: $this.data('apw-interval'),
+        });
+    });
+}
+
 App.prototype.doToastrMessages = function () {
     toastr.options = {
         'closeButton': true,
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/navigation/generic_link_instance.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/navigation/generic_link_instance.html
index 965c674c7f..344ec4afe1 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/navigation/generic_link_instance.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/navigation/generic_link_instance.html
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
     {% if link.disabled %}
         <a class="{% if link_classes %}{{ link_classes }} {% else %}btn {% if 'dangerous' in link.tags %}btn-danger{% else %}btn-primary{% endif %} btn-xs{% endif %} {% if link.active %}{{ link_class_active }}{% endif %} {% if 'new_window' in link.tags %}new_window{% endif %} disabled" disabled='disabled' style="cursor: default;" href="#">{% if link.icon %}<i class="hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md  {{ link.icon }}"></i>{% endif %}{% if link.icon_class %}{{ link.icon_class.render }}{% endif %} {{ link.text }}{% if link.error %} - {{ link.error }}{% endif %}</a>{% if horizontal %}{% if not forloop.last %}&nbsp;{% endif %}{% endif %}
     {% else %}
-        <a class="{% if link_classes %}{{ link_classes }} {% else %}btn {% if 'dangerous' in link.tags %}btn-danger{% else %}btn-primary{% endif %} btn-xs{% endif %} {% if link.active %}{{ link_class_active }}{% endif %} {% if 'new_window' in link.tags %}new_window{% endif %}" href="{{ link.url }}">{% if link.icon %}<i class="hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md {{ link.icon }}"></i>{% endif %}{% if link.icon_class %}{{ link.icon_class.render }}{% endif %} {{ link.text }}{% if link.error %} - {{ link.error }}{% endif %}</a>{% if horizontal %}{% if not forloop.last %}&nbsp;{% endif %}{% endif %}
+        <a
+            class="{% if link_classes %}{{ link_classes }} {% else %}btn {% if 'dangerous' in link.tags %}btn-danger{% else %}btn-primary{% endif %} btn-xs{% endif %} {% if link.active %}{{ link_class_active }}{% endif %} {% if 'new_window' in link.tags %}new_window{% endif %}"
+            {% for key,value in link.html_data.items %}
+                data-{{ key }}={{ value }}
+            {% endfor %}
+
+        href="{{ link.url }}">{% if link.icon %}<i class="hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md {{ link.icon }}"></i>{% endif %}{% if link.icon_class %}{{ link.icon_class.render }}{% endif %} {{ link.text }}{% if link.error %} - {{ link.error }}{% endif %}</a>{% if horizontal %}{% if not forloop.last %}&nbsp;{% endif %}{% endif %}
     {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/mayan/apps/events/links.py b/mayan/apps/events/links.py
index 182f2501e4..b54e0ac389 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/events/links.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/events/links.py
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ link_user_events = Link(
     view='events:user_events'
 )
 link_user_notifications_list = Link(
-    icon='fa fa-bell', text=get_notification_count,
+    html_data={
+        'apw-attribute': 'count', 'apw-interval': '5000',
+        'apw-url': '/api/notifications/'
+    }, icon='fa fa-bell', text=get_notification_count,
     view='events:user_notifications_list'
 )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/navigation/classes.py b/mayan/apps/navigation/classes.py
index dbc66329d8..1a95e0cb8c 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/navigation/classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/navigation/classes.py
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ class ResolvedLink(object):
     def description(self):
         return self.link.description
 
+    @property
+    def html_data(self):
+        return self.link.html_data
+
     @property
     def icon(self):
         return self.link.icon
@@ -244,8 +248,8 @@ class Menu(object):
 
 class Link(object):
     def __init__(self, text, view=None, args=None, condition=None,
-                 conditional_disable=None, description=None, icon=None,
-                 icon_class=None, keep_query=False, kwargs=None,
+                 conditional_disable=None, description=None, html_data=None,
+                 icon=None, icon_class=None, keep_query=False, kwargs=None,
                  permissions=None, permissions_related=None,
                  remove_from_query=None, tags=None,
                  url=None):
@@ -254,6 +258,7 @@ class Link(object):
         self.condition = condition
         self.conditional_disable = conditional_disable
         self.description = description
+        self.html_data = html_data
         self.icon = icon
         self.icon_class = icon_class
         self.keep_query = keep_query