diff --git a/src/components/Popup.tsx b/src/components/Popup.tsx
index c615d389..c2ee087d 100644
--- a/src/components/Popup.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Popup.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
+import styled from "@emotion/styled";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react-lite";
 import React, { useState } from "react";
 import { Badge, Tab, Tabs } from "react-bootstrap";
 import { Filter } from "../filtering/filters";
+import { isRunningAsPopup } from "../popup-environment";
 import { Core } from "../state/core";
 import { PullRequest, ref } from "../storage/loaded-state";
 import { MuteType } from "../storage/mute-configuration";
+import { Link } from "./design/Link";
+import { Row } from "./design/Row";
 import { IgnoredRepositories } from "./IgnoredRepositories";
 import { Loader } from "./Loader";
 import { PullRequestList } from "./PullRequestList";
 import { Settings } from "./Settings";
 import { Status } from "./Status";
-import { Row } from "./design/Row";
-import { Link } from "./design/Link";
-import styled from "@emotion/styled";
-import { isRunningAsPopup } from "../popup-environment";
 
 export interface PopupProps {
   core: Core;
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ export const Popup = observer((props: PopupProps) => {
     props.core.unmutePullRequest(ref(pullRequest));
   };
 
+  const onToggleNewCommitsNotification = () => {
+    props.core.toggleNewCommitsNotificationSetting();
+  };
+
   if (props.core.overallStatus !== "loaded") {
     return <Loader />;
   }
@@ -160,6 +164,12 @@ export const Popup = observer((props: PopupProps) => {
                   ? "allow-unmuting"
                   : "none"
               }
+              newCommitsNotificationToggled={
+                state.currentFilter === Filter.INCOMING
+                  ? !props.core.muteConfiguration.ignoreNewCommits
+                  : null
+              }
+              onToggleNewCommitsNotification={onToggleNewCommitsNotification}
               onOpenAll={onOpenAll}
               onOpen={onOpen}
               onMute={onMute}
diff --git a/src/components/PullRequestList.tsx b/src/components/PullRequestList.tsx
index 67952fb5..1f141894 100644
--- a/src/components/PullRequestList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PullRequestList.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ const List = styled.div`
   margin-bottom: 16px;
 `;
 
+const NewCommitsToggle = styled.label`
+  padding: 8px;
+  margin: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  align-items: center;
+`;
+
+const NewCommitsCheckbox = styled.input`
+  margin-right: 8px;
+`;
+
 const OpenAllParagraph = styled(Paragraph)`
   text-align: center;
   color: #777;
@@ -25,6 +37,8 @@ export interface PullRequestListProps {
   pullRequests: EnrichedPullRequest[] | null;
   emptyMessage: string;
   mutingConfiguration: "allow-muting" | "allow-unmuting" | "none";
+  newCommitsNotificationToggled: boolean | null;
+  onToggleNewCommitsNotification?(): void;
   onOpenAll(): void;
   onOpen(pullRequestUrl: string): void;
   onMute(pullRequest: PullRequest, muteType: MuteType): void;
@@ -33,6 +47,16 @@ export interface PullRequestListProps {
 
 export const PullRequestList = observer((props: PullRequestListProps) => (
   <List>
+    {props.newCommitsNotificationToggled !== null && (
+      <NewCommitsToggle>
+        <NewCommitsCheckbox
+          type="checkbox"
+          checked={props.newCommitsNotificationToggled}
+          onChange={props.onToggleNewCommitsNotification}
+        />
+        Notify me of new commits
+      </NewCommitsToggle>
+    )}
     {props.pullRequests === null ? (
       <Loader />
     ) : props.pullRequests.length === 0 ? (
diff --git a/src/filtering/filters.ts b/src/filtering/filters.ts
index 0180c179..01af98df 100644
--- a/src/filtering/filters.ts
+++ b/src/filtering/filters.ts
@@ -48,15 +48,16 @@ export function filterPullRequests(
     state: pullRequestState(pr, userLogin),
     ...pr,
   }));
+  const ignoreNewCommits = !!muteConfiguration.ignoreNewCommits;
   return {
     incoming: enrichedPullRequests.filter(
       (pr) =>
-        isReviewRequired(pr.state) &&
+        isReviewRequired(pr.state, ignoreNewCommits) &&
         isMuted(env, pr, muteConfiguration) === MutedResult.VISIBLE
     ),
     muted: enrichedPullRequests.filter(
       (pr) =>
-        isReviewRequired(pr.state) &&
+        isReviewRequired(pr.state, ignoreNewCommits) &&
         isMuted(env, pr, muteConfiguration) === MutedResult.MUTED
     ),
     reviewed: enrichedPullRequests.filter(
diff --git a/src/filtering/status.ts b/src/filtering/status.ts
index b7e7ef2a..b7d62eb4 100644
--- a/src/filtering/status.ts
+++ b/src/filtering/status.ts
@@ -192,9 +192,14 @@ export interface OutgoingState {
   approvedByEveryone: boolean;
 }
 
-export function isReviewRequired(state: PullRequestState) {
+export function isReviewRequired(
+  state: PullRequestState,
+  ignoreNewCommits: boolean
+) {
   return (
     state.kind === "incoming" &&
-    (state.newReviewRequested || state.authorResponded || state.newCommit)
+    (state.newReviewRequested ||
+      state.authorResponded ||
+      (!ignoreNewCommits && state.newCommit))
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/state/core.ts b/src/state/core.ts
index fe287194..eb0ed0ad 100644
--- a/src/state/core.ts
+++ b/src/state/core.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ export class Core {
     this.updateBadge();
   }
 
+  async toggleNewCommitsNotificationSetting() {
+    await this.saveMuteConfiguration({
+      ...this.muteConfiguration,
+      ignoreNewCommits: !this.muteConfiguration.ignoreNewCommits,
+    });
+    this.updateBadge();
+  }
+
   @computed
   get filteredPullRequests(): FilteredPullRequests | null {
     const lastCheck = this.loadedState;
diff --git a/src/storage/mute-configuration.ts b/src/storage/mute-configuration.ts
index 9c7a3594..e540c772 100644
--- a/src/storage/mute-configuration.ts
+++ b/src/storage/mute-configuration.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { PullRequestReference, RepoReference } from "../github-api/api";
 export const NOTHING_MUTED: MuteConfiguration = {
   mutedPullRequests: [],
   ignored: {},
+  ignoreNewCommits: false,
 };
 
 export interface MuteConfiguration {
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ export interface MuteConfiguration {
   ignored?: {
     [owner: string]: IgnoreConfiguration;
   };
+
+  ignoreNewCommits?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function addMute(