diff --git a/Echo.php b/Echo.php
index 00eef019e..879691e62 100644
--- a/Echo.php
+++ b/Echo.php
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ $wgEchoNotifications = array(
 		'category' => 'system',
 		'group' => 'positive',
 		'section' => 'alert',
+		'presentation-model' => 'EchoWelcomePresentationModel',
 		'title-message' => 'notification-new-user',
 		'title-params' => array( 'agent' ),
 		'icon' => 'site',
diff --git a/autoload.php b/autoload.php
index 9b6775c41..681690a8b 100644
--- a/autoload.php
+++ b/autoload.php
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ $wgAutoloadClasses += array(
 	'EchoUserNotificationGatewayTest' => __DIR__ . '/tests/phpunit/gateway/UserNotificationGatewayTest.php',
 	'EchoUserRightsFormatter' => __DIR__ . '/includes/formatters/UserRightsFormatter.php',
 	'EchoUserRightsPresentationModel' => __DIR__ . '/includes/formatters/UserRightsPresentationModel.php',
+	'EchoWelcomePresentationModel' => __DIR__ . '/includes/formatters/WelcomePresentationModel.php',
 	'FilteredSequentialIteratorTest' => __DIR__ . '/tests/phpunit/iterator/FilteredSequentialIteratorTest.php',
 	'MWEchoDbFactory' => __DIR__ . '/includes/EchoDbFactory.php',
 	'MWEchoDbFactoryTest' => __DIR__ . '/tests/phpunit/EchoDbFactoryTest.php',
diff --git a/i18n/en.json b/i18n/en.json
index ff0230fed..119a43875 100644
--- a/i18n/en.json
+++ b/i18n/en.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 	"notification-user-rights-add": "You are now a member of {{PLURAL:$2|this group|these groups}}: $1",
 	"notification-user-rights-remove": "You are no longer a member of {{PLURAL:$2|this group|these groups}}: $1",
 	"notification-new-user": "Welcome to {{SITENAME}}, $1! We're glad you're here.",
+	"notification-header-welcome": "{{GENDER:$2|Welcome}} to {{SITENAME}}, $1! We're glad {{GENDER:$2|you're}} here.",
 	"notification-reverted2": "Your {{PLURAL:$4|edit on [[:$2]] has|edits on [[:$2]] have}} been {{GENDER:$1|reverted}} by [[$5|$1]]. $3",
 	"notification-reverted-flyout2": "Your {{PLURAL:$4|edit on $2 has|edits on $2 have}} been {{GENDER:$1|reverted}} by $1. $3",
 	"notification-emailuser": "[[User:$1|$1]] {{GENDER:$1|sent}} you an email.",
diff --git a/i18n/qqq.json b/i18n/qqq.json
index a2c023fb8..504360396 100644
--- a/i18n/qqq.json
+++ b/i18n/qqq.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 	"notification-user-rights-add": "Message indicating that a user was added to a user group.  Parameters:\n* $1 - a comma separated list of user group names\n* $2 - the number of user groups, this is used for PLURAL support\nSee also:\n* {{msg-mw|Notification-user-rights-remove}}",
 	"notification-user-rights-remove": "Message indicating that a user was removed from a user group. Parameters:\n* $1 - a comma separated list of user group names\n* $2 - the number of user groups, this is used for PLURAL support\nSee also:\n* {{msg-mw|Notification-user-rights-add}}",
 	"notification-new-user": "Text of the welcome notification. Parameters:\n* $1 - the name of the new user\nSee also:\n* {{msg-mw|Guidedtour-tour-gettingstarted-start-title}}",
+	"notification-header-welcome": "Text of the welcome notification. Parameters:\n* $1 - the name of the new user.Parameters:\n* $1 - the formatted username of the new user\n* $2 - the username for gender purposes\nSee also:\n* {{msg-mw|Guidedtour-tour-gettingstarted-start-title}}",
 	"notification-reverted2": "Format for displaying notifications of a user's edit being reverted. Parameters:\n* $1 - the username of the person who reverted, plain text. Can be used for GENDER.\n* $2 - the page that was reverted, formatted\n* $3 - a diff link which is labeled {{msg-mw|Showdiff}}\n* $4 - the number of edits that were reverted. NOTE: This will only be set to 1 or 2, with 2 actually meaning 'an unknown number greater than 0'.\n* $5 - Page for reverting user.\nUser page if logged in, or user's contributions page if logged out.\n{{Related|Notification-reverted}}",
 	"notification-reverted-flyout2": "Flyout-specific format for displaying notifications of a user's edit being reverted.\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - the username of the person who reverted, plain text. Can be used for GENDER.\n* $2 - the page that was reverted, formatted\n* $3 - a diff link which is labeled {{msg-mw|Showdiff}}\n* $4 - the number of edits that were reverted. NOTE: This will only be set to 1 or 2, with 2 actually meaning \"an unknown number greater than 0\".\n{{Related|Notification-reverted}}",
 	"notification-emailuser": "Format for displaying notifications of a user has sent an email to another user. Parameters:\n* $1 - the username of the person the email, plain text. Can be used for GENDER.",
diff --git a/includes/formatters/WelcomePresentationModel.php b/includes/formatters/WelcomePresentationModel.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7819eb05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/formatters/WelcomePresentationModel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+class EchoWelcomePresentationModel extends EchoEventPresentationModel {
+
+	public function getIconType() {
+		return 'site';
+	}
+
+	public function getPrimaryLink() {
+		return false;
+	}
+}