diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json
index 33ec5b6ca9..aa808bebda 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "lowdb": "^1.0.0",
     "lru-cache": "^4.1.2",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+    "node-notifier": "^5.2.1",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
     "semver": "^5.5.0",
     "shortid": "^2.2.8",
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/assets/done.png b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/assets/done.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..844970e622
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diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/assets/error.png b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/assets/error.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..335e6b4929
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diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/connectors/tasks.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/connectors/tasks.js
index 8c17f0d846..f24d7c5ede 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/connectors/tasks.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/connectors/tasks.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+const path = require('path')
 const execa = require('execa')
 const terminate = require('terminate')
+const notifier = require('node-notifier')
 // Subs
 const channels = require('../channels')
 // Connectors
@@ -295,6 +297,11 @@ function run (id, context) {
           message: `Task ${task.id} ended with error code ${code}`,
           type: 'error'
         }, context)
+        notifier.notify({
+          title: `Task error`,
+          message: `Task ${task.id} ended with error code ${code}`,
+          icon: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../assets/error.png')
+        })
       } else {
         updateOne({
           id: task.id,
@@ -305,6 +312,12 @@ function run (id, context) {
           message: `Task ${task.id} completed`,
           type: 'done'
         }, context)
+        notifier.notify({
+          title: `Task completed`,
+          message: `Task ${task.id} completed`,
+          icon: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../assets/done.png')
+        })
+        console.log(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../assets/done.png'))
       }
     }