diff --git a/app/config-default.js b/app/config-default.js
index bf51c8f8..d56a7fb1 100644
--- a/app/config-default.js
+++ b/app/config-default.js
@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ module.exports = {
     shell: '',
 
     // for environment variables
-    env: {}
+    env: {},
+
+    // set to false for no bell
+    bell: 'SOUND'
+
+    // URL to custom bell
+    // bellSoundURL: 'http://example.com/bell.mp3',
 
     // for advanced config flags please refer to https://hyperterm.org/#cfg
   },
diff --git a/lib/components/term.js b/lib/components/term.js
index 4066ebdf..ea57b4b0 100644
--- a/lib/components/term.js
+++ b/lib/components/term.js
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ export default class Term extends Component {
     this.term.prefs_.set('send-encoding', 'raw');
     this.term.prefs_.set('alt-sends-what', 'browser-key');
 
+    if (props.bell === 'SOUND') {
+      this.term.prefs_.set('audible-bell-sound', this.props.bellSoundURL);
+    } else {
+      this.term.prefs_.set('audible-bell-sound', '');
+    }
+
     this.term.onTerminalReady = () => {
       const io = this.term.io.push();
       io.onVTKeystroke = io.sendString = props.onData;
@@ -200,6 +206,12 @@ export default class Term extends Component {
     if (this.props.customCSS !== nextProps.customCSS) {
       this.term.prefs_.set('user-css', this.getStylesheet(nextProps.customCSS));
     }
+
+    if (this.props.bell === 'SOUND') {
+      this.term.prefs_.set('audible-bell-sound', this.props.bellSoundURL);
+    } else {
+      this.term.prefs_.set('audible-bell-sound', '');
+    }
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount () {
diff --git a/lib/components/terms.js b/lib/components/terms.js
index 977b5c2c..fdbb7dca 100644
--- a/lib/components/terms.js
+++ b/lib/components/terms.js
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ export default class Terms extends Component {
             onResize: this.bind(this.props.onResize, null, uid),
             onTitle: this.bind(this.props.onTitle, null, uid),
             onData: this.bind(this.props.onData, null, uid),
-            onURLAbort: this.bind(this.props.onURLAbort, null, uid)
+            onURLAbort: this.bind(this.props.onURLAbort, null, uid),
+            bell: this.props.bell,
+            bellSoundURL: this.props.bellSoundURL
           });
           return <div
             key={`d${uid}`}
diff --git a/lib/containers/terms.js b/lib/containers/terms.js
index bbe76a2a..37b7599e 100644
--- a/lib/containers/terms.js
+++ b/lib/containers/terms.js
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ const TermsContainer = connect(
       borderColor: state.ui.borderColor,
       colors: state.ui.colors,
       foregroundColor: state.ui.foregroundColor,
-      backgroundColor: state.ui.backgroundColor
+      backgroundColor: state.ui.backgroundColor,
+      bell: state.ui.bell,
+      bellSoundURL: state.ui.bellSoundURL
     };
   },
   (dispatch) => {
diff --git a/lib/reducers/ui.js b/lib/reducers/ui.js
index 0d67fac2..226f0190 100644
--- a/lib/reducers/ui.js
+++ b/lib/reducers/ui.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import {
 import { UPDATE_AVAILABLE } from '../constants/updater';
 import { values } from '../utils/object';
 
-const allowedCursorShapes = ['BEAM', 'BLOCK', 'UNDERLINE'];
+const allowedCursorShapes = new Set(['BEAM', 'BLOCK', 'UNDERLINE']);
+const allowedBells = new Set(['SOUND', false]);
 
 // TODO: populate `config-default.js` from this :)
 const initial = Immutable({
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ const initial = Immutable({
   foregroundColor: '#fff',
   backgroundColor: '#000',
   updateVersion: null,
-  updateNotes: null
+  updateNotes: null,
+  bell: 'SOUND',
+  bellSoundURL: 'lib-resource:hterm/audio/bell'
 });
 
 const reducer = (state = initial, action) => {
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ const reducer = (state = initial, action) => {
             ret.cursorColor = config.cursorColor;
           }
 
-          if (allowedCursorShapes.includes(config.cursorShape)) {
+          if (allowedCursorShapes.has(config.cursorShape)) {
             ret.cursorShape = config.cursorShape;
           }
 
@@ -124,6 +127,14 @@ const reducer = (state = initial, action) => {
             ret.termCSS = config.termCSS;
           }
 
+          if (allowedBells.has(config.bell)) {
+            ret.bell = config.bell;
+          }
+
+          if (null !== config.bellSoundURL) {
+            ret.bellSoundURL = config.bellSoundURL || initial.bellSoundURL;
+          }
+
           if (null != config.colors) {
             if (Array.isArray(config.colors)) {
               const stateColors = Array.isArray(state.colors)