diff -ru a/terminal/terminal-app.c b/terminal/terminal-app.c
--- a/terminal/terminal-app.c	2013-01-01 16:09:30.000000000 +0400
+++ b/terminal/terminal-app.c	2013-03-17 21:18:05.254850369 +0400
@@ -285,7 +285,21 @@
   return FALSE;
 }
 
+static void
+undo_urgent(TerminalWindow *window,
+            gchar          *name,
+            TerminalApp    *app)
+{
+  GtkWidget *toplevel;
+  gboolean   enabled;
 
+  g_object_get (G_OBJECT(app->preferences), "misc-bell-urgent", &enabled, NULL);
+ 
+  if (!enabled) return;
+ 
+  toplevel = gtk_widget_get_toplevel(GTK_WIDGET(window));
+  gtk_window_set_urgency_hint(GTK_WINDOW(toplevel), FALSE);
+}
 
 static void
 terminal_app_take_window (TerminalApp *app,
@@ -305,6 +319,10 @@
                     G_CALLBACK (terminal_app_new_window), app);
   g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "new-window-with-screen",
                     G_CALLBACK (terminal_app_new_window_with_terminal), app);
+  g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "focus-in-event",
+                    G_CALLBACK (undo_urgent), app);
+  g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "key-release-event",
+                    G_CALLBACK (undo_urgent), app);
   app->windows = g_slist_prepend (app->windows, window);
 }
 
diff -ru a/terminal/terminal-preferences.c b/terminal/terminal-preferences.c
--- a/terminal/terminal-preferences.c	2013-01-01 16:09:30.000000000 +0400
+++ b/terminal/terminal-preferences.c	2013-03-17 21:12:26.980863541 +0400
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
   PROP_FONT_NAME,
   PROP_MISC_ALWAYS_SHOW_TABS,
   PROP_MISC_BELL,
+  PROP_MISC_BELL_URGENT,
   PROP_MISC_BORDERS_DEFAULT,
   PROP_MISC_CURSOR_BLINKS,
   PROP_MISC_CURSOR_SHAPE,
@@ -653,6 +654,15 @@
                             G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
 
   /**
+   * TerminalPreferences:misc-bell-urgent
+   **/
+  preferences_props[PROP_MISC_BELL_URGENT] =
+      g_param_spec_boolean ("misc-bell-urgent",
+                            NULL,
+                            "MiscBellUrgent",
+                            FALSE,
+                            G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+  /**
    * TerminalPreferences:misc-borders-default:
    **/
   preferences_props[PROP_MISC_BORDERS_DEFAULT] =
diff -ru a/terminal/terminal-screen.c b/terminal/terminal-screen.c
--- a/terminal/terminal-screen.c	2013-01-01 16:09:30.000000000 +0400
+++ b/terminal/terminal-screen.c	2013-03-17 21:20:31.007844693 +0400
@@ -1000,6 +1000,19 @@
     }
 }
 
+static void
+do_urgent(TerminalWidget *widget, 
+          TerminalScreen *screen)
+{
+  GtkWidget *toplevel;
+  gboolean   enabled;
+  g_object_get (G_OBJECT (screen->preferences), "misc-bell-urgent", &enabled, NULL);
+
+  if (!enabled) return;
+
+  toplevel = gtk_widget_get_toplevel((GTK_WIDGET(screen)));
+  gtk_window_set_urgency_hint(GTK_WINDOW(toplevel), TRUE);
+}
 
 
 static void
@@ -1008,6 +1021,7 @@
   gboolean bval;
   g_object_get (G_OBJECT (screen->preferences), "misc-bell", &bval, NULL);
   vte_terminal_set_audible_bell (VTE_TERMINAL (screen->terminal), bval);
+  g_signal_connect(screen->terminal, "beep", G_CALLBACK(do_urgent), screen);
 }