diff --git a/man/remind.1.in b/man/remind.1.in
index b7ee6662..5fcb9e5f 100644
--- a/man/remind.1.in
+++ b/man/remind.1.in
@@ -328,6 +328,18 @@ processes with the above technique.  So be very careful.  Because all
 shell and whitespace characters are escaped, the program you execute
 with the \fB\-k\fR option must be prepared to handle the entire
 message as a single argument.
+.PP
+If you follow the \fB\-k\fR option with a colon, then the command is applied
+only to queued timed reminders.  Normal reminders are handled as usual.
+In the above example, if you want normal reminders to simply be displayed
+as usual, but queued reminders to be sent to notify-send, you could use:
+.PP
+.nf
+		remind '\-k:notify-send %s &' ...
+.fi
+.PP
+You use both \fB\-k\fR\fIcmd1\fR and \fB\-k:\fR\fIcmd2\fR to use different
+commands for queued versus non-queued reminders.
 .RE
 .TP
 \fB\-z\fR[\fIn\fR] Runs \fBRemind\fR in the daemon mode.  If \fIn\fR
diff --git a/src/dorem.c b/src/dorem.c
index 0cbbf044..afbf5e28 100644
--- a/src/dorem.c
+++ b/src/dorem.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int DoRem(ParsePtr p)
 
     r = OK;
     if (ShouldTriggerReminder(&trig, &tim, dse, &err)) {
-	if ( (r=TriggerReminder(p, &trig, &tim, dse)) ) {
+	if ( (r=TriggerReminder(p, &trig, &tim, dse, 0)) ) {
 	    FreeTrig(&trig);
 	    return r;
 	}
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static int ParseScanFrom(ParsePtr s, Trigger *t, int type)
 /*  Trigger the reminder if it's a RUN or MSG type.            */
 /*                                                             */
 /***************************************************************/
-int TriggerReminder(ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int dse)
+int TriggerReminder(ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int dse, int is_queued)
 {
     int r, y, m, d;
     char PrioExpr[VAR_NAME_LEN+25];
@@ -906,8 +906,16 @@ int TriggerReminder(ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int dse)
     DynamicBuffer buf, calRow;
     DynamicBuffer pre_buf;
     char const *s;
+    char const *msg_command = NULL;
     Value v;
 
+    if (MsgCommand) {
+        msg_command = MsgCommand;
+    }
+    if (is_queued && QueuedMsgCommand) {
+        msg_command = QueuedMsgCommand;
+    }
+
     int red = -1, green = -1, blue = -1;
     int is_color = 0;
 
@@ -952,7 +960,7 @@ int TriggerReminder(ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int dse)
     }
 /* If it's a MSG-type reminder, and no -k option was used, issue the banner. */
     if ((t->typ == MSG_TYPE || t->typ == MSF_TYPE) 
-	&& !DidMsgReminder && !NextMode && !MsgCommand) {
+	&& !DidMsgReminder && !NextMode && !msg_command) {
         DidMsgReminder = 1;
 	if (!DoSubstFromString(DBufValue(&Banner), &buf,
 			       DSEToday, NO_TIME) &&
@@ -1096,7 +1104,7 @@ int TriggerReminder(ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int dse)
 	DBufPuts(&buf, Decolorize());
     }
 
-    if ((!MsgCommand && t->typ == MSG_TYPE) || t->typ == MSF_TYPE) {
+    if ((!msg_command && t->typ == MSG_TYPE) || t->typ == MSF_TYPE) {
 	if (DBufPutc(&buf, '\n') != OK) {
 	    DBufFree(&buf);
 	    return E_NO_MEM;
@@ -1118,8 +1126,8 @@ int TriggerReminder(ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int dse)
     switch(t->typ) {
     case MSG_TYPE:
     case PASSTHRU_TYPE:
-	if (MsgCommand) {
-	    DoMsgCommand(MsgCommand, DBufValue(&buf));
+	if (msg_command) {
+	    DoMsgCommand(msg_command, DBufValue(&buf));
 	} else {
 	    printf("%s", DBufValue(&buf));
 	}
diff --git a/src/globals.h b/src/globals.h
index af59f4d2..b914c6e9 100644
--- a/src/globals.h
+++ b/src/globals.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ EXTERN  uid_t   TrustedUsers[MAX_TRUSTED_USERS];
 
 EXTERN  INIT(   int     NumTrustedUsers, 0);
 EXTERN  INIT(   char    const *MsgCommand, NULL);
+EXTERN  INIT(   char    const *QueuedMsgCommand, NULL);
 EXTERN  INIT(	int     ShowAllErrors, 0);
 EXTERN  INIT(	int     DebugFlag, 0);
 EXTERN  INIT(   int	DoCalendar, 0);
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 48f6f311..69f51f16 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -600,7 +600,12 @@ void InitRemind(int argc, char const *argv[])
 
 	    case 'k':
 	    case 'K':
-		MsgCommand = arg;
+                if (*arg == ':') {
+                    arg++;
+                    QueuedMsgCommand = arg;
+                } else {
+                    MsgCommand = arg;
+                }
 		while (*arg) arg++;  /* Chew up remaining chars in this arg */
 		break;
 
diff --git a/src/protos.h b/src/protos.h
index ce3b697d..bc2f6bd3 100644
--- a/src/protos.h
+++ b/src/protos.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ int DoRem (ParsePtr p);
 int DoFlush (ParsePtr p);
 void DoExit (ParsePtr p);
 int ParseRem (ParsePtr s, Trigger *trig, TimeTrig *tim, int save_in_globals);
-int TriggerReminder (ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int dse);
+int TriggerReminder (ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int dse, int is_queued);
 int ShouldTriggerReminder (Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int dse, int *err);
 int DoSubst (ParsePtr p, DynamicBuffer *dbuf, Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tt, int dse, int mode);
 int DoSubstFromString (char const *source, DynamicBuffer *dbuf, int dse, int tim);
diff --git a/src/queue.c b/src/queue.c
index 43f84501..95954bc5 100644
--- a/src/queue.c
+++ b/src/queue.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void HandleQueuedReminders(void)
 	    /* Set up global variables so some functions like trigdate()
 	       and trigtime() work correctly                             */
 	    SaveAllTriggerInfo(&(q->t), &(q->tt), DSEToday, q->tt.ttime, 1);
-	    (void) TriggerReminder(&p, &trig, &q->tt, DSEToday);
+	    (void) TriggerReminder(&p, &trig, &q->tt, DSEToday, 1);
 	    if (Daemon < 0) {
 		printf("NOTE endreminder\n");
 	    }