diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c6c22bd..540694a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ cp config.monasca.js config.js
 ./run_tests.sh --runserver
 ```
 
+##Removing notification panel
+If you want to disable the notification panel copy over _70_remove_monasca_notification_panel to the openstack_dashboard/enabled directory
+
 #License
 
 Copyright (c) 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
diff --git a/monitoring/disabled/_70_remove_monasca_notification_panel.py b/monitoring/disabled/_70_remove_monasca_notification_panel.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09ee5ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitoring/disabled/_70_remove_monasca_notification_panel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+PANEL = 'notifications'
+PANEL_DASHBOARD = 'monitoring'
+REMOVE_PANEL = True
diff --git a/monitoring/disabled/__init__.py b/monitoring/disabled/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b