diff --git a/docs/notifications.md b/docs/notifications.md
index 17588f79c..31aba6bb1 100644
--- a/docs/notifications.md
+++ b/docs/notifications.md
@@ -38,6 +38,32 @@ notify:
      content: '{"color":"green","message":"New package published: * {{ name }}*","notify":true,"message_format":"text"}'
 ```
 
+### Publisher information
+
+You can access to the package publisher information in the `content` of a webhook using the `publisher` object.
+
+See below the `publisher` object type:
+
+```
+{
+  name: string,
+  groups: string[],
+  real_groups: string[]
+}
+```
+
+An example:
+
+```
+notify:
+  method: POST
+  headers: [{'Content-Type': 'application/json'}]
+  endpoint: https://usagge.hipchat.com/v2/room/3729485/notification?auth_token=mySecretToken
+  content: '{"color":"green","message":"New package published: * {{ name }}*. Publisher name: * {{ publisher.name }} *.","notify":true,"message_format":"text"}'
+```
+
+**Note:** it's not possible to get the publisher information if the `package.json` file already has the `publisher` property.
+
 ## Configuration
 
 Property | Type | Required | Support | Default | Description
@@ -47,4 +73,4 @@ packagePattern| string | No | all |  | Only run this notification if the package
 packagePatternFlags| string | No | all |   | Any flags to be used with the regular expression
 headers| array/object | Yes | all |  | If this endpoint requires specific headers, set them here as an array of key: value objects.
 endpoint| string | Yes | all |  | set the URL endpoint for this call
-content| string | Yes | all |  | any [handlebar](https://handlebarsjs.com/) expressions
+content| string | Yes | all |  | any [handlebar](https://handlebarsjs.com/) expressions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/api/endpoint/api/publish.js b/src/api/endpoint/api/publish.js
index 2fea32788..f4ebadb24 100644
--- a/src/api/endpoint/api/publish.js
+++ b/src/api/endpoint/api/publish.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export default function(router: Router, auth: IAuth, storage: IStorageHandler, c
             if (err) {
               return next(err);
             }
-            notify(metadata, config);
+            notify(metadata, config, req.remote_user);
             res.status(201);
             return next({ok: ok_message, success: true});
           });
diff --git a/src/lib/notify.js b/src/lib/notify.js
index 6c834d4c9..695065b4f 100644
--- a/src/lib/notify.js
+++ b/src/lib/notify.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const request = require('request');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const logger = require('./logger');
 
-const handleNotify = function(metadata, notifyEntry) {
+const handleNotify = function(metadata, notifyEntry, publisherInfo) {
   let regex;
   if (metadata.name && notifyEntry.packagePattern) {
     // FUTURE: comment out due https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/pull/108#issuecomment-312421052
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ const handleNotify = function(metadata, notifyEntry) {
   }
 
   const template = Handlebars.compile(notifyEntry.content);
-  const content = template( metadata );
+
+  // don't override 'publisher' if package.json already has that
+  if (!metadata.publisher) {
+    metadata = {...metadata, publisher: publisherInfo};
+  }
+  const content = template(metadata);
 
   const options = {
     body: content,
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ const handleNotify = function(metadata, notifyEntry) {
       if (Object.is(item, item)) {
         for (const key in item) {
           if (item.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-              header[key] = item[key];
+            header[key] = item[key];
           }
         }
       }
@@ -40,20 +45,20 @@ const handleNotify = function(metadata, notifyEntry) {
 
   options.method = notifyEntry.method;
 
-  if ( notifyEntry.endpoint ) {
+  if (notifyEntry.endpoint) {
     options.url = notifyEntry.endpoint;
   }
 
-  return new Promise(( resolve, reject) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     request(options, function(err, response, body) {
       if (err || response.statusCode >= 400) {
         const errorMessage = _.isNil(err) ? response.statusMessage : err;
-        logger.logger.error({err: errorMessage}, ' notify error: @{err.message}' );
+        logger.logger.error({err: errorMessage}, ' notify error: @{err.message}');
         reject(errorMessage);
       } else {
         logger.logger.info({content: content}, 'A notification has been shipped: @{content}');
         if (body) {
-          logger.logger.debug({body: body}, ' body: @{body}' );
+          logger.logger.debug({body: body}, ' body: @{body}');
         }
         resolve(_.isNil(body) === false ? body : null);
       }
@@ -61,13 +66,13 @@ const handleNotify = function(metadata, notifyEntry) {
   });
 };
 
-const notify = function(metadata, config) {
+const notify = function(metadata, config, publisherInfo) {
   if (config.notify) {
     if (config.notify.content) {
-      return handleNotify(metadata, config.notify);
+      return handleNotify(metadata, config.notify, publisherInfo);
     } else {
       // multiple notifications endpoints PR #108
-      return Promise.all(_.map(config.notify, (key) => handleNotify(metadata, key)));
+      return Promise.all(_.map(config.notify, (key) => handleNotify(metadata, key, publisherInfo)));
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/test/functional/notifications/notify.js b/test/functional/notifications/notify.js
index 43048eccc..53841c167 100644
--- a/test/functional/notifications/notify.js
+++ b/test/functional/notifications/notify.js
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ export default function(express) {
         'Content-Type': HEADERS.JSON
       }],
       endpoint: "http://localhost:55550/api/notify",
-      content: '{"color":"green","message":"New package published: * {{ name }}*","notify":true,"message_format":"text"}'
+      content: '{"color":"green","message":"New package published: * {{ name }}*. Publisher name: * {{ publisher.name }} *.","notify":true,"message_format":"text"}'
     }
   };
 
+  const publisherInfo = {
+    name: "publisher-name-test"
+  };
+
   describe('notifications', () => {
 
     beforeAll(function () {
@@ -33,10 +37,14 @@ export default function(express) {
         name: "pkg-test"
       };
 
-      notify(metadata, config).then(function (body) {
+      notify(metadata, config, publisherInfo).then(function (body) {
         const jsonBody = JSON.parse(body);
-        assert.ok(`New package published: * ${metadata.name}*` === jsonBody.message,
-        'Body notify message should be equal');
+        assert.ok(
+          `New package published: * ${metadata.name}*. Publisher name: * ${
+            publisherInfo.name
+          } *.` === jsonBody.message,
+          "Body notify message should be equal"
+        );
         done();
       }, function (err) {
         assert.fail(err);
@@ -54,10 +62,14 @@ export default function(express) {
         'Content-Type': HEADERS.JSON
       };
 
-      notify(metadata, configMultipleHeader).then(function (body) {
+      notify(metadata, configMultipleHeader, publisherInfo).then(function (body) {
         const jsonBody = JSON.parse(body);
-        assert.ok(`New package published: * ${metadata.name}*` === jsonBody.message,
-          'Body notify message should be equal');
+        assert.ok(
+          `New package published: * ${metadata.name}*. Publisher name: * ${
+            publisherInfo.name
+          } *.` === jsonBody.message,
+          "Body notify message should be equal"
+        );
         done();
       }, function (err) {
         assert.fail(err);
@@ -85,11 +97,15 @@ export default function(express) {
           multipleNotificationsEndpoint.notify.push(notificationSettings);
         }
 
-      notify(metadata, multipleNotificationsEndpoint).then(function (body) {
+      notify(metadata, multipleNotificationsEndpoint, publisherInfo).then(function (body) {
         body.forEach(function(notification) {
           const jsonBody = JSON.parse(notification);
-          assert.ok(`New package published: * ${metadata.name}*` === jsonBody.message,
-            'Body notify message should be equal');
+          assert.ok(
+            `New package published: * ${metadata.name}*. Publisher name: * ${
+              publisherInfo.name
+            } *.` === jsonBody.message,
+            "Body notify message should be equal"
+          );
         });
         done();
       }, function (err) {
@@ -105,7 +121,7 @@ export default function(express) {
       const configFail = _.cloneDeep(config);
       configFail.notify.endpoint = "http://localhost:55550/api/notify/bad";
 
-      notify(metadata, configFail).then(function () {
+      notify(metadata, configFail, publisherInfo).then(function () {
         assert.equal(false, 'This service should fails with status code 400');
         done();
       }, function (err) {
@@ -114,5 +130,31 @@ export default function(express) {
       });
     });
 
+    test("publisher property should not be overridden if it exists in metadata", done => {
+      const metadata = {
+        name: "pkg-test",
+        publisher: {
+          name: "existing-publisher-name"
+        }
+      };
+
+      notify(metadata, config, publisherInfo).then(
+        function(body) {
+          const jsonBody = JSON.parse(body);
+          assert.ok(
+            `New package published: * ${metadata.name}*. Publisher name: * ${
+              metadata.publisher.name
+            } *.` === jsonBody.message,
+            "Body notify message should be equal"
+          );
+          done();
+        },
+        function(err) {
+          assert.fail(err);
+          done();
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
   });
 }