diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php
index c4d96e1773..102fbaae78 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php
@@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@ function group_delete($group_id, $group_name = false)
 */
 function group_user_add($group_id, $user_id_ary = false, $username_ary = false, $group_name = false, $default = false, $leader = 0, $pending = 0, $group_attributes = false)
 {
-	global $db, $auth;
+	global $db, $auth, $phpbb_container;
 
 	// We need both username and user_id info
 	$result = user_get_id_name($user_id_ary, $username_ary);
@@ -2622,6 +2622,20 @@ function group_user_add($group_id, $user_id_ary = false, $username_ary = false,
 
 	group_update_listings($group_id);
 
+	if ($pending)
+	{
+		$phpbb_notifications = $phpbb_container->get('notification_manager');
+
+		foreach ($add_id_ary as $user_id)
+		{
+			$phpbb_notifications->add_notifications('group_request', array(
+				'group_id'		=> $group_id,
+				'user_id'		=> $user_id,
+				'group_name'	=> $group_name,
+			));
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Return false - no error
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php
index fbb0f41e21..6f78136f11 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php
@@ -197,13 +197,6 @@ class ucp_groups
 								else
 								{
 									group_user_add($group_id, $user->data['user_id'], false, false, false, 0, 1);
-
-									$phpbb_notifications = $phpbb_container->get('notification_manager');
-
-									$phpbb_notifications->add_notifications('group_request', array_merge(
-										$group_row[$group_id],
-										array('user_id' => $user->data['user_id'])
-									));
 								}
 
 								add_log('user', $user->data['user_id'], 'LOG_USER_GROUP_JOIN' . (($group_row[$group_id]['group_type'] == GROUP_FREE) ? '' : '_PENDING'), $group_row[$group_id]['group_name']);