diff --git a/pkg/context/context.go b/pkg/context/context.go
index 85f49cc6b..33ae8b792 100644
--- a/pkg/context/context.go
+++ b/pkg/context/context.go
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ func Contexter() macaron.Handler {
 		c.Data["ShowFooterBranding"] = setting.ShowFooterBranding
 		c.Data["ShowFooterVersion"] = setting.ShowFooterVersion
 
+		c.Data["ServerNotice"] = readServerNotice()
+
 		ctx.Map(c)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/context/notice.go b/pkg/context/notice.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1bce474b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/context/notice.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package context
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path"
+
+	"github.com/Unknwon/com"
+	log "gopkg.in/clog.v1"
+
+	"github.com/gogs/gogs/pkg/markup"
+	"github.com/gogs/gogs/pkg/setting"
+	"github.com/gogs/gogs/pkg/tool"
+)
+
+// readServerNotice checks if a notice file exists and loads the message to display
+// on all pages.
+func readServerNotice() string {
+	fpath := path.Join(setting.CustomPath, "notice.md")
+	if !com.IsExist(fpath) {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Open(fpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(2, "Failed to open notice file %s: %v", fpath, err)
+		return ""
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	fi, err := f.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(2, "Failed to stat notice file %s: %v", fpath, err)
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	// Limit size to prevent very large messages from breaking pages
+	var maxSize int64 = 1024
+
+	if fi.Size() > maxSize { // Refuse to print very long messages
+		log.Error(2, "Notice file %s size too large [%d > %d]: refusing to render", fpath, fi.Size(), maxSize)
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	buf := make([]byte, maxSize)
+	n, err := f.Read(buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(2, "Failed to read notice file: %v", err)
+		return ""
+	}
+	buf = buf[:n]
+
+	if !tool.IsTextFile(buf) {
+		log.Error(2, "Notice file %s does not appear to be a text file: aborting", fpath)
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return string(markup.RawMarkdown(buf, ""))
+}
diff --git a/templates/base/head.tmpl b/templates/base/head.tmpl
index 27b2f4c72..dd144f706 100644
--- a/templates/base/head.tmpl
+++ b/templates/base/head.tmpl
@@ -192,6 +192,14 @@
 				</div><!-- end container -->
 			</div><!-- end bar -->
 		{{end}}
+
+		{{if .ServerNotice}}
+			<div class="ui container grid warning message">
+				<div class="content">
+					{{.ServerNotice | Str2HTML}}
+				</div>
+			</div>
+		{{end}}
 {{/*
 	</div>
 </body>