diff --git a/html/includes/common/notes.inc.php b/html/includes/common/notes.inc.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65f768b8dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/includes/common/notes.inc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+if( defined('show_settings') || empty($widget_settings) ) {
+
+    $common_output[] = '
+    <form class="form-horizontal" onsubmit="widget_settings(this); return false;">
+        <div class="form-group">
+            <label for="'.$unique_id.'_notes" class="col-sm-1" control-label"></label>
+            <div class="col-sm-11">
+                <textarea name="notes" id="'.$unique_id.'_notes" rows="3" class="form-control">'.htmlspecialchars($widget_settings['notes']).'</textarea>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="form-group">
+            <div class="col-sm-1">
+                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">Set</button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </form>';
+}
+else {
+    $common_output[] = stripslashes(nl2br($widget_settings['notes']));
+}
diff --git a/sql-schema/080.sql b/sql-schema/080.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b487367823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql-schema/080.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INSERT INTO widgets VALUES (NULL, 'Notes', 'notes', '5,4');