diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7790c62..df75f8b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type payload struct {
 	GroupLabels       map[string]interface{} `json:"groupLabels"`
 	CommonLabels      map[string]interface{} `json:"commonLabels"`
 	CommonAnnotations map[string]interface{} `json:"commonAnnotations"`
+	ExternalURL       string                 `json:"externalURL"`
 }
 
 type alert struct {
@@ -45,10 +46,11 @@ type alert struct {
 }
 
 type notification struct {
-	title    string
-	body     string
-	priority string
-	tags     string
+	title       string
+	body        string
+	priority    string
+	tags        string
+	silenceBody string
 }
 
 func (rcv *receiver) singleAlertNotifications(p *payload) []*notification {
@@ -108,6 +110,24 @@ func (rcv *receiver) singleAlertNotifications(p *payload) []*notification {
 
 		n.tags = strings.Join(tags, ",")
 
+		if rcv.cfg.am.SilenceDuration != 0 {
+			if rcv.cfg.BaseURL == "" {
+				rcv.logger.Error("Failed to create silence action: No base-url set")
+			}
+
+			// I could not convince ntfy to accept an Action with a body which contains
+			// a json with more than one key. Instead the json will be base64 encoded
+			// and sent to the ntfy-alertmanager silences endpoint, that operates as
+			// a proxy and will do the Alertmanager API request.
+			s := &silenceBody{AlertManagerURL: p.ExternalURL, Labels: alert.Labels}
+			b, err := json.Marshal(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				rcv.logger.Errorf("Failed to create silence action: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			n.silenceBody = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
+		}
+
 		notifications = append(notifications, n)
 	}
 
@@ -205,6 +225,18 @@ func (rcv *receiver) publish(n *notification) error {
 		req.Header.Set("X-Tags", n.tags)
 	}
 
+	if n.silenceBody != "" {
+		url := rcv.cfg.BaseURL + "/silences"
+
+		var authString string
+		if rcv.cfg.User != "" && rcv.cfg.Password != "" {
+			auth := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", rcv.cfg.User, rcv.cfg.Password)))
+			authString = fmt.Sprintf(", headers.Authorization=Basic %s", auth)
+		}
+
+		req.Header.Set("Actions", fmt.Sprintf("http, Silence, %s, method=POST, body=%s%s", url, n.silenceBody, authString))
+	}
+
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -325,8 +357,10 @@ func main() {
 	if cfg.User != "" && cfg.Password != "" {
 		logger.Info("Enabling HTTP Basic Authentication")
 		http.HandleFunc("/", receiver.basicAuthMiddleware(receiver.handleWebhooks))
+		http.HandleFunc("/silences", receiver.basicAuthMiddleware(receiver.handleSilences))
 	} else {
 		http.HandleFunc("/", receiver.handleWebhooks)
+		http.HandleFunc("/silences", receiver.handleSilences)
 	}
 
 	go receiver.runCleanup()
diff --git a/silence.go b/silence.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c6cadb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/silence.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const dateLayout = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
+
+type silence struct {
+	Matchers  []matcher `json:"matchers"`
+	StartsAt  string    `json:"startsAt"`
+	EndsAt    string    `json:"endsAt"`
+	CreatedBy string    `json:"createdBy"`
+	Comment   string    `json:"comment"`
+}
+
+type matcher struct {
+	Name    string `json:"name"`
+	Value   string `json:"value"`
+	IsRegex bool   `json:"isRegex"`
+	IsEqual bool   `json:"isEqual"`
+}
+
+type silenceBody struct {
+	AlertManagerURL string                 `json:"alertmanagerURL"`
+	Labels          map[string]interface{} `json:"labels"`
+}
+
+func (rcv *receiver) handleSilences(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	defer r.Body.Close()
+
+	if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+		http.Error(w, "Only POST allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: illegal HTTP method: expected %q, got %q", "POST", r.Method)
+		return
+	}
+
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	b, err = base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(string(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var sb silenceBody
+	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &sb)
+	if err != nil {
+		rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var matchers []matcher
+	for key, value := range sb.Labels {
+		m := matcher{
+			Name:    key,
+			Value:   value.(string),
+			IsRegex: false,
+			IsEqual: true,
+		}
+
+		matchers = append(matchers, m)
+	}
+
+	silence := &silence{
+		StartsAt:  time.Now().UTC().Format(dateLayout),
+		EndsAt:    time.Now().Add(rcv.cfg.am.SilenceDuration).UTC().Format(dateLayout),
+		CreatedBy: "ntfy-alertmanager",
+		Comment:   "",
+		Matchers:  matchers,
+	}
+
+	b, err = json.Marshal(silence)
+	if err != nil {
+		rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: time.Second * 3}
+	url := sb.AlertManagerURL + "/api/v2/silences"
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, bytes.NewBuffer(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	b, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: received status code %d", resp.StatusCode)
+		return
+	}
+
+	rcv.logger.Debugf("silences: created new silence %s", string(b))
+}