diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/components/clear_column_button.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/components/clear_column_button.jsx
index 0b7c737c6b..d75149a0e3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/components/clear_column_button.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/components/clear_column_button.jsx
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ const iconStyle = {
   position: 'absolute',
   right: '48px',
   top: '0',
-  cursor: 'pointer'
+  cursor: 'pointer',
+  zIndex: '2'
 };
 
 const ClearColumnButton = ({ onClick }) => (
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/index.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/index.jsx
index 0da3544f6b..8d3f4233df 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/index.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/index.jsx
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import LoadMore from '../../components/load_more';
 import ClearColumnButton from './components/clear_column_button';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
-  title: { id: 'column.notifications', defaultMessage: 'Notifications' }
+  title: { id: 'column.notifications', defaultMessage: 'Notifications' },
+  confirm: { id: 'confirmation.label', defaultMessage: 'Are you sure?' }
 });
 
 const getNotifications = createSelector([
@@ -72,7 +73,9 @@ const Notifications = React.createClass({
   },
 
   handleClear () {
-    this.props.dispatch(clearNotifications());
+    if (window.confirm(this.props.intl.formatMessage(messages.confirm))) {
+      this.props.dispatch(clearNotifications());
+    }
   },
 
   setRef (c) {