diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ActivitySetup.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ActivitySetup.java
index 99b3160a69..092a8ab1ce 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ActivitySetup.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ActivitySetup.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
@@ -538,6 +539,8 @@ public class ActivitySetup extends ActivityBilling implements FragmentManager.On
                 jexport.put("accounts", jaccounts);
                 jexport.put("answers", janswers);
                 jexport.put("settings", jsettings);
+                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
+                    jexport.put("channels", ((ApplicationEx) getApplication()).channelsToJSON());
 
                 ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver();
                 DocumentFile file = DocumentFile.fromSingleUri(context, uri);
@@ -749,6 +752,12 @@ public class ActivitySetup extends ActivityBilling implements FragmentManager.On
                     }
                     editor.apply();
 
+                    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
+                        if (jimport.has("channels")) {
+                            JSONArray jchannels = jimport.getJSONArray("channels");
+                            ((ApplicationEx) getApplication()).channelsFromJSON(jchannels);
+                        }
+
                     db.setTransactionSuccessful();
                 } finally {
                     db.endTransaction();
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ApplicationEx.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ApplicationEx.java
index 5ddc85ff29..a86e5173b7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ApplicationEx.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ApplicationEx.java
@@ -24,19 +24,35 @@ import android.app.Notification;
 import android.app.NotificationChannel;
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.media.Ringtone;
+import android.media.RingtoneManager;
+import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.DeadSystemException;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.webkit.CookieManager;
 
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
 
 public class ApplicationEx extends Application {
     private Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler prev = null;
 
+    private static final List<String> DEFAULT_CHANNEL_NAMES = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(
+            "service", "notification", "warning", "error"
+    ));
+
     @Override
     public void onCreate() {
         super.onCreate();
@@ -104,6 +120,81 @@ public class ApplicationEx extends Application {
         }
     }
 
+    @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
+    public JSONArray channelsToJSON() throws JSONException {
+        JSONArray jchannels = new JSONArray();
+
+        NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
+        for (NotificationChannel channel : nm.getNotificationChannels())
+            if (!DEFAULT_CHANNEL_NAMES.contains(channel.getId())) {
+                JSONObject jchannel = new JSONObject();
+
+                jchannel.put("id", channel.getId());
+                jchannel.put("group", channel.getGroup());
+                jchannel.put("name", channel.getName());
+                jchannel.put("description", channel.getDescription());
+
+                jchannel.put("importance", channel.getImportance());
+                jchannel.put("dnd", channel.canBypassDnd());
+                jchannel.put("visibility", channel.getLockscreenVisibility());
+                jchannel.put("badge", channel.canShowBadge());
+
+                Uri sound = channel.getSound();
+                if (sound != null)
+                    jchannel.put("sound", sound.toString());
+                // audio attributes
+
+                jchannel.put("light", channel.shouldShowLights());
+                // color
+
+                jchannel.put("vibrate", channel.shouldVibrate());
+                // pattern
+
+                jchannels.put(jchannel);
+            }
+
+        return jchannels;
+    }
+
+    @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
+    public void channelsFromJSON(JSONArray jchannels) throws JSONException {
+        NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
+        for (int c = 0; c < jchannels.length(); c++) {
+            JSONObject jchannel = (JSONObject) jchannels.get(c);
+
+            String id = jchannel.getString("id");
+            if (nm.getNotificationChannel(id) == null) {
+                NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(
+                        id,
+                        jchannel.getString("name"),
+                        jchannel.getInt("importance"));
+
+                if (jchannel.has("group") && !jchannel.isNull("group"))
+                    channel.setGroup(jchannel.getString("group"));
+
+                if (jchannel.has("description") && !jchannel.isNull("description"))
+                    channel.setDescription(jchannel.getString("description"));
+
+                channel.setBypassDnd(jchannel.getBoolean("dnd"));
+                channel.setLockscreenVisibility(jchannel.getInt("visibility"));
+                channel.setShowBadge(jchannel.getBoolean("badge"));
+
+                if (jchannel.has("sound") && !jchannel.isNull("sound")) {
+                    Uri uri = Uri.parse(jchannel.getString("sound"));
+                    Ringtone ringtone = RingtoneManager.getRingtone(this, uri);
+                    if (ringtone != null)
+                        channel.setSound(uri, Notification.AUDIO_ATTRIBUTES_DEFAULT);
+                }
+
+                channel.enableLights(jchannel.getBoolean("light"));
+                channel.enableVibration(jchannel.getBoolean("vibrate"));
+
+                Log.i("Creating channel=" + channel);
+                nm.createNotificationChannel(channel);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public boolean ownFault(Throwable ex) {
         if (ex instanceof OutOfMemoryError)
             return false;