diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fea9c5474..a1ca05096 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 *.eggs
 *.egg-info
 *.pyc
+*.sw[a-z]
+.python-version
 .test
 .testrepository
 .tox
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index c4f01a146..02094e147 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -255,4 +255,5 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 # texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
 
 extlinks = {'jenkins-wiki': ('https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/%s',
-                             None)}
+                             None),
+            'jenkins-plugins': ('https://plugins.jenkins.io/%s', None)}
diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/modules/project_multibranch.py b/jenkins_jobs/modules/project_multibranch.py
index 3be0cf69b..24cc23b00 100644
--- a/jenkins_jobs/modules/project_multibranch.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/modules/project_multibranch.py
@@ -785,6 +785,10 @@ def github_scm(xml_parent, data):
         * **depth** (`int`) - Set shallow clone depth (default 1)
         * **do-not-fetch-tags** (`bool`) - Perform a clone without tags
             (default false)
+        * **disable-pr-notifications** (`bool`) - Disable default github status
+            notifications on pull requests (default false) (Requires the
+            :jenkins-plugins:`GitHub Branch Source Plugin
+            <disable-github-multibranch-status>`.)
         * **submodule** (`dict`)
             * **disable** (`bool`) - By disabling support for submodules you
               can still keep using basic git plugin functionality and just have
@@ -953,6 +957,18 @@ def github_scm(xml_parent, data):
     # - use-author
     git_extensions(traits, data)
 
+    # github-only extensions
+    disable_github_status_path_dscore = (
+        'com.adobe.jenkins.disable__github__multibranch__status')
+    if data.get('disable-pr-notifications', False):
+        XML.SubElement(
+            traits, ''.join([
+                disable_github_status_path_dscore, '.DisableStatusUpdateTrait'
+            ]), {
+                'plugin': 'disable-github-multibranch-status'
+            }
+        )
+
 
 def build_strategies(xml_parent, data):
     """Configure Basic Branch Build Strategies.
diff --git a/tests/multibranch/fixtures/scm_github_full.xml b/tests/multibranch/fixtures/scm_github_full.xml
index 2802182eb..769d066f3 100644
--- a/tests/multibranch/fixtures/scm_github_full.xml
+++ b/tests/multibranch/fixtures/scm_github_full.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
             <jenkins.plugins.git.traits.AuthorInChangelogTrait>
               <extension class="hudson.plugins.git.extensions.impl.AuthorInChangelog"/>
             </jenkins.plugins.git.traits.AuthorInChangelogTrait>
+            <com.adobe.jenkins.disable__github__multibranch__status.DisableStatusUpdateTrait plugin="disable-github-multibranch-status"/>
           </traits>
         </source>
         <buildStrategies>
diff --git a/tests/multibranch/fixtures/scm_github_full.yaml b/tests/multibranch/fixtures/scm_github_full.yaml
index 272d5f12a..33a477c3b 100644
--- a/tests/multibranch/fixtures/scm_github_full.yaml
+++ b/tests/multibranch/fixtures/scm_github_full.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ scm:
         shallow-clone: true
         depth: 3
         do-not-fetch-tags: true
+        disable-pr-notifications: true
         submodule:
             disable: false
             recursive: true