diff --git a/.changes/notification-sound.md b/.changes/notification-sound.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35f75536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/notification-sound.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"notification": patch
+---
+
+Play a default sound when showing a notification on Windows.
diff --git a/plugins/notification/src/desktop.rs b/plugins/notification/src/desktop.rs
index 897790f0..401f6569 100644
--- a/plugins/notification/src/desktop.rs
+++ b/plugins/notification/src/desktop.rs
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ mod imp {
                 {
                     notification.app_id(&self.identifier);
                 }
+
+                // will be parsed as a `::winrt_notification::Sound`
+                notification.sound_name("Default");
             }
             #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
             {