diff --git a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
index aa3ba00a2..d826597e7 100644
--- a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
+++ b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
@@ -1032,8 +1032,8 @@ def set_active_window(os_window_id: int, tab_id: int, window_id: int) -> None:
     pass
 
 
-def ring_bell(os_window_id: int = 0) -> None:
-    pass
+def ring_bell(os_window_id: int = 0) -> None: ...
+def request_attention(os_window_id: int) -> None: ...
 
 
 def concat_cells(cell_width: int, cell_height: int, is_32_bit: bool, cells: Tuple[bytes, ...], bgcolor: int = 0) -> bytes:
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index 5f842bc05..c24bd58d4 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -2167,6 +2167,16 @@ ring_bell(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static PyObject*
+request_attention(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
+    unsigned long long os_window_id;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "K", &os_window_id)) return NULL;
+    OSWindow *w = os_window_for_id(os_window_id);
+    if (w && w->handle) glfwRequestWindowAttention(w->handle);
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+
 static PyObject*
 get_content_scale_for_window(PYNOARG) {
     OSWindow *w = global_state.callback_os_window ? global_state.callback_os_window : global_state.os_windows;
@@ -2913,6 +2923,7 @@ static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     METHODB(macos_cycle_through_os_windows, METH_O),
     METHODB(get_content_scale_for_window, METH_NOARGS),
     METHODB(ring_bell, METH_VARARGS),
+    METHODB(request_attention, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(toggle_fullscreen, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(toggle_maximized, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(change_os_window_state, METH_VARARGS),