diff --git a/src/data/GuildPingableRoles.ts b/src/data/GuildPingableRoles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80382274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/GuildPingableRoles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { BaseRepository } from "./BaseRepository";
+import { getRepository, Repository } from "typeorm";
+import { PingableRole } from "./entities/PingableRole";
+
+export class GuildPingableRoles extends BaseRepository {
+  private pingableRoles: Repository<PingableRole>;
+
+  constructor(guildId) {
+    super(guildId);
+    this.pingableRoles = getRepository(PingableRole);
+  }
+
+  async all(): Promise<PingableRole[]> {
+    return this.pingableRoles.find({
+      where: {
+        guild_id: this.guildId
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  async getForChannel(channelId: string): Promise<PingableRole[]> {
+    return this.pingableRoles.find({
+      where: {
+        guild_id: this.guildId,
+        channel_id: channelId
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  async getByChannelAndRoleId(channelId: string, roleId: string): Promise<PingableRole> {
+    return this.pingableRoles.findOne({
+      where: {
+        guild_id: this.guildId,
+        channel_id: channelId,
+        role_id: roleId
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  async delete(channelId: string, roleId: string) {
+    await this.pingableRoles.delete({
+      guild_id: this.guildId,
+      channel_id: channelId,
+      role_id: roleId
+    });
+  }
+
+  async add(channelId: string, roleId: string) {
+    await this.pingableRoles.insert({
+      guild_id: this.guildId,
+      channel_id: channelId,
+      role_id: roleId
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/data/entities/PingableRole.ts b/src/data/entities/PingableRole.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d7264a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/entities/PingableRole.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Entity, Column, PrimaryColumn } from "typeorm";
+import { ISavedMessageData } from "./SavedMessage";
+
+@Entity("pingable_roles")
+export class PingableRole {
+  @Column()
+  @PrimaryColumn()
+  id: number;
+
+  @Column() guild_id: string;
+
+  @Column() channel_id: string;
+
+  @Column() role_id: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d251d304..0fd6394a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import { SlowmodePlugin } from "./plugins/Slowmode";
 import { StarboardPlugin } from "./plugins/Starboard";
 import { NameHistoryPlugin } from "./plugins/NameHistory";
 import { AutoReactions } from "./plugins/AutoReactions";
+import { PingableRoles } from "./plugins/PingableRoles";
 
 // Run latest database migrations
 logger.info("Running database migrations");
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ connect().then(async conn => {
       TagsPlugin,
       SlowmodePlugin,
       StarboardPlugin,
-      AutoReactions
+      AutoReactions,
+      PingableRoles
     ],
 
     globalPlugins: [BotControlPlugin, LogServerPlugin],
diff --git a/src/migrations/1547293464842-CreatePingableRolesTable.ts b/src/migrations/1547293464842-CreatePingableRolesTable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe952463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migrations/1547293464842-CreatePingableRolesTable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner, Table } from "typeorm";
+
+export class CreatePingableRolesTable1547293464842 implements MigrationInterface {
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<any> {
+    await queryRunner.createTable(
+      new Table({
+        name: "pingable_roles",
+        columns: [
+          {
+            name: "id",
+            type: "int",
+            unsigned: true,
+            isGenerated: true,
+            generationStrategy: "increment",
+            isPrimary: true
+          },
+          {
+            name: "guild_id",
+            type: "bigint",
+            unsigned: true
+          },
+          {
+            name: "channel_id",
+            type: "bigint",
+            unsigned: true
+          },
+          {
+            name: "role_id",
+            type: "bigint",
+            unsigned: true
+          }
+        ],
+        indices: [
+          {
+            columnNames: ["guild_id", "channel_id"]
+          },
+          {
+            columnNames: ["guild_id", "channel_id", "role_id"],
+            isUnique: true
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<any> {
+    await queryRunner.dropTable("pingable_roles", true);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/PingableRoles.ts b/src/plugins/PingableRoles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a25516af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/PingableRoles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import { Plugin, decorators as d } from "knub";
+import { SavedMessage } from "../data/entities/SavedMessage";
+import { Message, Role, TextableChannel, User } from "eris";
+import { GuildPingableRoles } from "../data/GuildPingableRoles";
+import { PingableRole } from "../data/entities/PingableRole";
+import { errorMessage, successMessage } from "../utils";
+
+const TIMEOUT = 10 * 1000;
+
+export class PingableRoles extends Plugin {
+  public static pluginName = "pingable_roles";
+
+  protected pingableRoles: GuildPingableRoles;
+  protected cache: Map<string, PingableRole[]>;
+  protected timeouts: Map<string, any>;
+
+  getDefaultOptions() {
+    return {
+      permissions: {
+        use: false
+      },
+
+      overrides: [
+        {
+          level: ">=100",
+          permissions: {
+            use: true
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+  }
+
+  onLoad() {
+    this.pingableRoles = GuildPingableRoles.getInstance(this.guildId);
+
+    this.cache = new Map();
+    this.timeouts = new Map();
+  }
+
+  protected async getPingableRolesForChannel(channelId: string): Promise<PingableRole[]> {
+    if (!this.cache.has(channelId)) {
+      this.cache.set(channelId, await this.pingableRoles.getForChannel(channelId));
+    }
+
+    return this.cache.get(channelId);
+  }
+
+  @d.command("pingable_role disable", "<channelId:channelId> <role:role>")
+  @d.permission("use")
+  async disablePingableRoleCmd(msg: Message, args: { channelId: string; role: Role }) {
+    const pingableRole = await this.pingableRoles.getByChannelAndRoleId(args.channelId, args.role.id);
+    if (!pingableRole) {
+      msg.channel.createMessage(errorMessage(`**${args.role.name}** is not set as pingable in <#${args.channelId}>`));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await this.pingableRoles.delete(args.channelId, args.role.id);
+    msg.channel.createMessage(
+      successMessage(`**${args.role.name}** is no longer set as pingable in <#${args.channelId}>`)
+    );
+  }
+
+  @d.command("pingable_role", "<channelId:channelId> <role:role>")
+  @d.permission("use")
+  async setPingableRoleCmd(msg: Message, args: { channelId: string; role: Role }) {
+    const existingPingableRole = await this.pingableRoles.getByChannelAndRoleId(args.channelId, args.role.id);
+    if (existingPingableRole) {
+      msg.channel.createMessage(
+        errorMessage(`**${args.role.name}** is already set as pingable in <#${args.channelId}>`)
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await this.pingableRoles.add(args.channelId, args.role.id);
+    msg.channel.createMessage(successMessage(`**${args.role.name}** has been set as pingable in <#${args.channelId}>`));
+  }
+
+  @d.event("typingStart")
+  async onTypingStart(channel: TextableChannel, user: User) {
+    const pingableRoles = await this.getPingableRolesForChannel(channel.id);
+    if (pingableRoles.length === 0) return;
+
+    if (this.timeouts.has(channel.id)) {
+      clearTimeout(this.timeouts.get(channel.id));
+    }
+
+    this.enablePingableRoles(pingableRoles);
+
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      this.disablePingableRoles(pingableRoles);
+    }, TIMEOUT);
+    this.timeouts.set(channel.id, timeout);
+  }
+
+  @d.event("messageCreate")
+  async onMessageCreate(msg: Message) {
+    const pingableRoles = await this.getPingableRolesForChannel(msg.channel.id);
+    if (pingableRoles.length === 0) return;
+
+    if (this.timeouts.has(msg.channel.id)) {
+      clearTimeout(this.timeouts.get(msg.channel.id));
+    }
+
+    this.disablePingableRoles(pingableRoles);
+  }
+
+  protected enablePingableRoles(pingableRoles: PingableRole[]) {
+    for (const pingableRole of pingableRoles) {
+      const role = this.guild.roles.get(pingableRole.role_id);
+      if (!role) continue;
+
+      role.edit(
+        {
+          mentionable: true
+        },
+        "Enable pingable role"
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected disablePingableRoles(pingableRoles: PingableRole[]) {
+    for (const pingableRole of pingableRoles) {
+      const role = this.guild.roles.get(pingableRole.role_id);
+      if (!role) continue;
+
+      role.edit(
+        {
+          mentionable: false
+        },
+        "Disable pingable role"
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}