diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0b09cb..a911135 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -209,6 +209,13 @@ for evaluation (e.g. `expected.tsv` files for the challenge or
 given when a challenge is created or a submission is done and the
 Gonito server must have access to such a special remote.
 
+Integration with Slack/Discord
+------------------------------
+
+Gonito can send announcements to Slack or Discord via web hooks, e.g.
+when new best result is achieved. Simply set the `ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK`
+environment variable to a Slack/Discord webhook.
+
 Authors
 -------
 
diff --git a/Web/Announcements.hs b/Web/Announcements.hs
index 0564864..56f84e0 100644
--- a/Web/Announcements.hs
+++ b/Web/Announcements.hs
@@ -16,19 +16,24 @@ import Prelude
 import Data.Aeson
 import Data.Default
 
-data AnnouncementHook = SlackWebHook Text
+data AnnouncementHook = SlackWebHook Text | DiscordWebHook Text
 
 toAnnouncementHook :: Text -> AnnouncementHook
 toAnnouncementHook url
   | ".slack." `isInfixOf` url = SlackWebHook url
-  | otherwise = error $ "unknown hook type"
+  | "discord.com" `isInfixOf` url = DiscordWebHook url
+  | otherwise = error $ unpack $ "unknown hook type '" <> url <> "'"
 
 sendAnnouncement :: AnnouncementHook -> Text -> IO ()
-sendAnnouncement (SlackWebHook hook) message = do
+sendAnnouncement (SlackWebHook hook) message = sendAnnouncementViaJson hook "text" message
+sendAnnouncement (DiscordWebHook hook) message = sendAnnouncementViaJson hook "content" message
+
+sendAnnouncementViaJson :: Text -> Text -> Text -> IO ()
+sendAnnouncementViaJson hook fieldName message = do
   let (Just (hookUrl, _)) = parseUrlHttps $ DTE.encodeUtf8 hook
 
   R.runReq def $ do
-    let payload = object [ "text" .= message ]
+    let payload = object [ fieldName .= message ]
     (_ :: IgnoreResponse) <- R.req R.POST
                                  hookUrl
                                  (R.ReqBodyJson payload)
@@ -38,4 +43,8 @@ sendAnnouncement (SlackWebHook hook) message = do
 
 formatLink :: Maybe AnnouncementHook -> Text -> Text -> Text
 formatLink (Just (SlackWebHook _)) url title = "<" <> url <> "|" <> title <> ">"
-formatLink Nothing url title = title <> "<" <> url <> ">"
+formatLink (Just (DiscordWebHook _)) url title = formatLinkWithAngleBrackets url title
+formatLink Nothing url title = formatLinkWithAngleBrackets url title
+
+formatLinkWithAngleBrackets :: Text -> Text -> Text
+formatLinkWithAngleBrackets url title = title <> " <" <> url <> ">"
diff --git a/docker-compose-simple.yml b/docker-compose-simple.yml
index 8363a6c..c3427a4 100644
--- a/docker-compose-simple.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-simple.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
       - AUTO_OPENING=${GONITO_AUTO_OPENING:-false}
       - IS_PUBLIC=${GONITO_IS_PUBLIC:-true}
       - JSON_WEB_KEY=${JSON_WEB_KEY}
+      - ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK=${GONITO_ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK}
     ports:
       - 3000:3000
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 49a4a7d..10f6b50 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ services:
       - VIEWING_PROGRESS_STYLE=${GONITO_VIEWING_PROGRESS_STYLE:-with-web-sockets}
       - AUTO_TEAM=${GONITO_AUTO_TEAM:-false}
       - TEAM_FIELD=$GONITO_TEAM_FIELD
+      - ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK=${GONITO_ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK}
     expose:
       - "3000"
     volumes:
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 2389027..44fa227 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ GONITO_TEAM_FIELD=given_name
 #
 # Note: at the moment, only RS256 is handled.
 JSON_WEB_KEY={"kty":"RSA", "alg":"RS256", "use":"sig", "kid":"h01jmt_bD-1Di8i_GYbEV2a4NxhptzySHO-R8VuNHVA", "e":"AQAB", "n": "qG1elE6KPW3BYMxNpgK73MoksvbrUSfpRY4z9hU5iMsJREyD5Ar6XpjM1xAr6G7xglnOoumPC9o6FqhDHihm6QdJ5s5MA9ZyGkbi--kvy9Qc2d_VIGU-UR4vwyk3hAwXOFLhoknpQrJBJmMQvGFdas1Yr-m9EIWwT1zN7neHZkRUYZSVyQw_XghtMIWAUsLnhr6mM7nstHLafgxe5Qamzuc4K5EC_qipFXu4ugYkMDnaknlhkT43m7tcduVDnv5GV_4dBesF7FRII8tgUQWyw3Ty_FIoq43SInUPU_9cxA-qPGQz5C50th2aJl1z1snpLWS_1Zfsa8lnFsMj8_oh6w"}
+
+# Announcements can be sent to Slack or Discord via a given web hook
+GONITO_ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK=https://discord.com/api/webhooks/123456789/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxz123456789