diff --git a/src/org.gnome.Terminal.gschema.xml b/src/org.gnome.Terminal.gschema.xml
index c031c8a..df1ae12 100644
--- a/src/org.gnome.Terminal.gschema.xml
+++ b/src/org.gnome.Terminal.gschema.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
     <value nick='delete-sequence' value='3'/>
     <value nick='tty' value='4'/>
   </enum>
+  <enum id='org.gnome.Terminal.Blink'>
+    <value nick='never' value='0'/>
+    <value nick='always' value='1'/>
+    <value nick='focused' value='2'/>
+  </enum>
   <enum id='org.gnome.Terminal.Cursor.BlinkMode'>
     <value nick='system' value='0'/>
     <value nick='on' value='1'/>
@@ -167,6 +172,10 @@
       <summary>Highlight foreground colour</summary>
       <description>Custom color for the foreground of the text character at the terminal's highlight position, as a color specification (can be HTML-style hex digits, or a color name such as "red"). This is ignored if highlight-colors-set is false.</description>
     </key>
+    <key name="allow-blink" enum="org.gnome.Terminal.Blink">
+      <default>'always'</default>
+      <summary>Whether to allow blinking contents</summary>
+    </key>
     <key name="allow-bold" type="b">
       <default>true</default>
       <summary>Whether to allow bold text</summary>
diff --git a/src/terminal-schemas.h b/src/terminal-schemas.h
index 4b734a3..b3e43e1 100644
--- a/src/terminal-schemas.h
+++ b/src/terminal-schemas.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 #define TERMINAL_SETTINGS_LIST_SCHEMA   "org.gnome.Terminal.SettingsList"
 #define TERMINAL_PROFILES_LIST_SCHEMA   "org.gnome.Terminal.ProfilesList"
 
+#define TERMINAL_PROFILE_ALLOW_BLINK_KEY                "allow-blink"
 #define TERMINAL_PROFILE_ALLOW_BOLD_KEY                 "allow-bold"
 #define TERMINAL_PROFILE_AUDIBLE_BELL_KEY               "audible-bell"
 #define TERMINAL_PROFILE_BACKGROUND_COLOR_KEY           "background-color"
diff --git a/src/terminal-screen.c b/src/terminal-screen.c
index 9a0b450..f68529d 100644
--- a/src/terminal-screen.c
+++ b/src/terminal-screen.c
@@ -856,6 +856,10 @@ terminal_screen_profile_changed_cb (GSettings     *profile,
   vte_terminal_set_delete_binding (vte_terminal,
                                    g_settings_get_enum (profile, TERMINAL_PROFILE_DELETE_BINDING_KEY));
 
+  if (!prop_name || prop_name == I_(TERMINAL_PROFILE_ALLOW_BLINK_KEY))
+    vte_terminal_set_allow_blink (vte_terminal,
+                                  g_settings_get_enum (profile, TERMINAL_PROFILE_ALLOW_BLINK_KEY));
+
   if (!prop_name || prop_name == I_(TERMINAL_PROFILE_ALLOW_BOLD_KEY))
     vte_terminal_set_allow_bold (vte_terminal,
                                  g_settings_get_boolean (profile, TERMINAL_PROFILE_ALLOW_BOLD_KEY));
