diff --git a/docs/source/ruletypes.rst b/docs/source/ruletypes.rst
index bb446206..afd9203a 100644
--- a/docs/source/ruletypes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/ruletypes.rst
@@ -2453,6 +2453,10 @@ Example slack_alert_fields::
 
 ``slack_ca_certs``: Set this option to ``True`` if you want to validate the SSL certificate.
 
+``slack_footer``: Add a static footer text for alert. Defaults to "".
+
+``slack_footer_icon``: A Public Url for a footer icon. Defaults to "".
+
 Splunk On-Call (Formerly VictorOps)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/elastalert/alerts.py b/elastalert/alerts.py
index 646323d8..8cbf9915 100644
--- a/elastalert/alerts.py
+++ b/elastalert/alerts.py
@@ -1060,6 +1060,8 @@ def __init__(self, rule):
         self.slack_attach_kibana_discover_url = self.rule.get('slack_attach_kibana_discover_url', False)
         self.slack_kibana_discover_color = self.rule.get('slack_kibana_discover_color', '#ec4b98')
         self.slack_kibana_discover_title = self.rule.get('slack_kibana_discover_title', 'Discover in Kibana')
+        self.footer = self.rule.get('slack_footer', '')
+        self.footer_icon = self.rule.get('slack_footer_icon', '')
 
     def format_body(self, body):
         # https://api.slack.com/docs/formatting
@@ -1122,6 +1124,10 @@ def alert(self, matches):
         if self.slack_title_link != '':
             payload['attachments'][0]['title_link'] = self.slack_title_link
 
+        if self.footer != '' and self.footer_icon != '':
+            payload['attachments'][0]['footer'] = self.footer
+            payload['attachments'][0]['footer_icon'] = self.footer_icon
+
         if self.slack_attach_kibana_discover_url:
             kibana_discover_url = lookup_es_key(matches[0], 'kibana_discover_url')
             if kibana_discover_url:
diff --git a/elastalert/schema.yaml b/elastalert/schema.yaml
index ca402d19..b4a51365 100644
--- a/elastalert/schema.yaml
+++ b/elastalert/schema.yaml
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ properties:
   slack_attach_kibana_discover_url: {type: boolean}
   slack_kibana_discover_color: {type: string}
   slack_kibana_discover_title: {type: string}
+  slack_footer: {type: string}
+  slack_footer_icon: {type: string}
 
   ### Mattermost
   mattermost_webhook_url: *arrayOfString
diff --git a/tests/alerts_test.py b/tests/alerts_test.py
index 3af230a1..3e1febf7 100644
--- a/tests/alerts_test.py
+++ b/tests/alerts_test.py
@@ -2749,6 +2749,56 @@ def test_slack_ca_certs():
     assert expected_data == json.loads(mock_post_request.call_args_list[0][1]['data'])
 
 
+def test_slack_footer():
+    rule = {
+        'name': 'Test Rule',
+        'type': 'any',
+        'slack_webhook_url': 'http://please.dontgohere.slack',
+        'slack_username_override': 'elastalert',
+        'slack_footer': 'Elastic Alerts',
+        'slack_footer_icon': 'http://footer.icon.url',
+        'alert_subject': 'Cool subject',
+        'alert': []
+    }
+    rules_loader = FileRulesLoader({})
+    rules_loader.load_modules(rule)
+    alert = SlackAlerter(rule)
+    match = {
+        '@timestamp': '2016-01-01T00:00:00',
+        'somefield': 'foobarbaz'
+    }
+    with mock.patch('requests.post') as mock_post_request:
+        alert.alert([match])
+
+    expected_data = {
+        'username': 'elastalert',
+        'channel': '',
+        'icon_emoji': ':ghost:',
+        'attachments': [
+            {
+                'color': 'danger',
+                'title': rule['alert_subject'],
+                'text': BasicMatchString(rule, match).__str__(),
+                'mrkdwn_in': ['text', 'pretext'],
+                'fields': [],
+                'footer': 'Elastic Alerts',
+                'footer_icon': 'http://footer.icon.url'
+            }
+        ],
+        'text': '',
+        'parse': 'none'
+    }
+    mock_post_request.assert_called_once_with(
+        rule['slack_webhook_url'],
+        data=mock.ANY,
+        headers={'content-type': 'application/json'},
+        proxies=None,
+        verify=True,
+        timeout=10
+    )
+    assert expected_data == json.loads(mock_post_request.call_args_list[0][1]['data'])
+
+
 def test_http_alerter_with_payload():
     rule = {
         'name': 'Test HTTP Post Alerter With Payload',