diff --git a/pywb/static/wombat.js b/pywb/static/wombat.js
index e97ffeaf..03ea9732 100644
--- a/pywb/static/wombat.js
+++ b/pywb/static/wombat.js
@@ -2264,6 +2264,30 @@ var wombat_internal = function($wbwindow) {
         }
     }
 
+    //============================================
+    function init_disable_notifications() {
+        if (window.Notification) {
+            window.Notification.requestPermission = function(callback) {
+                if (callback) {
+                    callback("denied");
+                }
+
+                return Promise.resolve("denied");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (window.geolocation) {
+            var disabled = function(success, error, options) {
+                if (error) {
+                    error({"code": 2, "message": "not available"});
+                }
+            }
+
+            window.geolocation.getCurrentPosition = disabled;
+            window.geolocation.watchPosition = disabled;
+        }
+    }
+
     //============================================
     function get_final_url(prefix, mod, url) {
         if (mod == undefined) {
@@ -2426,6 +2450,9 @@ var wombat_internal = function($wbwindow) {
         // open
         init_open_override();
 
+        // disable notifications
+        init_disable_notifications();
+
         // expose functions
         this.extract_orig = extract_orig;
         this.rewrite_url = rewrite_url;