diff --git a/app/views/mailer/news_added.html.erb b/app/views/mailer/news_added.html.erb
index daf250adf..992321930 100644
--- a/app/views/mailer/news_added.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/mailer/news_added.html.erb
@@ -2,3 +2,11 @@
 <em><%= @news.author.name %></em>
 
 <%= textilizable(@news, :description, :only_path => false) %>
+
+<% if @news.attachments.any? -%>
+<fieldset class="attachments"><legend><%= l(:label_attachment_plural) %></legend>
+<% @news.attachments.each do |attachment| -%>
+  <%= link_to_attachment attachment, :download => true, :only_path => false %> (<%= number_to_human_size(attachment.filesize) %>)<br />
+<% end -%>
+</fieldset>
+<% end -%>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/mailer/news_added.text.erb b/app/views/mailer/news_added.text.erb
index c8ae3035f..65e6a404f 100644
--- a/app/views/mailer/news_added.text.erb
+++ b/app/views/mailer/news_added.text.erb
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@
 <%= @news.author.name %>
 
 <%= @news.description %>
+
+<% if @news.attachments.any? -%>
+---<%= l(:label_attachment_plural).ljust(37, '-') %>
+<% @news.attachments.each do |attachment| -%>
+<%= attachment.filename %> (<%= number_to_human_size(attachment.filesize) %>)
+<% end -%>
+<% end -%>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/functional/news_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/news_controller_test.rb
index 93a0208d6..f3d736b8e 100644
--- a/test/functional/news_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/news_controller_test.rb
@@ -123,29 +123,40 @@ class NewsControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
 
   def test_post_create_with_attachment
     set_tmp_attachments_directory
+    ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.clear
     @request.session[:user_id] = 2
     assert_difference 'News.count' do
       assert_difference 'Attachment.count' do
-        post(
-          :create,
-          :params => {
-            :project_id => 1,
-            :news => {
-              :title => 'Test',
-              :description => 'This is the description'
-            },
-            :attachments => {
-              '1' => {
-                'file' => uploaded_test_file('testfile.txt', 'text/plain')
+        with_settings :notified_events => %w(news_added) do
+          post(
+            :create,
+            :params => {
+              :project_id => 1,
+              :news => {
+                :title => 'Test',
+                :description => 'This is the description'
+              },
+              :attachments => {
+                '1' => {
+                  'file' => uploaded_test_file('testfile.txt', 'text/plain')
+                }
               }
             }
-          }
-        )
+          )
+        end
       end
     end
     attachment = Attachment.order('id DESC').first
     news = News.order('id DESC').first
     assert_equal news, attachment.container
+    assert_select_email do
+      # link to the attachments download
+      assert_select 'fieldset.attachments' do
+        assert_select 'a[href=?]',
+                      "http://localhost:3000/attachments/download/#{attachment.id}/testfile.txt",
+                      :text => 'testfile.txt'
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def test_post_create_with_validation_failure
diff --git a/test/unit/mailer_test.rb b/test/unit/mailer_test.rb
index 6e7fc84a7..ace7d6ff9 100644
--- a/test/unit/mailer_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/mailer_test.rb
@@ -613,14 +613,27 @@ class MailerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_news_added_should_notify_project_news_watchers
+    set_tmp_attachments_directory
     user1 = User.generate!
     user2 = User.generate!
     news = News.find(1)
     news.project.enabled_module('news').add_watcher(user1)
+    attachment = Attachment.generate!(
+      :container => news,
+      :file => uploaded_test_file('testfile.txt', 'text/plain')
+    )
 
     Mailer.deliver_news_added(news)
     assert_include user1.mail, recipients
     assert_not_include user2.mail, recipients
+    assert_select_email do
+      # link to the attachments download
+      assert_select 'fieldset.attachments' do
+        assert_select 'a[href=?]',
+                      "http://localhost:3000/attachments/download/#{attachment.id}/testfile.txt",
+                      :text => 'testfile.txt'
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def test_wiki_content_added