diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index 002f2369c9b..f2616b3444c 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var (
 	M_Alerting_Result_State_Paused       Counter
 	M_Alerting_Result_State_NoData       Counter
 	M_Alerting_Result_State_ExecError    Counter
+	M_Alerting_Result_State_Initialized  Counter
 	M_Alerting_Active_Alerts             Counter
 	M_Alerting_Notification_Sent_Slack   Counter
 	M_Alerting_Notification_Sent_Email   Counter
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ func initMetricVars(settings *MetricSettings) {
 	M_Alerting_Result_State_Paused = RegCounter("alerting.result", "state", "paused")
 	M_Alerting_Result_State_NoData = RegCounter("alerting.result", "state", "no_data")
 	M_Alerting_Result_State_ExecError = RegCounter("alerting.result", "state", "exec_error")
+	M_Alerting_Result_State_Initialized = RegCounter("alerting.result", "state", "initialized")
 
 	M_Alerting_Active_Alerts = RegCounter("alerting.active_alerts")
 	M_Alerting_Notification_Sent_Slack = RegCounter("alerting.notifications_sent", "type", "slack")
diff --git a/pkg/models/alert.go b/pkg/models/alert.go
index 7531be90e88..b0d97756955 100644
--- a/pkg/models/alert.go
+++ b/pkg/models/alert.go
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ type AlertSeverityType string
 type NoDataOption string
 
 const (
-	AlertStateNoData    AlertStateType = "no_data"
-	AlertStateExecError AlertStateType = "execution_error"
-	AlertStatePaused    AlertStateType = "paused"
-	AlertStateAlerting  AlertStateType = "alerting"
-	AlertStateOK        AlertStateType = "ok"
+	AlertStateNoData    	 AlertStateType = "no_data"
+	AlertStateExecError 	 AlertStateType = "execution_error"
+	AlertStatePaused    	 AlertStateType = "paused"
+	AlertStateAlerting     AlertStateType = "alerting"
+	AlertStateOK           AlertStateType = "ok"
+	AlertStateInitialized  AlertStateType = "initialized"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func (s AlertStateType) IsValid() bool {
-	return s == AlertStateOK || s == AlertStateNoData || s == AlertStateExecError || s == AlertStatePaused
+	return s == AlertStateOK || s == AlertStateNoData || s == AlertStateExecError || s == AlertStatePaused || s == AlertStateInitialized
 }
 
 func (s NoDataOption) IsValid() bool {
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/result_handler.go b/pkg/services/alerting/result_handler.go
index d786e8d599d..323c8776f4a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/result_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/result_handler.go
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ func (handler *DefaultResultHandler) Handle(evalContext *EvalContext) error {
 			handler.log.Error("Failed to save annotation for new alert state", "error", err)
 		}
 
-		handler.notifier.Notify(evalContext)
+		if (oldState == m.AlertStateInitialized) && (evalContext.Rule.State == m.AlertStateOK) {
+			handler.log.Info("Notfication not sent", "oldState", oldState, "newState", evalContext.Rule.State)
+		} else {
+			handler.notifier.Notify(evalContext)
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -98,6 +103,8 @@ func (handler *DefaultResultHandler) shouldUpdateAlertState(evalContext *EvalCon
 
 func countStateResult(state m.AlertStateType) {
 	switch state {
+	case m.AlertStateInitialized:
+		metrics.M_Alerting_Result_State_Initialized.Inc(1)
 	case m.AlertStateAlerting:
 		metrics.M_Alerting_Result_State_Alerting.Inc(1)
 	case m.AlertStateOK:
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go
index 4824b000bcb..4eca93a10d6 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func upsertAlerts(existingAlerts []*m.Alert, cmd *m.SaveAlertsCommand, sess *xor
 		} else {
 			alert.Updated = time.Now()
 			alert.Created = time.Now()
-			alert.State = m.AlertStateNoData
+			alert.State = m.AlertStateInitialized
 			alert.NewStateDate = time.Now()
 
 			_, err := sess.Insert(alert)