diff --git a/plugins/calendar/TODO b/plugins/calendar/TODO
index 4751843f..cec5762c 100644
--- a/plugins/calendar/TODO
+++ b/plugins/calendar/TODO
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   + View: 3.7: Small month overview calendar
 - View: 3.5: Search
 + View: 3.9: Alter event with drag/drop
-- Option: 4.12: Set default reminder time
++ Option: 4.12: Set default reminder time
 - Edit: 3.23: Specify folder for new event (prefs)
 - Receive: 1.20: Invitation handling
 
diff --git a/plugins/calendar/calendar.js b/plugins/calendar/calendar.js
index 6630dfa2..1ef5894e 100644
--- a/plugins/calendar/calendar.js
+++ b/plugins/calendar/calendar.js
@@ -199,14 +199,13 @@ window.rcmail && rcmail.addEventListener('init', function(evt) {
             $('select.edit-alarm-offset').val(''+RegExp.$1+RegExp.$3);
           }
         }
-        // set correct visibility by triggering onchange handlers
-        $('select.edit-alarm-type, select.edit-alarm-offset').change();
       }
+      // set correct visibility by triggering onchange handlers
+      $('select.edit-alarm-type, select.edit-alarm-offset').change();
       
       // enable/disable alarm property according to backend support
       $('#edit-alarms')[(calendar.alarms ? 'show' : 'hide')]();
       
-      
       // set recurrence form
       var recurrence = $('#edit-recurrence-frequency').val(event.recurrence ? event.recurrence.FREQ : '').change();
       var interval = $('select.edit-recurrence-interval').val(event.recurrence ? event.recurrence.INTERVAL : 1);
diff --git a/plugins/calendar/calendar.php b/plugins/calendar/calendar.php
index eaf4cef5..86da06c9 100644
--- a/plugins/calendar/calendar.php
+++ b/plugins/calendar/calendar.php
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ class calendar extends rcube_plugin
       );
       
       $field_id = 'rcmfd_time_format';
-      $choices = array('HH:mm', 'H:mm', 'h:mmt');    
+      $choices = array('HH:mm', 'H:mm', 'h:mmt');
       $select = new html_select(array('name' => '_time_format', 'id' => $field_id));
-      $select->add($choices);      
+      $select->add($choices);
       $p['blocks']['view']['options']['time_format'] = array(
         'title' => html::label($field_id, Q($this->gettext('time_format'))),
         'content' => $select->show($this->rc->config->get('calendar_time_format', "HH:mm")),
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ class calendar extends rcube_plugin
       $field_id = 'rcmfd_timeslot';
       $choices = array('1', '2', '3', '4', '6');
       $select = new html_select(array('name' => '_timeslots', 'id' => $field_id));
-      $select->add($choices);      
+      $select->add($choices);
       $p['blocks']['view']['options']['timeslots'] = array(
         'title' => html::label($field_id, Q($this->gettext('timeslots'))),
         'content' => $select->show($this->rc->config->get('calendar_timeslots', 2)),
       );
       
-      $field_id = 'rcmfd_timeslot';
+      $field_id = 'rcmfd_firstday';
       $select = new html_select(array('name' => '_first_day', 'id' => $field_id));
       $select->add(rcube_label('sunday'), '0');
       $select->add(rcube_label('monday'), '1');
@@ -205,6 +205,27 @@ class calendar extends rcube_plugin
         'content' => $select->show($this->rc->config->get('calendar_first_day', 1)),
       );
       
+      $field_id = 'rcmfd_alarm';
+      $select_type = new html_select(array('name' => '_alarm_type', 'id' => $field_id));
+      $select_type->add($this->gettext('none'), '');
+      $select_type->add($this->gettext('alarmdisplayoption'), 'DISPLAY');
+      $select_type->add($this->gettext('alarmemailoption'), 'EMAIL');
+      
+      $input_value = new html_inputfield(array('name' => '_alarm_value', 'id' => $field_id . 'value', 'size' => 3));
+      $select_offset = new html_select(array('name' => '_alarm_offset', 'id' => $field_id . 'offset'));
+      foreach (array('-M','-H','-D','+M','+H','+D') as $trigger)
+        $select_offset->add($this->gettext('trigger' . $trigger), $trigger);
+      
+      $p['blocks']['view']['options']['alarmtype'] = array(
+        'title' => html::label($field_id, Q($this->gettext('defaultalarmtype'))),
+        'content' => $select_type->show($this->rc->config->get('calendar_default_alarm_type', '')),
+      );
+      $preset = self::parse_alaram_value($this->rc->config->get('calendar_default_alarm_offset', '-15M'));
+      $p['blocks']['view']['options']['alarmoffset'] = array(
+        'title' => html::label($field_id . 'value', Q($this->gettext('defaultalarmoffset'))),
+        'content' => $input_value->show($preset[0]) . ' ' . $select_offset->show($preset[1]),
+      );
+      
       
       // category definitions
       $p['blocks']['categories']['name'] = $this->gettext('categories');
@@ -280,13 +301,19 @@ class calendar extends rcube_plugin
       foreach ((array)$old_categories[$key] as $key => $name) {
         $this->driver->remove_category($name);
       }
+      
+      // compose default alarm preset value
+      $alarm_offset = get_input_value('_alarm_offset', RCUBE_INPUT_POST);
+      $default_alam = $alarm_offset[0] . intval(get_input_value('_alarm_value', RCUBE_INPUT_POST)) . $alarm_offset[1];
 
       $p['prefs'] = array(
+        'calendar_categories'   => $new_categories,
         'calendar_default_view' => get_input_value('_default_view', RCUBE_INPUT_POST),
         'calendar_time_format'  => get_input_value('_time_format', RCUBE_INPUT_POST),
         'calendar_timeslots'    => get_input_value('_timeslots', RCUBE_INPUT_POST),
         'calendar_first_day'    => get_input_value('_first_day', RCUBE_INPUT_POST),
-        'calendar_categories'   => $new_categories,
+        'calendar_default_alarm_type'   => get_input_value('_alarm_type', RCUBE_INPUT_POST),
+        'calendar_default_alarm_offset' => $default_alam,
       );
     }
 
@@ -471,8 +498,8 @@ class calendar extends rcube_plugin
     if (preg_match('/@(\d+)/', $trigger, $m)) {
       $text .= ' ' . $this->gettext(array('name' => 'alarmat', 'vars' => array('datetime' => format_date($m[1]))));
     }
-    else if (preg_match('/([+-])(\d+)([HMD])/', $trigger, $m)) {
-      $text .= ' ' . intval($m[2]) . ' ' . $this->gettext('trigger' . $m[1] . $m[3]);
+    else if ($val = self::parse_alaram_value($trigger)) {
+      $text .= ' ' . intval($val[0]) . ' ' . $this->gettext('trigger' . $val[1]);
     }
     else
       return false;
@@ -488,4 +515,12 @@ class calendar extends rcube_plugin
     
   }
 
+  public static function parse_alaram_value($val)
+  {
+    if (preg_match('/([+-])(\d+)([HMD])/', $val, $m))
+      return array($m[2], $m[1].$m[3]);
+    
+    return false;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/calendar/lib/calendar_ui.php b/plugins/calendar/lib/calendar_ui.php
index 96e39e64..afb622a2 100644
--- a/plugins/calendar/lib/calendar_ui.php
+++ b/plugins/calendar/lib/calendar_ui.php
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class calendar_ui
     unset($attrib['name']);
     $select_type = new html_select(array('name' => 'alarmtype[]', 'class' => 'edit-alarm-type'));
     $select_type->add(
-      array($this->calendar->gettext('none'), $this->calendar->gettext('showmessage'), $this->calendar->gettext('byemail')),
+      array($this->calendar->gettext('none'), $this->calendar->gettext('alarmdisplayoption'), $this->calendar->gettext('alarmemailoption')),
       array('','DISPLAY','EMAIL'));
      
     $input_value = new html_inputfield(array('name' => 'alarmvalue[]', 'class' => 'edit-alarm-value', 'size' => 3));
@@ -221,13 +221,14 @@ class calendar_ui
     foreach (array('-M','-H','-D','+M','+H','+D','@') as $trigger)
       $select_offset->add($this->calendar->gettext('trigger' . $trigger), $trigger);
      
-    // TODO: pre-set with default values from user settings
+    // pre-set with default values from user settings
+    $preset = calendar::parse_alaram_value($this->rc->config->get('calendar_default_alarm_offset', '-15M'));
     $hidden = array('style' => 'display:none');
     $html = html::span('edit-alarm-set',
-      $select_type->show('') . ' ' .
+      $select_type->show($this->rc->config->get('calendar_default_alarm_type', '')) . ' ' .
       html::span(array('class' => 'edit-alarm-values', 'style' => 'display:none'),
-        $input_value->show(15) . ' ' .
-        $select_offset->show('-M') . ' ' .
+        $input_value->show($preset[0]) . ' ' .
+        $select_offset->show($preset[1]) . ' ' .
         $input_date->show('', $hidden) . ' ' .
         $input_time->show('', $hidden)
       )
diff --git a/plugins/calendar/localization/en_US.inc b/plugins/calendar/localization/en_US.inc
index d7bcb5b5..835dead0 100644
--- a/plugins/calendar/localization/en_US.inc
+++ b/plugins/calendar/localization/en_US.inc
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ $labels['next_year'] = 'Next year';
 $labels['next_month'] = 'Next month';
 $labels['choose_date'] = 'Choose date';
 
-$labels['showmessage'] = 'Message';
-$labels['byemail'] = 'E-mail';
+// alarm/reminder settings
+$labels['alarmemail'] = 'Send E-mail';
+$labels['alarmdisplay'] = 'Show message';
+$labels['alarmdisplayoption'] = 'Message';
+$labels['alarmemailoption'] = 'E-mail';
+$labels['alarmat'] = 'at $datetime';
 $labels['trigger@'] = 'on date';
 $labels['trigger-M'] = 'minutes before';
 $labels['trigger-H'] = 'hours before';
@@ -59,11 +63,10 @@ $labels['trigger+M'] = 'minutes after';
 $labels['trigger+H'] = 'hours after';
 $labels['trigger+D'] = 'days after';
 $labels['addalarm'] = 'add alarm';
+$labels['defaultalarmtype'] = 'Default reminder setting';
+$labels['defaultalarmoffset'] = 'Default reminder time';
 
-$labels['alarmemail'] = 'Send E-mail';
-$labels['alarmdisplay'] = 'Show message';
-$labels['alarmat'] = 'at $datetime';
-
+// event dialog tabs
 $labels['tabsummary'] = 'Summary';
 $labels['tabrecurrence'] = 'Recurrence';
 $labels['tabattendees'] = 'Participants';