diff --git a/helpers/channels/createStageInstance.ts b/helpers/channels/createStageInstance.ts
index 429bb2c8a..b18afdaeb 100644
--- a/helpers/channels/createStageInstance.ts
+++ b/helpers/channels/createStageInstance.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,24 @@ import type { Bot } from "../../bot.ts";
 import { DiscordStageInstance } from "../../types/discord.ts";
 
 /** Creates a new Stage instance associated to a Stage channel. Requires the user to be a moderator of the Stage channel. */
-export async function createStageInstance(bot: Bot, channelId: bigint, topic: string) {
+export async function createStageInstance(bot: Bot, options: CreateStageInstance) {
   const result = await bot.rest.runMethod<DiscordStageInstance>(
     bot.rest,
     "post",
     bot.constants.endpoints.STAGE_INSTANCES(),
     {
-      channel_id: channelId.toString(),
-      topic,
+      channel_id: options.channelId.toString(),
+      topic: options.topic,
+      send_start_notification: options.sendStartNotification,
     },
   );
 
   return bot.transformers.stageInstance(bot, result);
 }
+
+export interface CreateStageInstance {
+  channelId: bigint;
+  topic: string;
+  /** Notify @everyone that the stage instance has started. Requires the MENTION_EVERYONE permission. */
+  sendStartNotification?: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/permissions/src/channels/stage.ts b/plugins/permissions/src/channels/stage.ts
index a8f2db218..868d4770c 100644
--- a/plugins/permissions/src/channels/stage.ts
+++ b/plugins/permissions/src/channels/stage.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
-import { BotWithCache } from "../../deps.ts";
+import { BotWithCache, PermissionStrings } from "../../deps.ts";
 import { requireBotChannelPermissions } from "../permissions.ts";
 
 export function createStageInstance(bot: BotWithCache) {
   const createStageInstanceOld = bot.helpers.createStageInstance;
 
-  bot.helpers.createStageInstance = async function (channelId, topic) {
-    if (!bot.utils.validateLength(topic, { max: 120, min: 1 })) {
+  bot.helpers.createStageInstance = async function (options) {
+    if (!bot.utils.validateLength(options.topic, { max: 120, min: 1 })) {
       throw new Error(
         "The topic length for creating a stage instance must be between 1-120.",
       );
     }
 
-    requireBotChannelPermissions(bot, channelId, [
+    const perms = new Set<PermissionStrings>([
       "MANAGE_CHANNELS",
       "MUTE_MEMBERS",
       "MOVE_MEMBERS",
     ]);
+    
+    if (options.sendStartNotification) {
+      perms.add("MENTION_EVERYONE");
+    }
 
-    return await createStageInstanceOld(channelId, topic);
+    requireBotChannelPermissions(bot, options.channelId, [...perms.values()]);
+
+    return await createStageInstanceOld(options);
   };
 }