diff --git a/deluge/ui/data/share/applications/deluge.desktop.in b/deluge/ui/data/share/applications/deluge.desktop.in
index fb9d204de..96645a546 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/data/share/applications/deluge.desktop.in
+++ b/deluge/ui/data/share/applications/deluge.desktop.in
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ Categories=Network;FileTransfer;P2P;GTK;
 StartupWMClass=Deluge
 StartupNotify=true
 MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;x-scheme-handler/magnet;
+X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true