diff --git a/src/plugins/backends/osxnotificationcenter/osxnotificationcenter.h b/src/plugins/backends/osxnotificationcenter/osxnotificationcenter.h
index d3c7df8..7ad9a19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/backends/osxnotificationcenter/osxnotificationcenter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/backends/osxnotificationcenter/osxnotificationcenter.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ class OSXNotificationCenter : public Snore::SnoreBackend
     Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.Snore.NotificationBackend/1.0" FILE "plugin.json")
 
 public:
-    OSXNotificationCenter() = default;
-    ~OSXNotificationCenter() = default;
+    OSXNotificationCenter();
+    ~OSXNotificationCenter();
     bool initialize() override;
 
 public slots:
diff --git a/src/plugins/backends/osxnotificationcenter/osxnotificationcenter.mm b/src/plugins/backends/osxnotificationcenter/osxnotificationcenter.mm
index 72656ff..5af7349 100644
--- a/src/plugins/backends/osxnotificationcenter/osxnotificationcenter.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/backends/osxnotificationcenter/osxnotificationcenter.mm
@@ -1,41 +1,114 @@
 #include "osxnotificationcenter.h"
 #include "libsnore/plugins/snorebackend.h"
+#include "libsnore/notification/notification_p.h"
 #include "libsnore/utils.h"
-
-#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
-#import <objc/runtime.h>
+#include "libsnore/snore.h"
+#include "libsnore/log.h"
 
 #import <QThread.h>
 #import <QApplication.h>
+#import <QMap>
+#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
 using namespace Snore;
 
+QMap<int, Notification> id_to_notification;
+NSMutableDictionary * id_to_nsnotification;
+
+
+void emitNotificationClicked(Notification notification) {
+    emit SnoreCore::instance().actionInvoked(notification);
+}
+
+//
+// Enable reaction when user clicks on NSUserNotification
+//
+
+@interface UserNotificationItem : NSObject<NSUserNotificationCenterDelegate> { }
+
+- (BOOL)userNotificationCenter:(NSUserNotificationCenter *)center shouldPresentNotification:(NSUserNotification *)notification;
+@end
+
+@implementation UserNotificationItem
+- (BOOL)userNotificationCenter:(NSUserNotificationCenter *)center shouldPresentNotification:(NSUserNotification *)notification {
+    Q_UNUSED(center);
+    Q_UNUSED(notification);
+    return YES;
+}
+- (void) userNotificationCenter:(NSUserNotificationCenter *)center didActivateNotification:(NSUserNotification *)notification
+{
+    
+    snoreDebug(SNORE_DEBUG) << "User clicked on notification";
+    int notification_id = [notification.userInfo[@"id"] intValue];
+    [center removeDeliveredNotification: notification];
+    if (not id_to_notification.contains(notification_id)) {
+        snoreDebug(SNORE_WARNING) << "User clicked on notification that was not recognized";
+        return;
+    }
+    Notification snore_notification = id_to_notification[notification_id];
+    snore_notification.data()->setCloseReason(Notification::ACTIVATED);
+    emitNotificationClicked(snore_notification);
+}
+@end
+
+class UserNotificationItemClass
+{
+public:
+    UserNotificationItemClass() {
+        item = [UserNotificationItem alloc];
+        if (QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion >= QSysInfo::MV_10_8) {
+            [[NSUserNotificationCenter defaultUserNotificationCenter] setDelegate:item];
+        }
+    }
+    ~UserNotificationItemClass() {
+        if (QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion >= QSysInfo::MV_10_8) {
+            [[NSUserNotificationCenter defaultUserNotificationCenter] setDelegate:nil];
+        }
+        [item release];
+    }
+    UserNotificationItem *item;
+};
+
+
 // store some variables that are needed (since obj-c++ does not allow having obj-c classes as c++ members)
 namespace {
-    NSUserNotificationCenter *notification_center;
-
-    NSString *NSStringFromQString(QString qstr) {
+    
+    NSString * NSStringFromQString(QString qstr) {
         return [NSString stringWithUTF8String: qstr.toUtf8().data()];
     }
 }
 
+UserNotificationItemClass * delegate;
+
+OSXNotificationCenter::OSXNotificationCenter()
+{
+    id_to_nsnotification = [[[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init] autorelease];
+    delegate = new UserNotificationItemClass();
+}
+
+OSXNotificationCenter::~OSXNotificationCenter()
+{
+    delete delegate;
+}
 
 bool OSXNotificationCenter::initialize()
 {
-    notification_center = [NSUserNotificationCenter defaultUserNotificationCenter];
-
     return SnoreBackend::initialize();
 }
 
 void OSXNotificationCenter::slotNotify(Snore::Notification notification)
 {
-    NSUserNotification *osx_notification = [[NSUserNotification alloc] init];
-    osx_notification.title = NSStringFromQString(Utils::toPlainText(notification.title()));
-    osx_notification.informativeText = NSStringFromQString(Utils::toPlainText(notification.text()));
+    NSUserNotification * osx_notification = [[[NSUserNotification alloc] init] autorelease];
+    NSString * notification_id = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",notification.id()];
+    osx_notification.title = NSStringFromQString(notification.title());
+    osx_notification.userInfo = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:notification_id, @"id", nil];
+    osx_notification.informativeText = NSStringFromQString(notification.text());
+    
+    // Add notification to mapper from id to Nofification / NSUserNotification
+    id_to_notification.insert(notification.id(), notification);
+    [id_to_nsnotification setObject:osx_notification forKey: notification_id];
+    [[NSUserNotificationCenter defaultUserNotificationCenter] deliverNotification: osx_notification];
+    
     slotNotificationDisplayed(notification);
-
-    [notification_center deliverNotification: osx_notification];
-
-    [osx_notification release];
 }