diff --git a/src/Desktop.vala b/src/Desktop.vala
index 49dcbac..57ebbdf 100644
--- a/src/Desktop.vala
+++ b/src/Desktop.vala
@@ -52,4 +52,9 @@ public class Tootle.Desktop {
         network.queue (msg);
     }
     
+    public static string fallback_icon (string normal, string fallback) {
+        var theme = Gtk.IconTheme.get_default ();
+        return theme.has_icon (normal) ? normal : fallback;
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/src/Views/NotificationsView.vala b/src/Views/NotificationsView.vala
index 5e35949..ab18dd4 100644
--- a/src/Views/NotificationsView.vala
+++ b/src/Views/NotificationsView.vala
@@ -5,23 +5,29 @@ public class Tootle.NotificationsView : AbstractView {
 
     public NotificationsView () {
         base ();
-        
         view.remove.connect (on_remove);
-        Tootle.accounts.switched.connect(on_account_changed);
-        Tootle.app.refresh.connect(on_refresh);
-        Tootle.network.notification.connect (prepend);
+        accounts.switched.connect(on_account_changed);
+        app.refresh.connect(on_refresh);
+        network.notification.connect (prepend);
         
         request ();
     }
     
     public override string get_icon () {
-        return "notification-symbolic";
+        return get_notifications_icon (false);
     }
     
     public override string get_name () {
         return _("Notifications");
     }
     
+    private string get_notifications_icon (bool has_new) {
+        if (has_new)
+            return Desktop.fallback_icon ("notification-new-symbolic", "user-available-symbolic");
+        else
+            return Desktop.fallback_icon ("notification-symbolic", "user-invisible-symbolic");
+    }
+    
     public void prepend (ref Notification notification) {
         append (ref notification, true);
     }