diff --git a/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js b/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js
index fcc67c763..4c6bec690 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ var NotificationDaemon = class extends ServiceImplementation {
         params[6] = {
             ...hints,
             'x-shell-sender-pid': new GLib.Variant('u', pid),
+            'x-shell-sender': new GLib.Variant('s', sender),
         };
 
         try {
diff --git a/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js b/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
index b0d469c2b..147b895be 100644
--- a/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
+++ b/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ var FdoNotificationDaemon = class FdoNotificationDaemon {
         }
         this._notifications[id] = ndata;
 
-        let sender = invocation.get_sender();
+        const sender = hints['x-shell-sender'];
         const pid = hints['x-shell-sender-pid'];
 
         let source = this._getSource(appName, pid, ndata, sender, null);