diff --git a/pri/build_opts.pri b/pri/build_opts.pri
index 5f90e676e..0276a6fca 100644
--- a/pri/build_opts.pri
+++ b/pri/build_opts.pri
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ VERSION = $$APP_VERSION
 QT *= core gui widgets sql network xml qml multimedia
 
 greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5) {
-  QT*= core5compat
+  QT *= core5compat
+}
+
+unix:!mac:!android {
+  QT *= dbus
 }
 
 equals(USE_WEBENGINE, true) {
diff --git a/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp b/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp
index 25c8df4e2..b7798afef 100755
--- a/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp
+++ b/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 #include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrentRun>
 #include <QTimer>
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+#include <QDBusConnection>
+#include <QDBusMessage>
+#endif
+
 #if defined(USE_WEBENGINE)
 #include "network-web/adblock/adblockicon.h"
 #include "network-web/adblock/adblockmanager.h"
@@ -101,6 +106,38 @@ Application::Application(const QString& id, int& argc, char** argv)
     m_notifications->load(settings());
   }
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+  connect(m_feedReader->feedsModel(), &FeedsModel::messageCountsChanged, this,
+          [=](int unread_messages, bool any_feed_has_unread_messages) {
+    QDBusMessage signal = QDBusMessage::createSignal(
+      "/",
+      "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry",
+      "Update");
+
+    signal << QSL("application://%1").arg(APP_DESKTOP_ENTRY_FILE);
+
+    QVariantMap setProperty;
+
+    setProperty.insert("count", qint64(unread_messages));
+    setProperty.insert("count-visible", unread_messages > 0);
+
+    /*
+       /* progre
+     * ss bar count must be float between 0 and 1 (mean from 0.00 to 0.100)*/
+    setProperty.insert("progress", double(0.80));
+
+    /* show progress bar */
+    setProperty.insert("progress-visible", true);
+
+    /* Tells the launcher to get the users attention  */
+    setProperty.insert("urgent", true);
+    * /
+
+    signal << setProperty;
+    QDBusConnection::sessionBus().send(signal);
+  });
+#endif
+
   QTimer::singleShot(1000, system(), &SystemFactory::checkForUpdatesOnStartup);
 
   qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE