diff --git a/glfw/glfw3.h b/glfw/glfw3.h
index 731622f89..b4049b9d9 100644
--- a/glfw/glfw3.h
+++ b/glfw/glfw3.h
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ typedef struct GLFWLayerShellConfig {
 } GLFWLayerShellConfig;
 
 typedef struct GLFWDBUSNotificationData {
-    const char *app_name, *icon, *summary, *body, **actions; size_t num_actions;
+    const char *app_name, *icon, *summary, *body, *category, **actions; size_t num_actions;
     int32_t timeout; uint8_t urgency; uint32_t replaces;
 } GLFWDBUSNotificationData;
 
diff --git a/glfw/linux_notify.c b/glfw/linux_notify.c
index 66c5dfb40..98de7f086 100644
--- a/glfw/linux_notify.c
+++ b/glfw/linux_notify.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ glfw_dbus_send_user_notification(const GLFWDBUSNotificationData *n, GLFWDBusnoti
     check_call(dbus_message_iter_close_container, &array, &dict); \
 }
     append_sv_dictionary_entry("urgency", DBUS_TYPE_BYTE, n->urgency);
+    if (n->category && n->category[0]) append_sv_dictionary_entry("category", DBUS_TYPE_STRING, n->category);
 
     check_call(dbus_message_iter_close_container, &args, &array);
     APPEND(args, DBUS_TYPE_INT32, n->timeout)
diff --git a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
index e3566cda0..e6d2f13b5 100644
--- a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
+++ b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ def dbus_send_notification(
     timeout: int = -1,
     urgency: int = 1,
     replaces: int = 0,
+    category: str = '',
 ) -> int:
     pass
 
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ def cocoa_send_notification(
     body: str,
     category: MacOSNotificationCategory,
     categories: tuple[MacOSNotificationCategory, ...],
-    image_path: str = "",
+    image_path: str = '',
     urgency: int = 1,
 ) -> None:
     pass
diff --git a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
index eb08b69e5..30800fa2b 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
+++ b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ typedef struct GLFWLayerShellConfig {
 } GLFWLayerShellConfig;
 
 typedef struct GLFWDBUSNotificationData {
-    const char *app_name, *icon, *summary, *body, **actions; size_t num_actions;
+    const char *app_name, *icon, *summary, *body, *category, **actions; size_t num_actions;
     int32_t timeout; uint8_t urgency; uint32_t replaces;
 } GLFWDBUSNotificationData;
 
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index 4fd8d3e5c..9572aa7c2 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -2086,10 +2086,10 @@ static PyObject*
 dbus_send_notification(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw) {
     int timeout = -1, urgency = 1; unsigned int replaces = 0;
     GLFWDBUSNotificationData d = {0};
-    static const char* kwlist[] = {"app_name", "app_icon", "title", "body", "actions", "timeout", "urgency", "replaces", NULL};
+    static const char* kwlist[] = {"app_name", "app_icon", "title", "body", "actions", "timeout", "urgency", "replaces", "category", NULL};
     PyObject *actions = NULL;
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "ssssO!|iiI", (char**)kwlist,
-        &d.app_name, &d.icon, &d.summary, &d.body, &PyDict_Type, &actions, &timeout, &urgency, &replaces)) return NULL;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "ssssO!|iiIs", (char**)kwlist,
+        &d.app_name, &d.icon, &d.summary, &d.body, &PyDict_Type, &actions, &timeout, &urgency, &replaces, &d.category)) return NULL;
     if (!glfwDBusUserNotify) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Failed to load glfwDBusUserNotify, did you call glfw_init?");
         return NULL;
diff --git a/kitty/notifications.py b/kitty/notifications.py
index 613ce9728..9db41861a 100644
--- a/kitty/notifications.py
+++ b/kitty/notifications.py
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ class FreeDesktopIntegration(DesktopIntegration):
             actions[str(i+1)] = b
         desktop_notification_id = dbus_send_notification(
             app_name=nc.application_name or 'kitty', app_icon=app_icon, title=nc.title, body=body, actions=actions,
-            timeout=nc.timeout, urgency=nc.urgency.value, replaces=replaces_dbus_id)
+            timeout=nc.timeout, urgency=nc.urgency.value, replaces=replaces_dbus_id, category=(nc.notification_types or ('',))[0])
         if debug_desktop_integration:
             log_error(f'Requested creation of notification with {desktop_notification_id=}')
         if existing_desktop_notification_id and replaces_dbus_id: