diff --git a/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.cc b/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.cc
index a3d72bc8faa..3ff75c51155 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.cc
@@ -8,14 +8,52 @@
 #include "base/bind.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/strings/utf_string_conversions.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/ui/libgtk2ui/skia_utils_gtk2.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/desktop_notification_delegate.h"
 #include "content/public/common/platform_notification_data.h"
 #include "common/application_info.h"
+#include "dbus/dbus.h"
 
 namespace brightray {
 
 namespace {
 
+static bool unity_has_result = false;
+static bool unity_result = false;
+
+static bool UnityIsRunning() {
+  if (unity_has_result) {
+    return unity_result;
+  }
+
+  struct DBusError err;
+  struct DBusConnection* bus = NULL;
+
+  dbus_error_init(&err);
+  
+  bus = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SESSION, &err);
+  if (dbus_error_is_set(&err)) {
+    g_debug("Failed to get Session Bus reference");
+    unity_result = false;
+    dbus_error_free(&err);
+
+    goto out;
+  }
+  
+  unity_result = dbus_bus_name_has_owner(bus, "com.canonical.indicator.session", &err);
+
+  if (dbus_error_is_set(&err)) {
+    unity_result = false;
+    dbus_error_free(&err);
+  }
+
+out:
+  if (bus) dbus_connection_unref(bus);
+
+  unity_has_result = true;
+  return unity_result;
+}
+
 void log_and_clear_error(GError* error, const char* context) {
   LOG(ERROR) << context
              << ": domain=" << error->domain
@@ -52,6 +90,7 @@ NotificationPresenterLinux::~NotificationPresenterLinux() {
 
 void NotificationPresenterLinux::ShowNotification(
     const content::PlatformNotificationData& data,
+    const SkBitmap& icon,
     scoped_ptr<content::DesktopNotificationDelegate> delegate_ptr,
     base::Closure* cancel_callback) {
   std::string title = base::UTF16ToUTF8(data.title);
@@ -62,8 +101,20 @@ void NotificationPresenterLinux::ShowNotification(
 
   g_object_set_data_full(G_OBJECT(notification), "delegate", delegate, operator delete);
   g_signal_connect(notification, "closed", G_CALLBACK(OnNotificationClosedThunk), this);
-  notify_notification_add_action(notification, "default", "View", OnNotificationViewThunk, this,
-                                 nullptr);
+
+  // NB: On Unity, adding a notification action will cause the notification
+  // to display as a modal dialog box. Testing for distros that have "Unity
+  // Zen Nature" is difficult, we will test for the presence of the indicate
+  // dbus service
+  if (!UnityIsRunning()) {
+    notify_notification_add_action(notification, "default", "View", OnNotificationViewThunk, this, nullptr);
+  }
+
+  GdkPixbuf* pixbuf = libgtk2ui::GdkPixbufFromSkBitmap(icon);
+
+  notify_notification_set_image_from_pixbuf(notification, pixbuf);
+  notify_notification_set_timeout(notification, NOTIFY_EXPIRES_DEFAULT);
+  g_object_unref(pixbuf);
 
   GError* error = nullptr;
   notify_notification_show(notification, &error);
diff --git a/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.h b/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.h
index 384e2d2f8c7..ddd79e4c2e8 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.h
+++ b/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class NotificationPresenterLinux : public NotificationPresenter {
   // NotificationPresenter:
   void ShowNotification(
       const content::PlatformNotificationData&,
+      const SkBitmap& icon,
       scoped_ptr<content::DesktopNotificationDelegate> delegate,
       base::Closure* cancel_callback) override;
 
diff --git a/brightray/browser/notification_presenter.h b/brightray/browser/notification_presenter.h
index ad17cdb3c53..6c1a66fc593 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/notification_presenter.h
+++ b/brightray/browser/notification_presenter.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include "base/callback_forward.h"
 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
 
+class SkBitmap;
+
 namespace content {
 class DesktopNotificationDelegate;
 struct PlatformNotificationData;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ class NotificationPresenter {
 
   virtual void ShowNotification(
       const content::PlatformNotificationData&,
+      const SkBitmap& icon,
       scoped_ptr<content::DesktopNotificationDelegate> delegate,
       base::Closure* cancel_callback) = 0;
 };
diff --git a/brightray/browser/notification_presenter_mac.h b/brightray/browser/notification_presenter_mac.h
index fd9dd737d9e..20cbee20e84 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/notification_presenter_mac.h
+++ b/brightray/browser/notification_presenter_mac.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class NotificationPresenterMac : public NotificationPresenter {
   // NotificationPresenter:
   void ShowNotification(
       const content::PlatformNotificationData&,
+      const SkBitmap& icon,
       scoped_ptr<content::DesktopNotificationDelegate> delegate,
       base::Closure* cancel_callback) override;
 
diff --git a/brightray/browser/notification_presenter_mac.mm b/brightray/browser/notification_presenter_mac.mm
index f0a08d75974..cbe25c65a46 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/notification_presenter_mac.mm
+++ b/brightray/browser/notification_presenter_mac.mm
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ NotificationPresenterMac::~NotificationPresenterMac() {
 
 void NotificationPresenterMac::ShowNotification(
     const content::PlatformNotificationData& data,
+    const SkBitmap& icon,
     scoped_ptr<content::DesktopNotificationDelegate> delegate,
     base::Closure* cancel_callback) {
   auto notification = [[NSUserNotification alloc] init];
diff --git a/brightray/browser/platform_notification_service_impl.cc b/brightray/browser/platform_notification_service_impl.cc
index f47d3851198..aaea4dcd610 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/platform_notification_service_impl.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/platform_notification_service_impl.cc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void PlatformNotificationServiceImpl::DisplayNotification(
     base::Closure* cancel_callback) {
   auto presenter = notification_presenter();
   if (presenter)
-    presenter->ShowNotification(notification_data, delegate.Pass(), cancel_callback);
+    presenter->ShowNotification(notification_data, icon, delegate.Pass(), cancel_callback);
 }
 
 void PlatformNotificationServiceImpl::DisplayPersistentNotification(