diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_notification_linux.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_notification_linux.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..203a66ecf607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_notification_linux.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2014 GitHub, Inc.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "atom/browser/api/atom_api_notification.h"
+
+#include <libnotify/notify.h>
+
+#include "atom/browser/browser.h"
+#include "browser/linux/libnotify_loader.h"
+#include "browser/linux/libnotify_notification.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/ui/libgtkui/skia_utils_gtk.h"
+#include "third_party/skia/include/core/SkBitmap.h"
+
+namespace atom {
+
+namespace api {
+
+bool initialized_ = false;
+bool available_ = false;
+
+LibNotifyLoader libnotify_loader_;
+
+bool HasCapability(const std::string& capability) {
+  bool result = false;
+  GList* capabilities = libnotify_loader_.notify_get_server_caps();
+
+  if (g_list_find_custom(capabilities, capability.c_str(),
+                         (GCompareFunc)g_strcmp0) != NULL)
+    result = true;
+
+  g_list_free_full(capabilities, g_free);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+bool NotifierSupportsActions() {
+  if (getenv("ELECTRON_USE_UBUNTU_NOTIFIER"))
+    return false;
+
+  static bool notify_has_result = false;
+  static bool notify_result = false;
+
+  if (notify_has_result)
+    return notify_result;
+
+  notify_result = HasCapability("actions");
+  return notify_result;
+}
+
+void log_and_clear_error(GError* error, const char* context) {
+  LOG(ERROR) << context
+             << ": domain=" << error->domain
+             << " code=" << error->code
+             << " message=\"" << error->message << '"';
+  g_error_free(error);
+}
+
+void Notification::Show() {
+  if (!available_) return;
+
+  NotifyNotification* notification_ = libnotify_loader_.notify_notification_new(
+      base::UTF16ToUTF8(title_).c_str(),
+      base::UTF16ToUTF8(body_).c_str(),
+      nullptr);
+
+  GQuark id = g_quark_from_string(std::to_string(id_).c_str());
+  g_object_set(G_OBJECT(notification_), "id", id, NULL);
+
+  // NB: On Unity and on any other DE using Notify-OSD, adding a notification
+  // action will cause the notification to display as a modal dialog box.
+  // Can't make this work, need linux help :D
+  // if (NotifierSupportsActions()) {
+  //   libnotify_loader_.notify_notification_add_action(
+  //       notification_, "default", "View", OnClickedCallback, this,
+  //       nullptr);
+  // }
+
+  if (has_icon_) {
+    SkBitmap image = *(icon_.ToSkBitmap());
+    GdkPixbuf* pixbuf = libgtkui::GdkPixbufFromSkBitmap(image);
+    libnotify_loader_.notify_notification_set_image_from_pixbuf(
+        notification_, pixbuf);
+    libnotify_loader_.notify_notification_set_timeout(
+        notification_, NOTIFY_EXPIRES_DEFAULT);
+    g_object_unref(pixbuf);
+  }
+
+  // Always try to append notifications.
+  // Unique tags can be used to prevent this.
+  if (HasCapability("append")) {
+    libnotify_loader_.notify_notification_set_hint_string(
+        notification_, "append", "true");
+  } else if (HasCapability("x-canonical-append")) {
+    libnotify_loader_.notify_notification_set_hint_string(
+        notification_, "x-canonical-append", "true");
+  }
+
+  GError* error = nullptr;
+  libnotify_loader_.notify_notification_show(notification_, &error);
+  if (error) {
+    log_and_clear_error(error, "notify_notification_show");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  OnShown();
+}
+
+void Notification::OnInitialProps() {
+  if (!initialized_) {
+    initialized_ = true;
+    if (!libnotify_loader_.Load("libnotify.so.4") &&  // most common one
+        !libnotify_loader_.Load("libnotify.so.5") &&
+        !libnotify_loader_.Load("libnotify.so.1") &&
+        !libnotify_loader_.Load("libnotify.so")) {
+      return;
+    }
+    Browser* browser = Browser::Get();
+    if (!libnotify_loader_.notify_is_initted() &&
+        !libnotify_loader_.notify_init(browser->GetName().c_str())) {
+      return;
+    }
+    available_ = true;
+  }
+}
+
+void Notification::NotifyPropsUpdated() {}
+}  // namespace api
+}  // namespace atom
diff --git a/filenames.gypi b/filenames.gypi
index fb67697965a9..100eb2ee503b 100644
--- a/filenames.gypi
+++ b/filenames.gypi
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
       'atom/browser/api/atom_api_notification.h',
       'atom/browser/api/atom_api_notification_mac.mm',
       'atom/browser/api/atom_api_notification_win.cc',
+      'atom/browser/api/atom_api_notification_linux.cc',
       'atom/browser/api/atom_api_power_monitor.cc',
       'atom/browser/api/atom_api_power_monitor.h',
       'atom/browser/api/atom_api_power_save_blocker.cc',