diff --git a/config/wpa_gui.desktop b/config/wpa_gui.desktop
index 31b8b6b..6985399 100644
--- a/config/wpa_gui.desktop
+++ b/config/wpa_gui.desktop
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Name=wpa_gui
 Comment[en]=Wpa_supplicant management
-Exec=kdesu wpa_gui
+Exec=wpa_gui
 Icon=wpa_gui
 Type=Application
 Categories=Qt;Network;
diff --git a/patches/wpa_supplicant-2.5-notify.patch b/patches/wpa_supplicant-2.5-notify.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efff3f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/wpa_supplicant-2.5-notify.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -Nur ../wpa_supplicant-2.5/wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4/wpagui.cpp ./wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4/wpagui.cpp
+--- ../wpa_supplicant-2.5/wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4/wpagui.cpp	2015-09-27 21:02:05.000000000 +0200
++++ ./wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4/wpagui.cpp	2016-10-11 21:34:31.043783564 +0200
+@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
+ #include <windows.h>
+ #endif /* CONFIG_NATIVE_WINDOWS */
+ 
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <cstdio>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <QMessageBox>
+@@ -1415,13 +1416,10 @@
+ void WpaGui::showTrayMessage(QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon type, int sec,
+ 			     const QString & msg)
+ {
+-	if (!QSystemTrayIcon::supportsMessages())
++	if (isVisible() || quietMode)
+ 		return;
+ 
+-	if (isVisible() || !tray_icon || !tray_icon->isVisible() || quietMode)
+-		return;
+-
+-	tray_icon->showMessage(qAppName(), msg, type, sec * 1000);
++ 	system(("notify-send -a " + qAppName() + " -t " + QString::number(sec * 1000) + " '" + qAppName() + "' '" + msg + "'").toStdString().c_str());
+ }
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant.SlackBuild b/wpa_supplicant.SlackBuild
index d00d7ea..f7c2ee7 100755
--- a/wpa_supplicant.SlackBuild
+++ b/wpa_supplicant.SlackBuild
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ cat $CWD/patches/quiet-scan-results-message.diff | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
 cat $CWD/patches/assoc-timeout.diff | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
 cat $CWD/patches/flush-debug-output.diff | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
 
+# Use notify-send for notifications
+cat $CWD/patches/wpa_supplicant-2.5-notify.patch | patch -p0 --verbose || exit 1
+
 cd wpa_supplicant
 
 # Create the configuration file for building wpa_supplicant: