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());
 }