diff --git a/plugins/notify-osd/notify-osd.c b/plugins/notify-osd/notify-osd.c
index c7e8f77..9582529 100644
--- a/plugins/notify-osd/notify-osd.c
+++ b/plugins/notify-osd/notify-osd.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "xg-plugin.h"
 
 #define NOTIFY_OSD_NAME        _("On-screen display")
-#define NOTIFY_OSD_VERSION     "0.1"
+#define NOTIFY_OSD_VERSION     "0.2"
 #define NOTIFY_OSD_DESCRIPTION _("Pops up notification of important messages when XChat-GNOME doesn't have the focus")
 
 int  xchat_gnome_plugin_init (xchat_gnome_plugin *xg_plugin);
@@ -49,6 +49,26 @@ static gboolean            focused = TRUE;
 static GdkPixbuf          *notify_icon;
 static GSList             *notifications = NULL;
 
+static gboolean
+notify_str_equal (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
+{
+        return !( g_str_equal (a,b) == TRUE) ;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+notify_manager_has_capability (const gchar *cap)
+{                                                     
+	gboolean ret;
+	GList *list = NULL;
+
+	list  =  notify_get_server_caps ();
+	ret = ( g_list_find_custom ( list, cap, notify_str_equal) != NULL );
+
+	g_list_free_full ( list, g_free);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void
 hide_notifications (NotifyNotification *notify)
 {
@@ -75,6 +95,10 @@ add_notify (char *summary, char *message)
 
 	notify_notification_set_urgency (notify, NOTIFY_URGENCY_NORMAL);
 	notify_notification_set_icon_from_pixbuf (notify, notify_icon);
+
+	if (notify_manager_has_capability ("x-canonical-append"))
+		notify_notification_set_hint_string(notify, "x-canonical-append", "");
+
 	if (!notify_notification_show (notify, &error)) {
 		g_warning (_("Failed to send notification: %s\n"), error->message);
 		g_error_free (error);
