diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9d67fe4..770a0c8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NOTIFY, libnotify, :,
   AC_MSG_ERROR([*** libnotify development files not found!]))
 AC_SUBST([NOTIFY_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([NOTIFY_LIBS])
+REALCFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+REALLIBS="$LIBS"
+CFLAGS="$NOTIFY_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
+LIBS="$NOTIFY_LIBS $LIBS"
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([notify_notification_new_with_status_icon])
+CFLAGS="$REALCFLAGS"
+LIBS="$REALLIBS"
 
 dnl compile with full warnings and debugging symbols
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,
diff --git a/src/tomb-status.c b/src/tomb-status.c
index 24ebbf9..70e4d57 100644
--- a/src/tomb-status.c
+++ b/src/tomb-status.c
@@ -121,10 +121,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   g_signal_connect_swapped(status_tomb, "popup-menu", G_CALLBACK(right_click), menu_right);
 
   // status icon
+#if (HAVE_NOTIFY_NOTIFICATION_NEW_WITH_STATUS_ICON)
   notice = notify_notification_new_with_status_icon
     ("Tomb encrypted undertaker",
      "We started digging out bones",
      NULL, status_tomb);
+#else
+  notice = notify_notification_new
+    ("Tomb encrypted undertaker",
+     "We started digging out bones",
+     NULL);
+#endif
   notify_notification_set_icon_from_pixbuf(notice, pb_monmort);
 
   notify_notification_show(notice, &error);