--- src/libawn-extras/notify.c
+++ src/libawn-extras/notify.c
@@ -43,7 +43,15 @@
 		expire_timeout=timeout;
 	}			
     notify_init("notify-send");
+#ifdef NOTIFY_CHECK_VERSION
+#if NOTIFY_CHECK_VERSION (0, 7, 0)
+	notify = notify_notification_new(summary, body, icon_str);
+#else
 	notify = notify_notification_new(summary, body, icon_str, NULL);
+#endif
+#else
+	notify = notify_notification_new(summary, body, icon_str, NULL);
+#endif
 	if (notify)
 	{
 		notify_notification_set_category(notify, type);
--- src/notification-daemon/src/daemon/daemon.c
+++ src/notification-daemon/src/daemon/daemon.c
@@ -1252,7 +1252,15 @@
   if (fork() == 0)
   {
     notify_init("notify-send");
+#ifdef NOTIFY_CHECK_VERSION
+#if NOTIFY_CHECK_VERSION (0, 7, 0)
+    notify = notify_notification_new(summary, body, icon_str);
+#else
     notify = notify_notification_new(summary, body, icon_str, NULL);
+#endif
+#else
+    notify = notify_notification_new(summary, body, icon_str, NULL);
+#endif
     notify_notification_set_category(notify, type);
     notify_notification_set_urgency(notify, urgency);
     notify_notification_set_timeout(notify, expire_timeout);