diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_desktop_environment.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_desktop_environment.cpp
index 158e6834c..16879097c 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_desktop_environment.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/linux_desktop_environment.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Copyright (c) 2014-2017 John Preston, https://desktop.telegram.org
 */
 #include "platform/linux/linux_desktop_environment.h"
 
+#include <QDBusInterface>
+
 namespace Platform {
 namespace DesktopEnvironment {
 namespace {
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ bool TryQtTrayIcon() {
 }
 
 bool PreferAppIndicatorTrayIcon() {
-	return IsXFCE() || IsUnity();
+	return IsXFCE() || IsUnity() ||
+	       (IsGnome() && QDBusInterface("org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher", "/").isValid());
 }
 
 bool TryUnityCounter() {
diff --git a/Telegram/gyp/qt.gypi b/Telegram/gyp/qt.gypi
index a292c9676..67f7976e2 100644
--- a/Telegram/gyp/qt.gypi
+++ b/Telegram/gyp/qt.gypi
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
     '<(qt_loc)/include',
     '<(qt_loc)/include/QtCore',
     '<(qt_loc)/include/QtGui',
+    '<(qt_loc)/include/QtDBus',
     '<(qt_loc)/include/QtCore/<(qt_version)',
     '<(qt_loc)/include/QtGui/<(qt_version)',
     '<(qt_loc)/include/QtCore/<(qt_version)/QtCore',