diff --git a/app/views/notifications/_popup.haml b/app/views/notifications/_popup.haml
index 5f4a17a6df6db1b28bd53c140c179d570c4c5b52..0dbc75d4c6e87d285e2924d3f0b96adde7b846f9 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/_popup.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifications/_popup.haml
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 -#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
+= person_image_tag(person)
 = link_to "#{person.name.titleize}", person_path(person.id)
 = object_link(note)
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 6068fa2e7217131c9d06867aa09e928b298b900e..2d1fe2fa97f54c26a3171bddd1c0cd9bd79b2bd5 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ en:
   notifications:
     request_accepted: "accepted your share request."
     new_request: "offered to share with you."
+    private_message: "sent you a message."
     comment_on_post: "commented on your"
     also_commented: "also commented on %{post_author}'s"
     mentioned: "has mentioned you in their"
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index a619bb1ebb8b4928ca6964fa2cfc832ab8bda474..41331bb38b705911ec9d5ed2a51ad647949461b4 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -1615,6 +1615,18 @@ h3 span.current_gs_step
   :padding 12px
   :color #fff
 
+  :vertical
+    :align middle
+
+  .avatar
+    :display inline-block
+    :height 20px
+    :width 20px
+    :margin
+      :right 5px
+    :vertical
+      :align middle
+
 .bottom_notification
   :position fixed
   :bottom 0