diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c0154c8b3..271c4a778 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ endif()
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING -DQT_NO_KEYWORDS -DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII)
 
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS DBus Quick QuickControls2 Network Multimedia)
+if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+    find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS X11Extras)
+endif()
 find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${KF5_REQUIRED_COMPONENTS})
 if (KF5_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS)
     find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} COMPONENTS ${KF5_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS})
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/notifications/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a551f272..f5999ba4c 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/notifications/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,11 @@ target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_notifications
     Qt5::DBus
     KF5::Notifications
     KF5::I18n
+    KF5::WindowSystem
 )
+
+if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+    target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_notifications
+        Qt::X11Extras
+    )
+endif()
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/notificationsplugin.cpp b/plugins/notifications/notificationsplugin.cpp
index 774f53bed..9f70e41c9 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/notificationsplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/notifications/notificationsplugin.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 #include <dbushelper.h>
 
 #include <KPluginFactory>
+#include <KStartupInfo>
+
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+#include <QX11Info>
+#endif
 
 K_PLUGIN_CLASS_WITH_JSON(NotificationsPlugin, "kdeconnect_notifications.json")
 
@@ -149,6 +154,12 @@ void NotificationsPlugin::replyRequested(Notification* noti)
     SendReplyDialog* dialog = new SendReplyDialog(originalMessage, replyId, appName);
     connect(dialog, &SendReplyDialog::sendReply, this, &NotificationsPlugin::sendReply);
     dialog->show();
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+    auto window = qobject_cast<QWindow*>(dialog->windowHandle());
+    if (window && QX11Info::isPlatformX11()) {
+        KStartupInfo::setNewStartupId(window, QX11Info::nextStartupId());
+    }
+#endif
     dialog->raise();
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/sendreplydialog.cpp b/plugins/notifications/sendreplydialog.cpp
index 1bbd8a0f6..473a32ee9 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/sendreplydialog.cpp
+++ b/plugins/notifications/sendreplydialog.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ SendReplyDialog::SendReplyDialog(const QString& originalMessage, const QString&
     setWindowIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("kdeconnect"),
         QIcon(QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::AppLocalDataLocation, QStringLiteral("icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/kdeconnect.svg")))));
     setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
+    m_ui->replyEdit->setFocus();
 }
 
 SendReplyDialog::~SendReplyDialog() = default;