diff --git a/plyer/facades/notification.py b/plyer/facades/notification.py
index b35f591a5..904094f0e 100644
--- a/plyer/facades/notification.py
+++ b/plyer/facades/notification.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Notification:
     '''
 
     def notify(self, title='', message='', app_name='', app_icon='',
-               timeout=10, ticker='', toast=False):
+               timeout=10, ticker='', toast=False, hints={}):
         '''
         Send a notification.
 
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ def notify(self, title='', message='', app_name='', app_icon='',
         :param ticker: text to display on status bar as the notification
                        arrives
         :param toast: simple Android message instead of full notification
+        :param hints: Optional hints that can be used to pass along extra instructions on Linux. (See https://specifications.freedesktop.org/notification-spec/latest/ar01s08.html) 
+        
         :type title: str
         :type message: str
         :type app_name: str
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ def notify(self, title='', message='', app_name='', app_icon='',
         :type timeout: int
         :type ticker: str
         :type toast: bool
+        :type hints: dict
 
         .. note::
            When called on Windows, ``app_icon`` has to be a path to
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ def notify(self, title='', message='', app_name='', app_icon='',
         self._notify(
             title=title, message=message,
             app_icon=app_icon, app_name=app_name,
-            timeout=timeout, ticker=ticker, toast=toast
+            timeout=timeout, ticker=ticker, toast=toast, hints=hints
         )
 
     # private
diff --git a/plyer/platforms/linux/notification.py b/plyer/platforms/linux/notification.py
index b35ca066a..c1aa1d796 100644
--- a/plyer/platforms/linux/notification.py
+++ b/plyer/platforms/linux/notification.py
@@ -14,9 +14,25 @@ class NotifySendNotification(Notification):
     using notify-send binary.
     '''
     def _notify(self, **kwargs):
-        subprocess.call([
-            "notify-send", kwargs.get('title'), kwargs.get('message')
-        ])
+        icon = kwargs.get('icon', '')
+        title = kwargs.get('title', 'title')
+        hint = kwargs.get('hint', 'string::')
+        message = kwargs.get('message', 'body')
+        category = kwargs.get('category', '')
+        app_name = kwargs.get('app_name', '')
+        urgency = kwargs.get('urgency', 'normal')
+        expire_time = kwargs.get('expire_time', '0')
+
+        notify_send_args = (title, 
+                            message, 
+                            "-i", icon, 
+                            "-h", hint,
+                            "-u", urgency, 
+                            "-c", category, 
+                            "-a", app_name,
+                            "-t", expire_time)
+
+        subprocess.call(["notify-send", *notify_send_args])
 
 
 class NotifyDbus(Notification):
@@ -32,7 +48,7 @@ def _notify(self, **kwargs):
         app_icon = kwargs.get('app_icon', '')
         timeout = kwargs.get('timeout', 10)
         actions = kwargs.get('actions', [])
-        hints = kwargs.get('hints', [])
+        hints = kwargs.get('hints', {})
         replaces_id = kwargs.get('replaces_id', 0)
 
         _bus_name = 'org.freedesktop.Notifications'