diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15e555e..ba5abba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+- Introduce new desktop-entry filter (#470)
 - Remove libxdg-basedir dependency (GLib's function is used instead)
 - `fullscreen` rule to hide notifications when a fullscreen window is active
 - When new notifications arrive, but display is full, important notifications don't
diff --git a/src/dbus.c b/src/dbus.c
index 0b5ea57..e4f098e 100644
--- a/src/dbus.c
+++ b/src/dbus.c
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ static struct notification *dbus_message_to_notification(const gchar *sender, GV
                 g_variant_unref(dict_value);
         }
 
+        if ((dict_value = g_variant_lookup_value(hints, "desktop-entry", G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING))) {
+                n->desktop_entry = g_variant_dup_string(dict_value, NULL);
+                g_variant_unref(dict_value);
+        }
+
         if ((dict_value = g_variant_lookup_value(hints, "image-path", G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING))) {
                 g_free(n->iconname);
                 n->iconname = g_variant_dup_string(dict_value, NULL);
diff --git a/src/notification.c b/src/notification.c
index f6e94f9..f1cc14d 100644
--- a/src/notification.c
+++ b/src/notification.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ void notification_print(const struct notification *n)
         printf("\ticon: '%s'\n", n->iconname);
         printf("\traw_icon set: %s\n", (n->icon_id && !STR_EQ(n->iconname, n->icon_id)) ? "true" : "false");
         printf("\ticon_id: '%s'\n", n->icon_id);
+        printf("\tdesktop_entry: '%s'\n", n->desktop_entry ? n->desktop_entry : "");
         printf("\tcategory: %s\n", n->category);
         printf("\ttimeout: %ld\n", n->timeout/1000);
         printf("\turgency: %s\n", notification_urgency_to_string(n->urgency));
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ void notification_unref(struct notification *n)
         g_free(n->colors.bg);
         g_free(n->colors.frame);
         g_free(n->stack_tag);
+        g_free(n->desktop_entry);
 
         g_hash_table_unref(n->actions);
 
diff --git a/src/notification.h b/src/notification.h
index f02f3b0..ad63d0b 100644
--- a/src/notification.h
+++ b/src/notification.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct notification {
         char *summary;
         char *body;
         char *category;
+        char *desktop_entry;     /**< The desktop entry hint sent via every GApplication */
         enum urgency urgency;
 
         GdkPixbuf *icon;         /**< The raw cached icon data used to draw */
diff --git a/src/rules.c b/src/rules.c
index fe9675d..10b0995 100644
--- a/src/rules.c
+++ b/src/rules.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ bool rule_matches_notification(struct rule *r, struct notification *n)
         return     (r->msg_urgency == URG_NONE || r->msg_urgency == n->urgency)
                 && (r->match_transient == -1 || (r->match_transient == n->transient))
                 && rule_field_matches_string(n->appname,        r->appname)
+                && rule_field_matches_string(n->desktop_entry,  r->desktop_entry)
                 && rule_field_matches_string(n->summary,        r->summary)
                 && rule_field_matches_string(n->body,           r->body)
                 && rule_field_matches_string(n->iconname,       r->icon)
diff --git a/src/rules.h b/src/rules.h
index 83f7b61..69e63a1 100644
--- a/src/rules.h
+++ b/src/rules.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct rule {
         char *icon;
         char *category;
         char *stack_tag;
+        char *desktop_entry;
         int msg_urgency;
 
         /* actions */
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
index fb70a36..9245b5f 100644
--- a/src/settings.c
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path)
                 r->history_ignore = ini_get_bool(cur_section, "history_ignore", r->history_ignore);
                 r->match_transient = ini_get_bool(cur_section, "match_transient", r->match_transient);
                 r->set_transient = ini_get_bool(cur_section, "set_transient", r->set_transient);
+                r->desktop_entry = ini_get_string(cur_section, "desktop_entry", r->desktop_entry);
                 {
                         char *c = ini_get_string(
                                 cur_section,
diff --git a/test/dbus.c b/test/dbus.c
index 066a0d6..4987891 100644
--- a/test/dbus.c
+++ b/test/dbus.c
@@ -551,6 +551,39 @@ TEST test_hint_category(void)
         PASS();
 }
 
+TEST test_hint_desktop_entry(void)
+{
+        struct notification *n;
+        struct dbus_notification *n_dbus;
+        const char *desktop_entry = "org.dunst-project.dunst";
+
+        gsize len = queues_length_waiting();
+
+        n_dbus = dbus_notification_new();
+        n_dbus->app_name = "dunstteststack";
+        n_dbus->app_icon = "NONE";
+        n_dbus->summary = "test_hint_desktopentry";
+        n_dbus->body = "Summary of my desktop_entry";
+
+        g_hash_table_insert(n_dbus->hints,
+                            g_strdup("desktop-entry"),
+                            g_variant_ref_sink(g_variant_new_string(desktop_entry)));
+
+        guint id;
+        ASSERT(dbus_notification_fire(n_dbus, &id));
+        ASSERT(id != 0);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(queues_length_waiting(), len+1);
+
+        n = queues_debug_find_notification_by_id(id);
+
+        ASSERT_STR_EQ(desktop_entry, n->desktop_entry);
+
+        dbus_notification_free(n_dbus);
+
+        PASS();
+}
+
 TEST test_hint_urgency(void)
 {
         static char msg[50];
@@ -779,6 +812,7 @@ gpointer run_threaded_tests(gpointer data)
         RUN_TEST(test_hint_progress);
         RUN_TEST(test_hint_icons);
         RUN_TEST(test_hint_category);
+        RUN_TEST(test_hint_desktop_entry);
         RUN_TEST(test_hint_urgency);
         RUN_TEST(test_hint_raw_image);
         RUN_TEST(test_dbus_notify_colors);