diff --git a/src/dbus.c b/src/dbus.c
index 199f77d..29b5feb 100644
--- a/src/dbus.c
+++ b/src/dbus.c
@@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ static struct notification *dbus_message_to_notification(const gchar *sender, GV
                 g_variant_unref(dict_value);
         }
 
+        if ((dict_value = g_variant_lookup_value(hints, "hlcolor", G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING))) {
+                n->colors.highlight = g_variant_dup_string(dict_value, NULL);
+                g_variant_unref(dict_value);
+        }
+
         if ((dict_value = g_variant_lookup_value(hints, "category", G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING))) {
                 n->category = g_variant_dup_string(dict_value, NULL);
                 g_variant_unref(dict_value);