diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8ee104..fb97a72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixed
+- `new_icon` rule being ignored on notifications that had a raw icon
+
 ## 1.2.0 - 2017-07-12
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/notification.h b/src/notification.h
index e5731a8..df64d08 100644
--- a/src/notification.h
+++ b/src/notification.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ typedef struct _notification {
         char *appname;
         char *summary;
         char *body;
+        bool icon_overridden;
         char *icon;
         RawImage *raw_icon;
         char *msg;            /* formatted message */
diff --git a/src/rules.c b/src/rules.c
index a40fc55..6cc6871 100644
--- a/src/rules.c
+++ b/src/rules.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void rule_apply(rule_t * r, notification * n)
                 if(n->icon)
                         g_free(n->icon);
                 n->icon = g_strdup(r->new_icon);
+                n->icon_overridden = true;
         }
         if (r->fg)
                 n->color_strings[ColFG] = r->fg;
diff --git a/src/x11/x.c b/src/x11/x.c
index 9f7ac20..57ca7b3 100644
--- a/src/x11/x.c
+++ b/src/x11/x.c
@@ -408,8 +408,11 @@ static colored_layout *r_init_shared(cairo_t *c, notification *n)
 
         GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = NULL;
 
-        if (n->raw_icon && settings.icon_position != icons_off) {
+        if (n->raw_icon && !n->icon_overridden &&
+            settings.icon_position != icons_off) {
+
                 pixbuf = get_pixbuf_from_raw_image(n->raw_icon);
+
         } else if (n->icon && settings.icon_position != icons_off) {
                 pixbuf = get_pixbuf_from_path(n->icon);
         }