diff -uNr xfce4-notifyd.orig/xfce4-notifyd/xfce-notify-window.c xfce4-notifyd.mod/xfce4-notifyd/xfce-notify-window.c
--- xfce4-notifyd.orig/xfce4-notifyd/xfce-notify-window.c	2010-02-21 18:21:37.000000000 +0300
+++ xfce4-notifyd.mod/xfce4-notifyd/xfce-notify-window.c	2010-02-21 21:17:30.000000000 +0300
@@ -780,10 +780,37 @@
 }
 
 static gchar *
+xfce_notify_window_parse_br (const gchar *str)
+{
+    GString * newstr;
+    const gchar *p;
+    
+    if (!str)
+	return NULL;
+    
+    p = str;
+    newstr = g_string_sized_new (strlen (str)/2);
+    while (*p) {
+	if ('<' == *p) {
+	    if ('b' == *(p+1) && 'r' == *(p+2) && '>' == *(p+3)) {
+		g_string_append (newstr, "\n");
+	        p += 4;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    g_string_append_c (newstr, *p);
+	    p++;
+	}
+    }
+    p = newstr->str;
+    g_string_free (newstr, FALSE);
+    return (gchar *)p;
+}
+
+static gchar *
 xfce_notify_window_validate_escape_markup(const gchar *str)
 {
     GString *gstr;
-    const gchar *p;
+    const gchar  *p;
     GQueue *open_elems;
     gconstpointer tmp;
 
@@ -1006,9 +1033,15 @@
                             const gchar *body)
 {
     g_return_if_fail(XFCE_IS_NOTIFY_WINDOW(window));
-    
     if(body && *body) {
-        gchar *markup = xfce_notify_window_validate_escape_markup(body);
+        gchar *_body = xfce_notify_window_parse_br (body);
+	if (!_body)
+	    return;
+        gchar *_markup = xfce_notify_window_validate_escape_markup(_body);
+        if (!_markup)
+    	    return;
+
+        gchar *markup = g_strcompress (_markup);
         if(!markup)
             return;
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBSEXY
@@ -1018,7 +1051,9 @@
         gtk_label_set_use_markup(GTK_LABEL(window->body), TRUE);
 #endif
         gtk_widget_show(window->body);
+        g_free(_markup);
         g_free(markup);
+        g_free(_body);
         window->has_body_text = TRUE;
     } else {
         gtk_label_set_markup(GTK_LABEL(window->body), "");