diff -ur a/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/panel-plugin/pulseaudio-notify.c b/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/panel-plugin/pulseaudio-notify.c
--- a/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/panel-plugin/pulseaudio-notify.c
+++ b/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/panel-plugin/pulseaudio-notify.c
@@ -137,12 +137,14 @@ pulseaudio_notify_init (PulseaudioNotify *notify)
       /*			Inst->gauge_notifications = FALSE;*/
       g_list_free (caps_list);
     }
   notify->notification = notify_notification_new ("xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin", NULL, NULL);
   notify_notification_set_timeout (notify->notification, 2000);
+  notify_notification_set_urgency (notify->notification, NOTIFY_URGENCY_CRITICAL);
   notify->notification_mic = notify_notification_new ("xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin", NULL, NULL);
   notify_notification_set_timeout (notify->notification_mic, 2000);
+  notify_notification_set_urgency (notify->notification_mic, NOTIFY_URGENCY_CRITICAL);
 }
 
 
 
 static void