diff --git a/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/KNotification.java b/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/KNotification.java
--- a/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/KNotification.java
+++ b/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/KNotification.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 {
     public int id;
     public String text;
+    public String richText;
     public String title;
     public Object icon;
     public ArrayList<String> actions = new ArrayList<String>();
diff --git a/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/NotifyByAndroid.java b/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/NotifyByAndroid.java
--- a/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/NotifyByAndroid.java
+++ b/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/NotifyByAndroid.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import android.content.IntentFilter;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Icon;
 import android.os.Build;
+import android.text.Html;
 import android.util.Log;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -125,7 +126,11 @@
         // regular notifications show only a single line of content, if we have more
         // we need the "BigTextStyle" expandable notifications to make everything readable
         // in the single line case this behaves like the regular one, so no special-casing needed
-        builder.setStyle(new Notification.BigTextStyle().bigText(notification.text));
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 24) {
+            builder.setStyle(new Notification.BigTextStyle().bigText(Html.fromHtml(notification.richText, Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_COMPACT)));
+        } else {
+            builder.setStyle(new Notification.BigTextStyle().bigText(Html.fromHtml(notification.richText)));
+        }
 
         if (notification.group != null) {
             createGroupNotification(notification);
diff --git a/src/notifybyandroid.cpp b/src/notifybyandroid.cpp
--- a/src/notifybyandroid.cpp
+++ b/src/notifybyandroid.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
     QAndroidJniObject n("org/kde/knotifications/KNotification", "()V");
     n.setField("id", notification->id());
     n.setField("text", QAndroidJniObject::fromString(stripRichText(notification->text())).object<jstring>());
+    n.setField("richText", QAndroidJniObject::fromString(notification->text()).object<jstring>());
     n.setField("title", QAndroidJniObject::fromString(stripRichText(notification->title())).object<jstring>());
     n.setField("urgency", (jint)(notification->urgency() == KNotification::DefaultUrgency ? KNotification::HighUrgency : notification->urgency()));