diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/PopupDialog.qml b/applet/contents/ui/PopupDialog.qml
index 089c12a0..6d376d88 100644
--- a/applet/contents/ui/PopupDialog.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/PopupDialog.qml
@@ -1,82 +1,106 @@
 /*
     Copyright 2013-2014 Jan Grulich <jgrulich@redhat.com>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
     later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
     successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
     act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 import QtQuick 2.2
+import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.extras 2.0 as PlasmaExtras
 import org.kde.plasma.networkmanagement 0.2 as PlasmaNM
 
 FocusScope {
+    property var notificationInhibitorLock: undefined
 
     PlasmaNM.AvailableDevices {
         id: availableDevices
     }
 
     PlasmaNM.NetworkModel {
         id: connectionModel
     }
 
     PlasmaNM.AppletProxyModel {
         id: appletProxyModel
 
         sourceModel: connectionModel
     }
 
     Toolbar {
         id: toolbar
 
         anchors {
             left: parent.left
             right: parent.right
             top: parent.top
         }
     }
 
     PlasmaExtras.ScrollArea {
         id: scrollView
 
         anchors {
             bottom: parent.bottom
             left: parent.left
             right: parent.right
             top: toolbar.bottom
         }
 
         ListView {
             id: connectionView
 
             property bool availableConnectionsVisible: false
             property int currentVisibleButtonIndex: -1
 
             anchors.fill: parent
             clip: true
             model: appletProxyModel
             currentIndex: -1
             boundsBehavior: Flickable.StopAtBounds
             section.property: showSections ? "Section" : ""
             section.delegate: Header { text: section }
             delegate: ConnectionItem { }
         }
     }
 
     Connections {
         target: plasmoid
-        onExpandedChanged: connectionView.currentVisibleButtonIndex = -1
+        onExpandedChanged: {
+            connectionView.currentVisibleButtonIndex = -1;
+            if (expanded) {
+                var service = notificationsEngine.serviceForSource("notifications");
+                var operation = service.operationDescription("inhibit");
+                operation.hint = "x-kde-appname";
+                operation.value = "networkmanagement";
+                var job = service.startOperationCall(operation);
+                job.finished.connect(function(job) {
+                    if (expanded) {
+                        notificationInhibitorLock =  job.result;
+                    }
+                });
+            } else {
+                notificationInhibitorLock = undefined;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    PlasmaCore.DataSource {
+        id: notificationsEngine
+        engine: "notifications"
     }
+
 }