diff -r ba72c5b3582b -r e690274aee75 pidgin/pidgindisplayitem.c
--- a/pidgin/pidgindisplayitem.c	Tue Mar 11 14:13:42 2025 -0500
+++ b/pidgin/pidgindisplayitem.c	Tue Mar 11 16:07:59 2025 -0500
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include "pidgindisplayitem.h"
 
+#include "pidginnotifiable.h"
+
 struct _PidginDisplayItem {
 	GObject parent;
 
@@ -64,6 +66,16 @@
 	g_return_if_fail(PIDGIN_IS_DISPLAY_ITEM(item));
 
 	if(g_set_object(&item->widget, widget)) {
+		if(PIDGIN_IS_NOTIFIABLE(item->widget)) {
+			g_object_bind_property(item->widget, "needs-attention",
+			                       item, "needs-attention",
+			                       G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE);
+
+			g_object_bind_property(item->widget, "notification-count",
+			                       item, "badge-number",
+			                       G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE);
+		}
+
 		g_object_notify_by_pspec(G_OBJECT(item), properties[PROP_WIDGET]);
 	}
 }