diff --git a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx
index 5573db8164..c0b860e4fd 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx
+++ b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ export default class ElectronPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
         return true;
     }
 
-    displayNotification(title: string, msg: string, avatarUrl: string, room: Room): Notification {
+    displayNotification(title: string, msg: string, avatarUrl: string, room: Room, ev?: MatrixEvent): Notification {
         // GNOME notification spec parses HTML tags for styling...
         // Electron Docs state all supported linux notification systems follow this markup spec
         // https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/tutorial/desktop-environment-integration.md#linux
@@ -379,20 +379,17 @@ export default class ElectronPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
             msg = msg.replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
         }
 
-        // Notifications in Electron use the HTML5 notification API
-        const notifBody = {
-            body: msg,
-            silent: true, // we play our own sounds
-        };
-        if (avatarUrl) notifBody['icon'] = avatarUrl;
-        const notification = new window.Notification(title, notifBody);
+        const notification = super.displayNotification(
+            title,
+            msg,
+            avatarUrl,
+            room,
+            ev,
+        );
 
+        const handler = notification.onclick as Function;
         notification.onclick = () => {
-            dis.dispatch({
-                action: 'view_room',
-                room_id: room.roomId,
-            });
-            window.focus();
+            handler?.();
             this.ipcCall('focusWindow');
         };
 
diff --git a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts
index fb8a9f18c4..fab4bfa9d9 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts
+++ b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { UpdateCheckStatus } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/BasePlatform";
 import request from 'browser-request';
 import dis from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher/dispatcher';
 import { _t } from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/languageHandler';
-import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
 import { hideToast as hideUpdateToast, showToast as showUpdateToast } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/toasts/UpdateToast";
 import { Action } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher/actions";
 import { CheckUpdatesPayload } from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher/payloads/CheckUpdatesPayload';
@@ -78,27 +77,6 @@ export default class WebPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
         });
     }
 
-    displayNotification(title: string, msg: string, avatarUrl: string, room: Room) {
-        const notifBody = {
-            body: msg,
-            tag: "vector",
-            silent: true, // we play our own sounds
-        };
-        if (avatarUrl) notifBody['icon'] = avatarUrl;
-        const notification = new window.Notification(title, notifBody);
-
-        notification.onclick = function() {
-            dis.dispatch({
-                action: 'view_room',
-                room_id: room.roomId,
-            });
-            window.focus();
-            notification.close();
-        };
-
-        return notification;
-    }
-
     private getMostRecentVersion(): Promise<string> {
         // We add a cachebuster to the request to make sure that we know about
         // the most recent version on the origin server. That might not