diff --git a/notifications/tests/tests.py b/notifications/tests/tests.py
index 94d1135..6d56603 100644
--- a/notifications/tests/tests.py
+++ b/notifications/tests/tests.py
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ class NotificationTestPages(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(data['unread_count'], 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(data['unread_list']), 1)
         self.assertEqual(data['unread_list'][0]['verb'], 'commented')
+        self.assertEqual(data['unread_list'][0]['slug'], id2slug(data['unread_list'][0]['id']))
 
     def test_unread_list_api_mark_as_read(self):
         self.login('to', 'pwd')
diff --git a/notifications/views.py b/notifications/views.py
index 0958659..a60747d 100644
--- a/notifications/views.py
+++ b/notifications/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+
 from django import get_version
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
@@ -6,10 +8,9 @@ from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views.generic import ListView
 
-from .utils import slug2id
 from .models import Notification
+from .utils import id2slug, slug2id
 
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 if StrictVersion(get_version()) >= StrictVersion('1.7.0'):
     from django.http import JsonResponse
 else:
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ def live_unread_notification_list(request):
 
     for n in request.user.notifications.unread()[0:num_to_fetch]:
         struct = model_to_dict(n)
+        struct['slug'] = id2slug(n.id)
         if n.actor:
             struct['actor'] = str(n.actor)
         if n.target: