diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/helmet.js b/app/soapbox/components/helmet.js
index 8607ad4d4..a677ce2bf 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/helmet.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/helmet.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Helmet } from'react-helmet';
 import { getSettings } from 'soapbox/actions/settings';
 import sourceCode from 'soapbox/utils/code';
+import FaviconService from 'soapbox/utils/favicon_service';
 
 const getNotifTotals = state => {
   const notifications = state.getIn(['notifications', 'unread'], 0);
@@ -35,8 +36,15 @@ class SoapboxHelmet extends React.Component {
 
   addCounter = title => {
     const { unreadCount, demetricator } = this.props;
-    if (unreadCount < 1 || demetricator) return title;
-    return `(${unreadCount}) ${title}`;
+
+    if (unreadCount < 1 || demetricator) {
+      // Erase badge when there are no notifications
+      FaviconService.clearFaviconBadge();
+      return title;
+    } else {
+      FaviconService.drawFaviconBadge();
+      return `(${unreadCount}) ${title}`;
+    }
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/app/soapbox/main.js b/app/soapbox/main.js
index 91822efef..95e1b13fc 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/main.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/main.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import * as perf from './performance';
 import * as monitoring from './monitoring';
 import ready from './ready';
 import { NODE_ENV } from 'soapbox/build_config';
+import FaviconService from 'soapbox/utils/favicon_service';
 
 function main() {
   perf.start('main()');
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ function main() {
   // Sentry
   monitoring.start();
 
+  // Favicon unread badge
+  FaviconService.initFaviconService();
+
   ready(() => {
     const mountNode = document.getElementById('soapbox');
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/favicon_service.js b/app/soapbox/utils/favicon_service.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e14aad96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/favicon_service.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Adapted from Pleroma FE
+// https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma-fe/-/blob/ef5bbc4e5f84bb9e8da76a0440eea5d656d36977/src/services/favicon_service/favicon_service.js
+
+const createFaviconService = () => {
+  const favicons = [];
+  const faviconWidth = 128;
+  const faviconHeight = 128;
+  const badgeRadius = 32;
+
+  const initFaviconService = () => {
+    const nodes = document.querySelectorAll('link[rel="icon"]');
+    nodes.forEach(favicon => {
+      if (favicon) {
+        const favcanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+        favcanvas.width = faviconWidth;
+        favcanvas.height = faviconHeight;
+        const favimg = new Image();
+        favimg.crossOrigin = 'anonymous';
+        favimg.src = favicon.href;
+        const favcontext = favcanvas.getContext('2d');
+        favicons.push({ favcanvas, favimg, favcontext, favicon });
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
+  const isImageLoaded = (img) => img.complete && img.naturalHeight !== 0;
+
+  const clearFaviconBadge = () => {
+    if (favicons.length === 0) return;
+    favicons.forEach(({ favimg, favcanvas, favcontext, favicon }) => {
+      if (!favimg || !favcontext || !favicon) return;
+      favcontext.clearRect(0, 0, faviconWidth, faviconHeight);
+      if (isImageLoaded(favimg)) {
+        favcontext.drawImage(favimg, 0, 0, favimg.width, favimg.height, 0, 0, faviconWidth, faviconHeight);
+      }
+      favicon.href = favcanvas.toDataURL('image/png');
+    });
+  };
+
+  const drawFaviconBadge = () => {
+    if (favicons.length === 0) return;
+    clearFaviconBadge();
+    favicons.forEach(({ favimg, favcanvas, favcontext, favicon }) => {
+      if (!favimg || !favcontext || !favcontext) return;
+
+      const style = getComputedStyle(document.body);
+      const badgeColor = `${style.getPropertyValue('--badgeNotification') || 'rgb(240, 100, 100)'}`;
+
+      if (isImageLoaded(favimg)) {
+        favcontext.drawImage(favimg, 0, 0, favimg.width, favimg.height, 0, 0, faviconWidth, faviconHeight);
+      }
+      favcontext.fillStyle = badgeColor;
+      favcontext.beginPath();
+      favcontext.arc(faviconWidth - badgeRadius, badgeRadius, badgeRadius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
+      favcontext.fill();
+      favicon.href = favcanvas.toDataURL('image/png');
+    });
+  };
+
+  return {
+    initFaviconService,
+    clearFaviconBadge,
+    drawFaviconBadge,
+  };
+};
+
+const FaviconService = createFaviconService();
+
+export default FaviconService;