diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 41b6299..a38ca49 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ executable(
     'src/DBus.vala',
     'src/FdoActionGroup.vala',
     'src/Notification.vala',
+    'src/PortalProxy.vala',
     'src/Widgets/MaskedImage.vala',
     css_gresource,
     dependencies: [
diff --git a/src/Application.vala b/src/Application.vala
index 165efb4..22a7ed4 100644
--- a/src/Application.vala
+++ b/src/Application.vala
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class Notifications.Application : Gtk.Application {
     protected override bool dbus_register (DBusConnection connection, string object_path) throws Error {
         try {
             new Notifications.Server (connection);
+            new Notifications.PortalProxy (connection);
         } catch (Error e) {
             Error.prefix_literal (out e, "Registering notification server failed: ");
             throw e;
@@ -68,6 +69,17 @@ public class Notifications.Application : Gtk.Application {
                 name_lost ();
             }
         );
+
+        Bus.own_name_on_connection (
+            get_dbus_connection (),
+            "io.elementary.notifications.PortalProxy",
+            dbus_flags,
+            () => hold (),
+            (conn, name) => {
+                critical ("Could not acquire bus: %s", name);
+                name_lost ();
+            }
+        );
     }
 
     public static void play_sound (string sound_name) {
diff --git a/src/PortalProxy.vala b/src/PortalProxy.vala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67d4980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PortalProxy.vala
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+
+// TEST CALL FOR DSPY:
+// 'io.elementary.mail.desktop'
+// 'new-mail'
+// {'title': <'New mail from John Doe'>, 'body': <'You have a new mail from John Doe. Click to read it.'>, 'priority': <'high'>}
+
+[DBus (name = "io.elementary.notifications.PortalProxy")]
+public class Notifications.PortalProxy : Object {
+    private const string ID_FORMAT = "%s:%s";
+
+    public signal void action_invoked (string app_id, string id, string action_name, Variant[] parameters);
+
+    public HashTable<string, Variant> supported_options { get; construct; }
+    public uint version { get; default = 2; }
+
+    [DBus (visible = false)]
+    public DBusConnection connection { private get; construct; }
+
+    private uint server_id;
+    private Gee.Map<string, Bubble?> bubbles;
+
+    public PortalProxy (DBusConnection connection) {
+        Object (connection: connection);
+    }
+
+    ~PortalProxy () {
+        connection.unregister_object (server_id);
+    }
+
+    construct {
+        try {
+            server_id = connection.register_object ("/io/elementary/notifications/PortalProxy", this);
+        } catch (Error e) {
+            critical (e.message);
+        }
+
+        supported_options = new HashTable<string, Variant> (str_hash, str_equal);
+        bubbles = new Gee.HashMap<string, Bubble?> ();
+    }
+
+    public void add_notification (string app_id, string id, HashTable<string, Variant> data) throws Error {
+        if (!("title" in data)) {
+            throw new DBusError.FAILED ("Can't show notification without title");
+        }
+
+        unowned var title = data["title"].get_string ();
+
+        unowned string body = "";
+        if ("body-markup" in data) {
+            body = data["body-markup"].get_string ();
+        } else if ("body" in data) {
+            body = data["body"].get_string ();
+        }
+
+        var app_icon = app_id;
+        var hints = new HashTable<string, Variant> (str_hash, str_equal);
+
+        var notification = new Notification (app_id, app_icon, title, body, hints) {
+            buttons = new GenericArray<Notification.Button?> (0)
+        };
+
+        if (!Application.settings.get_boolean ("do-not-disturb") || notification.priority == GLib.NotificationPriority.URGENT) {
+            var app_settings = new Settings.with_path (
+                "io.elementary.notifications.applications",
+                Application.settings.path.concat ("applications", "/", notification.app_id, "/")
+            );
+
+            if (app_settings.get_boolean ("bubbles")) {
+                var full_id = ID_FORMAT.printf (app_id, id);
+
+                if (bubbles.has_key (full_id) && bubbles[full_id] != null) {
+                    bubbles[full_id].notification = notification;
+                } else {
+                    bubbles[full_id] = new Bubble (notification);
+                    bubbles[full_id].close_request.connect (() => {
+                        bubbles[full_id] = null;
+                        return Gdk.EVENT_PROPAGATE;
+                    });
+                }
+
+                bubbles[full_id].present ();
+            }
+
+            if (app_settings.get_boolean ("sounds")) {
+                var sound = notification.priority != URGENT ? "dialog-information" : "dialog-warning";
+
+                Application.play_sound (sound);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void remove_notification (string app_id, string id) throws Error {
+        var full_id = ID_FORMAT.printf (app_id, id);
+
+        if (!bubbles.has_key (full_id)) {
+            throw new DBusError.FAILED ("Provided id %s not found", id);
+        }
+
+        bubbles[full_id].close ();
+    }
+}