diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_NotificationManager.c b/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_NotificationManager.c
index 2c930529..8c28aeba 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_NotificationManager.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_NotificationManager.c
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_NotificationManager_nativeShowNotificati
 		g_hash_table_add(ongoing_notifications, GINT_TO_POINTER(id));
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_NotificationManager_nativeCancel(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jint id)
+{
+	char *id_string = g_strdup_printf("%d", id);
+	if (portal)
+		xdp_portal_remove_notification(portal, id_string);
+	g_free(id_string);
+}
+
 static void remove_ongoing_notification(gpointer key, gpointer value, gpointer user_data)
 {
 	char *id_string = g_strdup_printf("%d", GPOINTER_TO_INT(key));
diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_NotificationManager.h b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_NotificationManager.h
index 09778313..4adea60f 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_NotificationManager.h
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_NotificationManager.h
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_NotificationManager_nativeAddAction
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_NotificationManager_nativeShowNotification
   (JNIEnv *, jobject, jlong, jint, jstring, jstring, jstring, jboolean, jint, jstring, jstring);
 
+/*
+ * Class:     android_app_NotificationManager
+ * Method:    nativeCancel
+ * Signature: (I)V
+ */
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_NotificationManager_nativeCancel
+  (JNIEnv *, jobject, jint);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/app/NotificationManager.java b/src/api-impl/android/app/NotificationManager.java
index cd09bb98..b49d4ace 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/app/NotificationManager.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/app/NotificationManager.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package android.app;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Handler;
 
 public class NotificationManager {
 	public void cancelAll() {}
@@ -36,7 +37,20 @@ public class NotificationManager {
 		notify(null, id, notification);
 	}
 
-	public void cancel(String tag, int id) {}
+	public void cancel(String tag, final int id) {
+		// remove_notification doesn't work reliably when sent directly after add_notification in GNOME session.
+		// So we give some extra delay here.
+		new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
+			@Override
+			public void run() {
+				nativeCancel(id);
+			}
+		}, 100);
+	}
+
+	public void cancel(int id) {
+		cancel(null, id);
+	}
 
 	protected static void notificationActionCallback(int id, int intentType, String action, String className) {
 		Context context = Context.this_application;
@@ -56,4 +70,5 @@ public class NotificationManager {
 	protected native long nativeInitBuilder();
 	protected native void nativeAddAction(long builder, String title, int intentType, String action, String className);
 	protected native void nativeShowNotification(long builder, int id, String title, String text, String iconPath, boolean ongoing, int intentType, String action, String className);
+	protected native void nativeCancel(int id);
 }