diff --git a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
index 5c3c7766e..88e94a30b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class NotificationsController < ApplicationController
       pager.replace(result)
     end
     @notifications.each do |note|
-      note.note_html = render_to_string( :partial => 'notification.html', :locals => { :note => note } )
+      note.note_html = render_to_string( :partial => 'notification', :locals => { :note => note } )
     end
     @group_days = @notifications.group_by{|note| note.created_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}
 
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/_notification.html.haml b/app/views/notifications/_notification.haml
similarity index 100%
rename from app/views/notifications/_notification.html.haml
rename to app/views/notifications/_notification.haml
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/_notification.mobile.haml b/app/views/notifications/_notification.mobile.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c18ed6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notifications/_notification.mobile.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.notification_element{:data=>{:guid => note.id, :type => (Notification.types.key(note.type) || '')}, :class => (note.unread ? "unread" : "read")}
+  .pull-right.unread-toggle
+    %i.entypo.eye{ :title => (note.unread ? t('notifications.index.mark_read') : t('notifications.index.mark_unread')) }
+  = person_image_tag note.actors.first, :thumb_small
+  .notification_message
+    = notification_message_for(note)
+    %div= timeago(note.created_at)
diff --git a/spec/controllers/notifications_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/notifications_controller_spec.rb
index b8c553b7c..2302320b0 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/notifications_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/notifications_controller_spec.rb
@@ -87,12 +87,19 @@ describe NotificationsController, :type => :controller do
 
         expect(Nokogiri(response.body).css('.aspect_membership')).to be_empty
       end
+
       it "should provide a contacts menu for start sharing notifications" do
         eve.share_with(alice.person, eve.aspects.first)
         get :index, "per_page" => 5
 
         expect(Nokogiri(response.body).css('.aspect_membership')).not_to be_empty
       end
+
+      it 'succeeds on mobile' do
+        eve.share_with(alice.person, eve.aspects.first)
+        get :index, :format => :mobile
+        expect(response).to be_success
+      end
     end
 
     describe "filter notifications" do