diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 0f35553b4..4e80acecd 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ With the port to Bootstrap 3, app/views/terms/default.haml has a new structure.
 ## Bug fixes
 * Skip first getting started step if it looks done already [#6456](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6456)
 * Normalize new followed tags and insert them alphabetically [#6454](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6454)
+* Add avatar fallback for notification dropdown [#6463](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6463)
 
 ## Features
 * Show spinner on initial stream load [#6384](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6384)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/notification_dropdown_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/notification_dropdown_view.js
index 90e24f41e..3fec6a793 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/notification_dropdown_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/notification_dropdown_view.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ app.views.NotificationDropdown = app.views.Base.extend({
         if($.inArray(notification, notifications) === -1){
           var node = self.dropdownNotifications.append(notification.note_html);
           $(node).find(".unread-toggle .entypo-eye").tooltip("destroy").tooltip();
+          $(node).find(self.avatars.selector).error(self.avatars.fallback);
         }
       });
     });