diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 817f7e9..63fb1c5 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ static int32_t max(int32_t a, int32_t b) {
 	return (a > b) ? a : b;
 }
 
+static int32_t min(int32_t a, int32_t b) {
+	return (a < b) ? a : b;
+}
+
 void init_default_config(struct mako_config *config) {
 	wl_list_init(&config->criteria);
 	struct mako_criteria *new_criteria = create_criteria(config);
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@ void init_default_style(struct mako_style *style) {
 	style->icons = false;
 #endif
 	style->max_icon_size = 64;
+	style->min_icon_size = 8;
 	style->icon_path = strdup("");  // hicolor and pixmaps are implicit.
 	style->icon_border_radius = 0;
 
@@ -263,6 +268,11 @@ bool apply_style(struct mako_style *target, const struct mako_style *style) {
 		target->spec.max_icon_size = true;
 	}
 
+	if (style->spec.min_icon_size) {
+		target->min_icon_size = style->min_icon_size;
+		target->spec.min_icon_size = true;
+	}
+
 	if (style->spec.icon_path) {
 		free(target->icon_path);
 		target->icon_path = new_icon_path;
@@ -420,6 +430,7 @@ bool apply_superset_style(
 	target->spec.border_radius = true;
 	target->spec.icons = true;
 	target->spec.max_icon_size = true;
+	target->spec.min_icon_size = true;
 	target->spec.default_timeout = true;
 	target->spec.markup = true;
 	target->spec.actions = true;
@@ -466,6 +477,7 @@ bool apply_superset_style(
 		target->border_size = max(style->border_size, target->border_size);
 		target->icons = style->icons || target->icons;
 		target->max_icon_size = max(style->max_icon_size, target->max_icon_size);
+		target->min_icon_size = min(style->min_icon_size, target->min_icon_size);
 		target->default_timeout =
 			max(style->default_timeout, target->default_timeout);
 
@@ -611,6 +623,9 @@ static bool apply_style_option(struct mako_style *style, const char *name,
 	} else if (strcmp(name, "max-icon-size") == 0) {
 		return spec->max_icon_size =
 			parse_int_ge(value, &style->max_icon_size, 1);
+	} else if (strcmp(name, "min-icon-size") == 0) {
+		return spec->min_icon_size =
+			parse_int_ge(value, &style->min_icon_size, 1);
 	} else if (strcmp(name, "icon-path") == 0) {
 		free(style->icon_path);
 		return spec->icon_path = !!(style->icon_path = strdup(value));
@@ -912,6 +927,7 @@ int parse_config_arguments(struct mako_config *config, int argc, char **argv) {
 		{"icon-location", required_argument, 0, 0},
 		{"icon-path", required_argument, 0, 0},
 		{"max-icon-size", required_argument, 0, 0},
+		{"min-icon-size", required_argument, 0, 0},
 		{"icon-border-radius", required_argument, 0, 0},
 		{"markup", required_argument, 0, 0},
 		{"actions", required_argument, 0, 0},
diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/mako b/contrib/completions/bash/mako
index bdb5bbb..0a9455c 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/mako
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/mako
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ _mako()
     '--icons'
     '--icon-path'
     '--max-icon-size'
+    '--min-icon-size'
     '--icon-border-radius'
     '--markup'
     '--actions'
diff --git a/contrib/completions/fish/mako.fish b/contrib/completions/fish/mako.fish
index c64d203..b0cb505 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/fish/mako.fish
+++ b/contrib/completions/fish/mako.fish
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ complete -c mako -l progress-color -d 'Progress color indicator' -x
 complete -c mako -l icons -d 'Show icons or not' -xa "1 0"
 complete -c mako -l icon-path -d 'Icon search path, colon delimited' -r
 complete -c mako -l max-icon-size -d 'Max icon size in px' -x
+complete -c mako -l min-icon-size -d 'Min icon size in px' -x
 complete -c mako -l icon-border-radius -d 'Icon border radius value in px' -x
 complete -c mako -l markup -d 'Enable markup or not' -xa "1 0"
 complete -c mako -l actions -d 'Enable actions or not' -xa "1 0"
diff --git a/doc/mako.5.scd b/doc/mako.5.scd
index 18eb3fb..98b432e 100644
--- a/doc/mako.5.scd
+++ b/doc/mako.5.scd
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ Supported actions:
 
 	Default: 64
 
+*min-icon-size*=_px_
+	Set minimum icon size to _px_ pixels.
+
+	Default: 8
+
 *icon-path*=_path_\[:_path_...\]
 	Paths to search for icons when a notification specifies a name instead
 	of a full path. Colon-delimited. This approximates the search algorithm
diff --git a/icon.c b/icon.c
index 3a0d49b..87ffbd6 100644
--- a/icon.c
+++ b/icon.c
@@ -54,6 +54,34 @@ static GdkPixbuf *load_image(const char *path) {
 	return pixbuf;
 }
 
+static GdkPixbuf *load_scaled_to_minimum(GdkPixbuf *image, char *path, int min_size) {
+	int image_width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width(image);
+	int image_height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height(image);
+
+	double longest = image_width > image_height ? image_width : image_height;
+
+	if (longest >= min_size) {
+		return image;
+	}
+
+	const double scale = min_size / longest;
+	image_width *= scale;
+	image_height *= scale;
+
+	GError *err = NULL;
+	GdkPixbuf *scaled_pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale(
+		path, image_width, image_height, true, &err);
+	free(image);
+
+	if (!scaled_pixbuf) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load icon (%s)\n", err->message);
+		g_error_free(err);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return scaled_pixbuf;
+}
+
 static GdkPixbuf *load_image_data(struct mako_image_data *image_data) {
 	GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_data(image_data->data, GDK_COLORSPACE_RGB,
 			image_data->has_alpha, image_data->bits_per_sample, image_data->width,
@@ -65,9 +93,15 @@ static GdkPixbuf *load_image_data(struct mako_image_data *image_data) {
 	return pixbuf;
 }
 
-static double fit_to_square(int width, int height, int square_size) {
-	double longest = width > height ? width : height;
-	return longest > square_size ? square_size/longest : 1.0;
+static void fit_to_square(GdkPixbuf *image, struct mako_icon *icon, int max_size) {
+	int image_width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width(image);
+	int image_height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height(image);
+
+	double longest = image_width > image_height ? image_width : image_height;
+
+	icon->scale = longest > max_size ? max_size / longest : 1.0;
+	icon->width = image_width * icon->scale;
+	icon->height = image_height * icon->scale;
 }
 
 static char hex_val(char digit) {
@@ -263,20 +297,16 @@ struct mako_icon *create_icon(struct mako_notification *notif) {
 		}
 
 		image = load_image(path);
+		image = load_scaled_to_minimum(image, path, notif->style.min_icon_size);
+
 		free(path);
 		if (image == NULL) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
 
-	int image_width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width(image);
-	int image_height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height(image);
-
 	struct mako_icon *icon = calloc(1, sizeof(struct mako_icon));
-	icon->scale = fit_to_square(
-			image_width, image_height, notif->style.max_icon_size);
-	icon->width = image_width * icon->scale;
-	icon->height = image_height * icon->scale;
+	fit_to_square(image, icon, notif->style.max_icon_size);
 
 	icon->image = create_cairo_surface_from_gdk_pixbuf(image);
 	g_object_unref(image);
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index 4876989..d5d161e 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ enum mako_icon_location {
 struct mako_style_spec {
 	bool width, height, outer_margin, margin, padding, border_size, border_radius, font,
 		markup, format, text_alignment, actions, default_timeout, ignore_timeout,
-		icons, max_icon_size, icon_path, icon_border_radius, group_criteria_spec, invisible, history,
+		icons, max_icon_size, min_icon_size, icon_path, icon_border_radius, group_criteria_spec, invisible, history,
 		icon_location, max_visible, layer, output, anchor;
 	struct {
 		bool background, text, border, progress;
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct mako_style {
 
 	bool icons;
 	int32_t max_icon_size;
+	int32_t min_icon_size;
 	char *icon_path;
 	int32_t icon_border_radius;
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index c273a4b..dcf6591 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static const char usage[] =
 	"      --icons <0|1>                   Show icons in notifications.\n"
 	"      --icon-path <path>[:<path>...]  Icon search path, colon delimited.\n"
 	"      --max-icon-size <px>            Set max size of icons.\n"
+	"      --min-icon-size <px>            Set min size of icons.\n"
 	"      --icon-border-radius <px>       Icon's corner radius.\n"
 	"      --markup <0|1>                  Enable/disable markup.\n"
 	"      --actions <0|1>                 Enable/disable application action\n"