diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a2b7aa1..83613505 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@
 
 * `cursor.unfocused-style` is now effective even when `cursor.style`
   is not `block`.
+* Activating a notification triggered with OSC-777, or BEL, now
+  focuses the foot window, if XDG activation tokens are supported by
+  the compositor, the notification daemon, and the notification helper
+  used by foot (i.e. `desktop-notifications.command`). This has been
+  supported for OSC-99 since 1.18.0, and now we also support it for
+  BEL and OSC-777 ([#1822][1822]).
+
+[1822]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1822
 
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/osc.c b/osc.c
index aeb7896c..63b66dd7 100644
--- a/osc.c
+++ b/osc.c
@@ -558,9 +558,10 @@ osc_notify(struct terminal *term, char *string)
     }
 
     notify_notify(term, &(struct notification){
-        .title = (char *)title,
-        .body = (char *)msg,
+        .title = xstrdup(title),
+        .body = xstrdup(msg),
         .expire_time = -1,
+        .focus = true,
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index ecf21040..7e490418 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -3597,9 +3597,10 @@ term_bell(struct terminal *term)
 
     if (term->conf->bell.notify) {
         notify_notify(term, &(struct notification){
-            .title = (char *)"Bell",
-            .body = (char *)"Bell in terminal",
+            .title = xstrdup("Bell"),
+            .body = xstrdup("Bell in terminal"),
             .expire_time = -1,
+            .focus = true,
         });
     }