diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 3d6ccae6f..58ff94c93 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 		<source-file src="src/android/MyFirebaseMessagingService.java" target-dir="src/com/gae/scaffolder/plugin" />
 		<source-file src="src/android/MyFirebaseInstanceIDService.java" target-dir="src/com/gae/scaffolder/plugin" />
 		<source-file src="src/android/FCMPluginActivity.java" target-dir="src/com/gae/scaffolder/plugin" />
+		<source-file src="src/android/BadgeHelper.java" target-dir="src/com/gae/scaffolder/plugin" />
     </platform>
 	
     <!-- IOS CONFIGURATION -->
diff --git a/src/android/BadgeHelper.java b/src/android/BadgeHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b88b6809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/BadgeHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.gae.scaffolder.plugin;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import me.leolin.shortcutbadger.ShortcutBadgeException;
+import me.leolin.shortcutbadger.ShortcutBadger;
+
+/**
+ * Created by ArindamN on 04/04/2017.
+ */
+public class BadgeHelper {
+    private static String TAG = "FCM_BADGE_HELPER";
+    public final static String CONST_BADGE_KEY = "badge";
+
+    public static void setBadgeCount(String badge, Context ctx){
+        try {
+            //String badge = (String) remoteMessage.get("badge");
+            int badgeCount = 0;
+            if(badge!=null && !badge.isEmpty()){
+                badgeCount = tryParseInt(badge);
+            }
+            if(badgeCount>0)
+            {
+                ShortcutBadger. applyCountOrThrow(ctx, badgeCount);
+                Log.d(TAG, "showBadge worked!");
+            }
+
+        } catch (ShortcutBadgeException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "showBadge failed: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+    static int tryParseInt(String value) {
+        try {
+            return Integer.parseInt(value);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/android/FCMPlugin.gradle b/src/android/FCMPlugin.gradle
index 4ab3a0990..6ab69d5e1 100644
--- a/src/android/FCMPlugin.gradle
+++ b/src/android/FCMPlugin.gradle
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
 }
 // apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
 // class must be used instead of id(string) to be able to apply plugin from non-root gradle file
-apply plugin: com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin
\ No newline at end of file
+apply plugin: com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin
+dependencies {
+    compile 'me.leolin:ShortcutBadger:1.1.11@aar'
+}
diff --git a/src/android/FCMPluginActivity.java b/src/android/FCMPluginActivity.java
index c613f5ee7..4489abf36 100644
--- a/src/android/FCMPluginActivity.java
+++ b/src/android/FCMPluginActivity.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 				data.put(key, value);
             }
         }
-		
+        
+		BadgeHelper.setBadgeCount((String) data.get(BadgeHelper.CONST_BADGE_KEY), getApplicationContext());
 		FCMPlugin.sendPushPayload(data);
 
         finish();
diff --git a/src/android/MyFirebaseMessagingService.java b/src/android/MyFirebaseMessagingService.java
index 941e7ca75..f513a0a56 100644
--- a/src/android/MyFirebaseMessagingService.java
+++ b/src/android/MyFirebaseMessagingService.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) {
                 Log.d(TAG, "\tKey: " + key + " Value: " + value);
 				data.put(key, value);
         }
+        BadgeHelper.setBadgeCount((String)data.get(BadgeHelper.CONST_BADGE_KEY), getApplicationContext());
 		
 		Log.d(TAG, "\tNotification Data: " + data.toString());
         FCMPlugin.sendPushPayload( data );