diff --git a/Riot/ViewController/MasterTabBarController.m b/Riot/ViewController/MasterTabBarController.m
index 680e01dd6..1a268e79b 100644
--- a/Riot/ViewController/MasterTabBarController.m
+++ b/Riot/ViewController/MasterTabBarController.m
@@ -582,7 +582,10 @@
 
 - (void)refreshTabBarBadges
 {
-    [self setMissedDiscussionsCount:recentsDataSource.missedFavouriteDiscussionsCount onTabBarItem:TABBAR_FAVOURITES_INDEX withBadgeColor:(recentsDataSource.missedHighlightFavouriteDiscussionsCount ? kRiotColorPinkRed : kRiotColorGreen)];
+    // Use a middle dot to signal missed notif in favourites
+    [self setMissedDiscussionsMark:(recentsDataSource.missedFavouriteDiscussionsCount? @"\u00B7": nil) onTabBarItem:TABBAR_FAVOURITES_INDEX withBadgeColor:(recentsDataSource.missedHighlightFavouriteDiscussionsCount ? kRiotColorPinkRed : kRiotColorGreen)];
+    
+    // Update the badge on People and Rooms tabs
     [self setMissedDiscussionsCount:recentsDataSource.missedDirectDiscussionsCount onTabBarItem:TABBAR_PEOPLE_INDEX withBadgeColor:(recentsDataSource.missedHighlightDirectDiscussionsCount ? kRiotColorPinkRed : kRiotColorGreen)];
     [self setMissedDiscussionsCount:recentsDataSource.missedGroupDiscussionsCount onTabBarItem:TABBAR_ROOMS_INDEX withBadgeColor:(recentsDataSource.missedHighlightGroupDiscussionsCount ? kRiotColorPinkRed : kRiotColorGreen)];
 }
@@ -606,6 +609,23 @@
     }
 }
 
+- (void)setMissedDiscussionsMark:(NSString*)mark onTabBarItem:(NSUInteger)index withBadgeColor:(UIColor*)badgeColor
+{
+    if (mark)
+    {
+        self.tabBar.items[index].badgeValue = mark;
+        
+        if ([UITabBarItem instancesRespondToSelector:@selector(setBadgeColor:)])
+        {
+            self.tabBar.items[index].badgeColor = badgeColor;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        self.tabBar.items[index].badgeValue = nil;
+    }
+}
+
 - (NSString*)tabBarBadgeStringValue:(NSUInteger)count
 {
     NSString *badgeValue;