diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/notification_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/notification_serializer.rb
index 417245d19d..966819585f 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/notification_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/notification_serializer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class REST::NotificationSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
-  attributes :id, :type, :created_at
+  attributes :id, :type, :created_at, :group_key
 
   belongs_to :from_account, key: :account, serializer: REST::AccountSerializer
   belongs_to :target_status, key: :status, if: :status_type?, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ class REST::NotificationSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
     object.id.to_s
   end
 
+  def group_key
+    object.group_key || "ungrouped-#{object.id}"
+  end
+
   def status_type?
     [:favourite, :reblog, :status, :mention, :poll, :update].include?(object.type)
   end