diff --git a/src/js/tab.js b/src/js/tab.js
index 5c4745549..65ef280e7 100644
--- a/src/js/tab.js
+++ b/src/js/tab.js
@@ -471,6 +471,9 @@ vAPI.tabs.onPopup = function(details) {
     if ( pageStore ) {
         pageStore.logRequest(context, result);
     }
+    if ( µb.userSettings.showIconBadge ) {
+        µb.updateBadgeAsync(details.openerTabId);
+    }
 
     // Not blocked
     if ( µb.isAllowResult(result) ) {