diff --git a/doom-modeline-segments.el b/doom-modeline-segments.el
index 80b6f04..6d1a161 100644
--- a/doom-modeline-segments.el
+++ b/doom-modeline-segments.el
@@ -1559,6 +1559,23 @@ we don't want to remove that so we just return the original."
     ;; add a space at the end to pad against the following segment
     (concat " " (doom-modeline--tracking-buffers tracking-buffers) " ")))
 
+(doom-modeline-def-segment irc
+  "A notification icon for any unread irc buffer."
+  (when (and doom-modeline-irc
+             (boundp 'tracking-mode-line-buffers)
+             (> (length tracking-buffers) 0)
+             (doom-modeline--active))
+    (concat
+     " "
+     (propertize (doom-modeline-icon-material "sms"
+                                              :height 0.9
+                                              :face 'doom-modeline-warning)
+                 'help-echo (format "IRC Notifications: %s"
+                                    (doom-modeline--tracking-buffers
+                                     tracking-buffers))
+                 'display '(raise -0.17))
+     " ")))
+
 (provide 'doom-modeline-segments)
 
 ;;; doom-modeline-segments.el ends here
diff --git a/doom-modeline.el b/doom-modeline.el
index c462b43..0a12b2b 100644
--- a/doom-modeline.el
+++ b/doom-modeline.el
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 (doom-modeline-def-modeline 'main
   '(bar workspace-number window-number evil-state god-state ryo-modal xah-fly-keys matches buffer-info remote-host buffer-position parrot selection-info)
-  '(misc-info persp-name lsp mu4e github debug minor-modes input-method buffer-encoding major-mode process vcs checker))
+  '(misc-info persp-name lsp irc mu4e github debug minor-modes input-method buffer-encoding major-mode process vcs checker))
 
 (doom-modeline-def-modeline 'minimal
   '(bar matches " " buffer-info)