diff --git a/debian/patches/2000_disable_notification_prefs_ui.patch b/debian/patches/2000_disable_notification_prefs_ui.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c6244a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/2000_disable_notification_prefs_ui.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Description: Disable the notification preferences so options are not presented that indicator-power handles.
+Author: Martin Wimpress <code@flexion.org>
+
+--- a/data/gpm-prefs.ui
++++ b/data/gpm-prefs.ui
+@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@
+                 </child>
+                 <child>
+                   <object class="GtkVBox" id="vbox_notification">
+-                    <property name="visible">True</property>
++                    <property name="visible">False</property>
+                     <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
+                     <property name="spacing">6</property>
+                     <child>
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index bfb7d10..4a56501 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ override_dh_missing:
 
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_install
-	# Override some mate-power-manager default because Ubuntu MATE has
-	# indicator-power enabled by default.
+	# Ubuntu MATE enables indicators by default which include indicator-power
+	# so override mate-power-manager defaults accordingly.
 ifeq ($(shell dpkg-vendor --is Ubuntu && echo yes),yes)
 	dh_install -pmate-power-manager-common debian/25_mate-power-manager-ubuntu.gschema.override /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/
 endif
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ override_dh_installchangelogs:
 	dh_installchangelogs NEWS
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
+	# Ubuntu MATE enables indicators by default which include indicator-power
+	# so patch disable some UI in mate-power-manager that is irrelevant
+ifeq ($(shell dpkg-vendor --is Ubuntu && echo yes),yes)
+	patch data/gpm-prefs.ui < debian/patches/2000_disable_notification_prefs_ui.patch
+endif
 	# upstream is without configure. autogen.sh will create it
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 	dh_auto_configure $(DHFLAGS) -- \