diff --git a/helpers/make-gnome-panel b/helpers/make-gnome-panel
index 47ac1d11d2f222434216ca558e99538a2f99d1d2..ca19e516f49ab9b0e5fdd2cd63fe9e591d367e88 100644
--- a/helpers/make-gnome-panel
+++ b/helpers/make-gnome-panel
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ toplevel-id=panel
 
 [Object notification-area]
 object-iid=NotificationAreaAppletFactory::NotificationArea
-pack-index=1
+pack-index=11
 pack-type=end
 toplevel-id=panel