diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js
index f7108fdb90..78f321da4d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ const makeEmojiMap = record => record.emojis.reduce((obj, emoji) => {
   return obj;
 }, {});
 
+export function searchTextFromRawStatus (status) {
+  const spoilerText   = status.spoiler_text || '';
+  const searchContent = ([spoilerText, status.content].concat((status.poll && status.poll.options) ? status.poll.options.map(option => option.title) : [])).join('\n\n').replace(/<br\s*\/?>/g, '\n').replace(/<\/p><p>/g, '\n\n');
+  return domParser.parseFromString(searchContent, 'text/html').documentElement.textContent;
+}
+
 export function normalizeAccount(account) {
   account = { ...account };
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js
index 58803d1ae5..3a92e0224e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { unescapeHTML } from '../utils/html';
 import { getFiltersRegex } from '../selectors';
 import { usePendingItems as preferPendingItems } from 'mastodon/initial_state';
 import compareId from 'mastodon/compare_id';
+import { searchTextFromRawStatus } from 'mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer';
 
 export const NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE      = 'NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE';
 export const NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE_NOOP = 'NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE_NOOP';
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export function updateNotifications(notification, intlMessages, intlLocale) {
     if (notification.type === 'mention') {
       const dropRegex   = filters[0];
       const regex       = filters[1];
-      const searchIndex = notification.status.spoiler_text + '\n' + unescapeHTML(notification.status.content);
+      const searchIndex = searchTextFromRawStatus(notification.status);
 
       if (dropRegex && dropRegex.test(searchIndex)) {
         return;