diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/notification/LocalNotificationManager.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/notification/LocalNotificationManager.java
index 2e095269f..a4fd2b3d3 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/notification/LocalNotificationManager.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/notification/LocalNotificationManager.java
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ private void buildNotification(NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager, Lo
             .setGroupSummary(localNotification.isGroupSummary())
             .setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND | Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE | Notification.DEFAULT_LIGHTS);
 
+
+    // support multiline text
+    mBuilder.setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText(localNotification.getBody()));
+
     String sound = localNotification.getSound();
     if (sound != null) {
       Uri soundUri = Uri.parse(sound);