diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v2_alpha/notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v2_alpha/notifications_controller.rb
index 837499e898..d0205ad6af 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v2_alpha/notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v2_alpha/notifications_controller.rb
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ class Api::V2Alpha::NotificationsController < Api::BaseController
       @group_metadata = load_group_metadata
       @grouped_notifications = load_grouped_notifications
       @relationships = StatusRelationshipsPresenter.new(target_statuses_from_notifications, current_user&.account_id)
-      @sample_accounts = @grouped_notifications.flat_map(&:sample_accounts)
+      @presenter = GroupedNotificationsPresenter.new(@grouped_notifications, expand_accounts: expand_accounts_param)
 
       # Preload associations to avoid N+1s
-      ActiveRecord::Associations::Preloader.new(records: @sample_accounts, associations: [:account_stat, { user: :role }]).call
+      ActiveRecord::Associations::Preloader.new(records: @presenter.accounts, associations: [:account_stat, { user: :role }]).call
     end
 
     MastodonOTELTracer.in_span('Api::V2Alpha::NotificationsController#index rendering') do |span|
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ class Api::V2Alpha::NotificationsController < Api::BaseController
 
       span.add_attributes(
         'app.notification_grouping.count' => @grouped_notifications.size,
-        'app.notification_grouping.sample_account.count' => @sample_accounts.size,
-        'app.notification_grouping.sample_account.unique_count' => @sample_accounts.pluck(:id).uniq.size,
+        'app.notification_grouping.account.count' => @presenter.accounts.size,
+        'app.notification_grouping.partial_account.count' => @presenter.partial_accounts.size,
         'app.notification_grouping.status.count' => statuses.size,
-        'app.notification_grouping.status.unique_count' => statuses.uniq.size
+        'app.notification_grouping.status.unique_count' => statuses.uniq.size,
+        'app.notification_grouping.expand_accounts_param' => expand_accounts_param
       )
 
-      presenter = GroupedNotificationsPresenter.new(@grouped_notifications)
-      render json: presenter, serializer: REST::DedupNotificationGroupSerializer, relationships: @relationships, group_metadata: @group_metadata
+      render json: @presenter, serializer: REST::DedupNotificationGroupSerializer, relationships: @relationships, group_metadata: @group_metadata, expand_accounts: expand_accounts_param
     end
   end
 
@@ -131,4 +131,15 @@ class Api::V2Alpha::NotificationsController < Api::BaseController
   def pagination_params(core_params)
     params.slice(:limit, :types, :exclude_types, :include_filtered).permit(:limit, :include_filtered, types: [], exclude_types: []).merge(core_params)
   end
+
+  def expand_accounts_param
+    case params[:expand_accounts]
+    when nil, 'full'
+      'full'
+    when 'partial_avatars'
+      'partial_avatars'
+    else
+      raise Mastodon::InvalidParameterError, "Invalid value for 'expand_accounts': '#{params[:expand_accounts]}', allowed values are 'full' and 'partial_avatars'"
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/presenters/grouped_notifications_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/grouped_notifications_presenter.rb
index f01acfd41c..9ced1d0c7b 100644
--- a/app/presenters/grouped_notifications_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/grouped_notifications_presenter.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class GroupedNotificationsPresenter < ActiveModelSerializers::Model
-  def initialize(grouped_notifications)
+  def initialize(grouped_notifications, options = {})
     super()
 
     @grouped_notifications = grouped_notifications
+    @options = options
   end
 
   def notification_groups
@@ -16,6 +17,28 @@ class GroupedNotificationsPresenter < ActiveModelSerializers::Model
   end
 
   def accounts
-    @grouped_notifications.flat_map(&:sample_accounts).uniq(&:id)
+    @accounts ||= begin
+      if partial_avatars?
+        @grouped_notifications.map { |group| group.sample_accounts.first }.uniq(&:id)
+      else
+        @grouped_notifications.flat_map(&:sample_accounts).uniq(&:id)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def partial_accounts
+    @partial_accounts ||= begin
+      if partial_avatars?
+        @grouped_notifications.flat_map { |group| group.sample_accounts[1...] }.uniq(&:id).filter { |account| accounts.exclude?(account) }
+      else
+        []
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def partial_avatars?
+    @options[:expand_accounts] == 'partial_avatars'
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/dedup_notification_group_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/dedup_notification_group_serializer.rb
index fd0c6b3c41..4f02505e25 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/dedup_notification_group_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/dedup_notification_group_serializer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class REST::DedupNotificationGroupSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  class PartialAccountSerializer < REST::AccountSerializer
+    # This is a hack to reset ActiveModel::Serializer internals and only expose the attributes
+    # we care about.
+    self._attributes_data = {}
+    self._reflections = []
+    self._links = []
+
+    attributes :id, :acct, :locked, :bot, :url, :avatar, :avatar_static
+  end
+
   has_many :accounts, serializer: REST::AccountSerializer
+  has_many :partial_accounts, serializer: PartialAccountSerializer, if: :return_partial_accounts?
   has_many :statuses, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer
   has_many :notification_groups, serializer: REST::NotificationGroupSerializer
+
+  def return_partial_accounts?
+    instance_options[:expand_accounts] == 'partial_avatars'
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v2_alpha/notifications_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v2_alpha/notifications_spec.rb
index fc1daef43f..94bc7b0ee3 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v2_alpha/notifications_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v2_alpha/notifications_spec.rb
@@ -160,6 +160,36 @@ RSpec.describe 'Notifications' do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when requesting stripped-down accounts' do
+      let(:params) { { expand_accounts: 'partial_avatars' } }
+
+      let(:recent_account) { Fabricate(:account) }
+
+      before do
+        FavouriteService.new.call(recent_account, user.account.statuses.first)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns an account in "partial_accounts", with the expected keys', :aggregate_failures do
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(body_as_json[:partial_accounts].size).to be > 0
+        expect(body_as_json[:partial_accounts][0].keys).to contain_exactly(:acct, :avatar, :avatar_static, :bot, :id, :locked, :url)
+        expect(body_as_json[:partial_accounts].pluck(:id)).to_not include(recent_account.id.to_s)
+        expect(body_as_json[:accounts].pluck(:id)).to include(recent_account.id.to_s)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when passing an invalid value for "expand_accounts"' do
+      let(:params) { { expand_accounts: 'unknown_foobar' } }
+
+      it 'returns http bad request' do
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(400)
+      end
+    end
+
     def body_json_types
       body_as_json[:notification_groups].pluck(:type)
     end