diff -r 467f5ba17a9a -r 17dd0210fae7 pidgin/pidginabout.c
--- a/pidgin/pidginabout.c	Thu Dec 16 20:10:47 2021 -0600
+++ b/pidgin/pidginabout.c	Thu Dec 16 20:56:38 2021 -0600
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
 };
 
 /******************************************************************************
+ * Globals
+ *****************************************************************************/
+static GtkWidget *about_dialog = NULL;
+
+/******************************************************************************
  * Helpers
  *****************************************************************************/
 static void
@@ -575,10 +580,19 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 GtkWidget *
 pidgin_about_dialog_new(void) {
-	return GTK_WIDGET(g_object_new(
+	if(GTK_IS_WIDGET(about_dialog)) {
+		return about_dialog;
+	}
+
+	about_dialog = g_object_new(
 		PIDGIN_TYPE_ABOUT_DIALOG,
 		"title", "About Pidgin",
 		NULL
-	));
+	);
+
+	g_object_add_weak_pointer(G_OBJECT(about_dialog),
+	                          (gpointer)&about_dialog);
+
+	return about_dialog;
 }