diff -r 77efee65c5f4 -r 1abeda205d6c pidgin/gtkprefs.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkprefs.c	Tue Apr 15 03:36:58 2014 +0200
+++ b/pidgin/gtkprefs.c	Tue Apr 15 16:51:42 2014 +0200
@@ -759,7 +759,8 @@
 	/* refresh the list of themes in the manager */
 	purple_theme_manager_refresh();
 
-	tmp = g_build_filename(DATADIR, "icons", "hicolor", "32x32", "apps", "pidgin.png", NULL);
+	tmp = g_build_filename(PURPLE_DATADIR, "icons", "hicolor", "32x32",
+		"apps", "pidgin.png", NULL);
 	pixbuf = pidgin_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale(tmp, PREFS_OPTIMAL_ICON_SIZE, PREFS_OPTIMAL_ICON_SIZE, TRUE);
 	g_free(tmp);