diff -r a9570a2f0bd3 -r 3fb8b08f9902 pidgin/gtkblist.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkblist.c	Sun Oct 25 23:35:09 2009 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkblist.c	Mon Oct 26 00:00:24 2009 +0000
@@ -4184,6 +4184,12 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (hidden_conv) {
+		char *tmp = nametext;
+		nametext = g_strdup_printf("<b>%s</b>", tmp);
+		g_free(tmp);
+	}
+
 	/* Put it all together */
 	if ((!aliased || biglist) && (statustext || idletime)) {
 		/* using <span size='smaller'> breaks the status, so it must be seperated into <small><span>*/