diff -r 67d81d0a2445 -r 4999fb10f83f pidgin/gtkstatusbox.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkstatusbox.c	Mon Jun 22 03:41:21 2009 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkstatusbox.c	Mon Jun 22 04:17:03 2009 +0000
@@ -2258,14 +2258,22 @@
 
 	if (status_box->buddy_icon_img != NULL)
 	{
+		GdkPixbuf *buf, *scale;
+		int scale_width, scale_height;
 		GdkPixbufLoader *loader = gdk_pixbuf_loader_new();
 		g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(loader), "size-prepared", G_CALLBACK(pixbuf_size_prepared_cb), NULL);
 		gdk_pixbuf_loader_write(loader, purple_imgstore_get_data(status_box->buddy_icon_img),
 		                        purple_imgstore_get_size(status_box->buddy_icon_img), NULL);
 		gdk_pixbuf_loader_close(loader, NULL);
-		status_box->buddy_icon = gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf(loader);
-		if (status_box->buddy_icon)
-			g_object_ref(status_box->buddy_icon);
+		buf = gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf(loader);
+		scale_width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width(buf);
+		scale_height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height(buf);
+		scale = gdk_pixbuf_new(GDK_COLORSPACE_RGB, TRUE, 8, scale_width, scale_height);
+		gdk_pixbuf_fill(scale, 0x00000000);
+		gdk_pixbuf_copy_area(buf, 0, 0, scale_width, scale_height, scale, 0, 0);
+		if (pidgin_gdk_pixbuf_is_opaque(scale))
+			pidgin_gdk_pixbuf_make_round(scale);
+		status_box->buddy_icon = scale;
 		g_object_unref(loader);
 	}