diff -r 05cd9ab28312 -r 59fae1cbeee6 pidgin/gtkblist.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkblist.c	Tue Jul 31 23:23:25 2007 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkblist.c	Wed Aug 01 00:22:30 2007 +0000
@@ -3338,7 +3338,7 @@
 
 	presence = purple_buddy_get_presence(b);
 
-	if (!purple_prefs_get_bool(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/blist/show_buddy_icons"))
+	if (!purple_prefs_get_bool(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/blist/show_buddy_icons") && aliased)
 	{
 		if (!selected && purple_presence_is_idle(presence))
 		{