diff -r 8befd71928c2 -r 685bab46fad2 pidgin/pidginapplication.c
--- a/pidgin/pidginapplication.c	Mon Mar 21 20:25:43 2022 -0500
+++ b/pidgin/pidginapplication.c	Mon Mar 21 20:31:15 2022 -0500
@@ -217,12 +217,12 @@
 pidgin_application_about(GSimpleAction *simple, GVariant *parameter,
                          gpointer data)
 {
-	GtkWidget *about = pidgin_about_dialog_new();
+	static GtkWidget *about = NULL;
 
-	/* fix me? */
-#if 0
-	gtk_window_set_transient_for(GTK_WINDOW(about), GTK_WINDOW(window));
-#endif
+	if(!GTK_IS_WIDGET(about)) {
+		about = pidgin_about_dialog_new();
+		g_object_add_weak_pointer(G_OBJECT(about), (gpointer)&about);
+	}
 
 	gtk_widget_show_all(about);
 }