diff -r 9e07ad8f9b4b -r 6917cde256ec pidgin/gtkprefs.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkprefs.c	Wed Feb 15 09:40:30 2012 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkprefs.c	Wed Feb 15 09:44:50 2012 +0000
@@ -2036,6 +2036,14 @@
 		path = g_find_program_in_path("gnome-network-properties");
 		if (path == NULL)
 			path = g_find_program_in_path("gnome-network-preferences");
+		if (path == NULL) {
+			path = g_find_program_in_path("gnome-control-center");
+			if (path != NULL) {
+				char *tmp = g_strdup_printf("%s network", path);
+				g_free(path);
+				path = tmp;
+			}
+		}
 
 		if (path == NULL) {
 			label = gtk_label_new(NULL);