diff -r 2aa79f05247e -r 80bedd712883 pidgin/libpidgin.c
--- a/pidgin/libpidgin.c	Wed Apr 02 01:08:17 2014 +0200
+++ b/pidgin/libpidgin.c	Wed Apr 02 02:15:56 2014 +0200
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@
 		 */
 		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, "prpl-aim-distid", GINT_TO_POINTER(1550));
 		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, "prpl-icq-distid", GINT_TO_POINTER(1550));
+
+		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, "smiley-parser-escape", GINT_TO_POINTER(TRUE));
 	}
 
 	return ui_info;