diff -r f46b6b5c25e1 -r 8c89470bfe9d pidgin/gtkmain.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkmain.c	Wed Jul 08 20:11:07 2009 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkmain.c	Wed Jul 08 20:44:16 2009 +0000
@@ -367,6 +367,14 @@
 		 */
 		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, "prpl-aim-clientkey", "ma1cSASNCKFtrdv9");
 		g_hash_table_insert(ui_info, "prpl-icq-clientkey", "ma1cSASNCKFtrdv9");
+
+		/*
+		 * This is the distid for Pidgin, given to us by AOL.  Please
+		 * don't use this for other applications.  You can just not
+		 * specify a distid and libpurple will use a default.
+		 */
+		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));
 	}
 
 	return ui_info;