diff -r 8826f95514fd -r b5b9c75a4b54 pidgin/gtkutils.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Thu May 15 10:16:32 2014 +0530
+++ b/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Tue May 20 10:36:58 2014 +0530
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@
 			if (gc)
 				protocol = purple_connection_get_protocol(gc);
 
-			if (protocol && purple_protocol_get_options(protocol) & OPT_PROTO_IM_IMAGE)
+			if (!(purple_connection_get_flags(gc) & PURPLE_CONNECTION_FLAG_NO_IMAGES))
 				im = TRUE;
 
 			if (protocol && PURPLE_PROTOCOL_IMPLEMENTS(protocol, XFER_IFACE, can_receive))