diff -r 9a6551eba09c -r c593fc9f5438 pidgin/gtkdocklet.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkdocklet.c	Thu Mar 23 21:01:15 2017 +0300
+++ b/pidgin/gtkdocklet.c	Fri Mar 24 02:23:46 2017 +0300
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
 pidgin_docklet_embedded()
 {
 	if (!visibility_manager
-	    && strcmp(purple_prefs_get_string(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/docklet/show"), "pending")) {
+	    && !purple_strequal(purple_prefs_get_string(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/docklet/show"), "pending")) {
 		pidgin_blist_visibility_manager_add();
 		visibility_manager = TRUE;
 	}