diff -r 9a6551eba09c -r c593fc9f5438 pidgin/gtkpounce.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkpounce.c	Thu Mar 23 21:01:15 2017 +0300
+++ b/pidgin/gtkpounce.c	Fri Mar 24 02:23:46 2017 +0300
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 
 	filename = gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry));
 
-	if (filename != NULL && *filename != '\0' && strcmp(filename, _("(default)")))
+	if (filename != NULL && *filename != '\0' && !purple_strequal(filename, _("(default)")))
 		purple_sound_play_file(filename, NULL);
 	else
 		purple_sound_play_event(PURPLE_SOUND_POUNCE_DEFAULT, NULL);