diff -r d88ae5b94191 -r c8dce7bef0e6 libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c	Tue Jan 21 01:28:36 2014 +0530
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c	Tue Jan 21 01:48:42 2014 +0530
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@
 	PurpleAccountUserSplit *split;
 	PurpleAccountOption *option;
 
-	protocol->id        = "irc";
+	protocol->id        = "prpl-irc";
 	protocol->name      = "IRC";
 	protocol->options   = OPT_PROTO_CHAT_TOPIC | OPT_PROTO_PASSWORD_OPTIONAL |
 	                      OPT_PROTO_SLASH_COMMANDS_NATIVE;