diff -r 1f676cd20646 -r ce4447562d64 pidgin/gtkblist-theme-loader.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkblist-theme-loader.c	Mon Jul 23 20:18:25 2012 -0400
+++ b/pidgin/gtkblist-theme-loader.c	Mon Jul 23 22:52:00 2012 -0400
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
 	GdkColor color;
 
 	if (temp && gdk_color_parse(temp, &color)) {
+#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
+		gdk_colormap_alloc_color(gdk_colormap_get_system(), &color, FALSE, TRUE);
+#endif
 		return gdk_color_copy(&color);
 	} else {
 		return NULL;