diff --git a/network/chat/pidgin/files/pidgin-py3-fixes.patch b/network/chat/pidgin/files/pidgin-py3-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9385e242fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/chat/pidgin/files/pidgin-py3-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+diff -uprb pidgin-2.10.12.orig/libpurple/purple-remote pidgin-2.10.12/libpurple/purple-remote
+--- pidgin-2.10.12.orig/libpurple/purple-remote	2016-01-01 01:19:41.000000000 +0200
++++ pidgin-2.10.12/libpurple/purple-remote	2016-01-02 06:23:14.082831498 +0200
+@@ -3,13 +3,20 @@
+ import codecs
+ import dbus
+ import re
+-import urllib
+ import sys
++try:
++    from urllib.parse import unquote
++except ImportError:
++    from urllib import unquote
+ 
+ import xml.dom.minidom 
+ 
+-sys.stdin = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdin);
+-sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdout);
++if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
++    sys.stdin = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdin.buffer)
++    sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdout.buffer)
++else:
++    sys.stdin = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdin)
++    sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdout)
+ 
+ xml.dom.minidom.Element.all   = xml.dom.minidom.Element.getElementsByTagName
+ 
+@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ class CheckedAttribute:
+         return result
+             
+ def show_help(requested=False):
+-    print """This program uses D-Bus to communicate with purple.
++    print("""This program uses D-Bus to communicate with purple.
+ 
+ Usage:
+ 
+@@ -72,7 +79,7 @@ Examples of commands:
+ 
+     PurpleAccountsFindConnected?name=&protocol=prpl-jabber
+     PurpleAccountsFindConnected(,prpl-jabber)
+-""" % sys.argv[0]
++""" % sys.argv[0])
+     if (requested):
+         sys.exit(0)
+     else:
+@@ -120,7 +127,7 @@ def execute(uri):
+     if paramstring is not None:
+         for param in paramstring.split("&"):
+             key, value = extendlist(param.split("=",1), 2, "")
+-            params[key] = urllib.unquote(value)
++            params[key] = unquote(value)
+ 
+     accountname = params.get("account", "")
+ 
+@@ -233,12 +240,11 @@ if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+ elif (sys.argv[1] == "--help" or sys.argv[1] == "-h"):
+     show_help(True)
+ elif (obj == None):
+-    print "No existing libpurple instance detected."
++    print("No existing libpurple instance detected.")
+     sys.exit(1);
+     
+ for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
+     output = execute(arg)
+ 
+     if (output != None):
+-        print output
+-
++        print(output)
diff --git a/network/chat/pidgin/pspec.xml b/network/chat/pidgin/pspec.xml
index 03c972dd55..9f7bba1558 100644
--- a/network/chat/pidgin/pspec.xml
+++ b/network/chat/pidgin/pspec.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <Icon>pidgin</Icon>
         <Summary>Instant messaging application previously known as gaim</Summary>
         <Description>Multi-protocol instant messaging tool for MSN, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber and Gadu-Gadu protocols.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="5e0062b81bdb01300804e12bc0b6a04a91984631" type="tarbz2">mirrors://sourceforge/pidgin/pidgin-2.10.11.tar.bz2</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="38f48c48978425b86fc9f4e8ba08216ff379451b" type="tarbz2">mirrors://sourceforge/pidgin/pidgin-2.12.0.tar.bz2</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>intltool</Dependency>
             <Dependency>glib2-devel</Dependency>
@@ -44,23 +44,8 @@
             <Dependency>python-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
-	  <!--<Patch level="0">pidgin-desktop.patch</Patch> -->
-<!--             <Patch level="1">mageia/pidgin-2.7.0-smiley.patch</Patch> -->
-<!--             <Patch level="1">mageia/pidgin-2.8.0-reread-resolvconf.patch</Patch> -->
-<!--             <Patch level="1">mageia/pidgin-2.10.0-gg-search-by-uin.patch</Patch> -->
-<!--             <Patch level="0">mageia/pidgin-2.4.2-set-jabber-as-module.patch</Patch> -->
-<!--             <Patch level="1">mageia/pidgin-2.8.0-gg-disconnect.patch</Patch> -->
-<!--             <Patch level="1">mageia/pidgin-2.7.0-mono-build.patch</Patch> -->
-<!--             <Patch level="1">fedora/pidgin-NOT-UPSTREAM-2.5.2-rhel4-sound-migration.patch</Patch> -->
-            <Patch level="1">suse/ pidgin-2.10.11-send-video-enum.patch</Patch>
-            <Patch level="1">suse/pidgin-2.10.11-add-dtmf-support.patch</Patch>
-<!--             <Patch level="1">suse/pidgin-2.10.11-application-media.patch</Patch> -->
-            <Patch level="1">suse/pidgin-2.10.11-fix-sound-play-fd-leak.patch</Patch>
-            <Patch level="1">suse/pidgin-2.10.11-gst-references.patch</Patch>
-            <Patch level="1">suse/pidgin-2.10.11-init-media-optional.patch</Patch>
-            <Patch level="1">suse/pidgin-2.10.11-private-media.patch</Patch>
             <Patch level="1">suse/pidgin-ncurses-6.0-accessors.patch</Patch>
-<!--             <Patch level="1">suse/pidgin-port-to-gst-1.0.patch</Patch> -->
+            <Patch level="1">pidgin-py3-fixes.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>
 
@@ -85,6 +70,8 @@
             <Dependency>gdk-pixbuf</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libXScrnSaver</Dependency>
             <Dependency release="current">libpurple</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>gstreamer-next</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>farstream</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="man">/usr/share/man</Path>
@@ -203,6 +190,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="3">
+            <Date>2017-05-18</Date>
+            <Version>2.12.0</Version>
+            <Comment>Rebuild with new toolchain</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="2">
             <Date>2016-06-15</Date>
             <Version>2.10.11</Version>