diff --git a/network/chat/pidgin/files/pidgin-nm-1.0.patch b/network/chat/pidgin/files/pidgin-nm-1.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..781612f24f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/chat/pidgin/files/pidgin-nm-1.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 04836fa..0a2d451 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1423,18 +1423,24 @@ fi
+ dnl Check for NetworkManager.h; if we don't have it, oh well
+ if test "x$enable_dbus" = "xyes" ; then
+ 	if test "x$enable_nm" = "xyes" ; then
+-		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NETWORKMANAGER, [NetworkManager >= 0.5.0], [
++		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NETWORKMANAGER, [libnm], [
+ 			AC_SUBST(NETWORKMANAGER_CFLAGS)
+ 			AC_SUBST(NETWORKMANAGER_LIBS)
+ 			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NETWORKMANAGER, 1, [Define if we have NetworkManager.])
+ 		], [
+-			enable_nm=no
+-			if test "x$force_deps" = "xyes" ; then
+-				AC_MSG_ERROR([
++			PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NETWORKMANAGER, [NetworkManager >= 0.5.0], [
++				AC_SUBST(NETWORKMANAGER_CFLAGS)
++				AC_SUBST(NETWORKMANAGER_LIBS)
++				AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NETWORKMANAGER, 1, [Define if we have NetworkManager.])
++			], [
++				enable_nm=no
++				if test "x$force_deps" = "xyes" ; then
++					AC_MSG_ERROR([
+ NetworkManager development headers not found.
+ Use --disable-nm if you do not need NetworkManager support.
+ ])
+-			fi])
++				fi])
++		])
+ 	fi
+ else
+ 	enable_nm=no
+diff --git a/libpurple/network.c b/libpurple/network.c
+index c43e3c7..b17e439 100644
+--- a/libpurple/network.c
++++ b/libpurple/network.c
+@@ -939,8 +939,13 @@ nm_update_state(NMState state)
+ #if NM_CHECK_VERSION(0,8,992)
+ 		case NM_STATE_DISCONNECTING:
+ #endif
++#if NM_CHECK_VERSION(1,0,0)
++			if (prev != NM_STATE_CONNECTED_GLOBAL && prev != NM_STATE_UNKNOWN)
++				break;
++#else
+ 			if (prev != NM_STATE_CONNECTED && prev != NM_STATE_UNKNOWN)
+ 				break;
++#endif
+ 			if (ui_ops != NULL && ui_ops->network_disconnected != NULL)
+ 				ui_ops->network_disconnected();
+ 			break;
diff --git a/network/chat/pidgin/files/pidgin-python-3.8.patch b/network/chat/pidgin/files/pidgin-python-3.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06063ad565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/chat/pidgin/files/pidgin-python-3.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index d916891..d8c39a0 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ if test "x$enable_consoleui" = "xyes" -a ! -z "$PYTHON" -a x"$PYTHON" != x"no" ;
+ 	AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Python compile flags)
+ 	if test -f ${PYTHON}-config; then
+ 		PY_CFLAGS=`${PYTHON}-config --includes`
+-		PY_LIBS=`${PYTHON}-config --libs`
++		PY_LIBS=`${PYTHON}-config --libs --embed` || PY_LIBS=`${PYTHON}-config --libs`
+ 		AC_DEFINE(USE_PYTHON, [1], [Define if python headers are available.])
+ 		AC_MSG_RESULT(ok)
+ 	else
diff --git a/network/chat/pidgin/pspec.xml b/network/chat/pidgin/pspec.xml
index 2a2113ff97..e14e20bb51 100644
--- a/network/chat/pidgin/pspec.xml
+++ b/network/chat/pidgin/pspec.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="122f0a48ba63cd7f2bc2962c497df045ce29ef71" type="tarbz2">mirrors://sourceforge/pidgin/pidgin-2.13.0.tar.bz2</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>intltool</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>glib2-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>gconf-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gtk2-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>glib2-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libXScrnSaver-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libSM-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gtkspell-devel</Dependency>
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@
         <Patches>
 <!--             <Patch level="1">suse/pidgin-ncurses-6.0-accessors.patch</Patch> -->
             <Patch level="1">pidgin-py3-fixes.patch</Patch>
+            <Patch level="1">pidgin-nm-1.0.patch</Patch>
+            <Patch level="1">pidgin-python-3.8.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>