diff --git a/srcpkgs/pidgin/patches/01-configure_ac-libnm_pc.patch b/srcpkgs/pidgin/patches/01-configure_ac-libnm_pc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bc02926559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pidgin/patches/01-configure_ac-libnm_pc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- configure.ac	2018-03-08 07:22:25.000000000 +0100
++++ configure.ac	2020-02-11 04:14:37.777681920 +0100
+@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@
+ 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 >= 0.5.0], [
+ 			AC_SUBST(NETWORKMANAGER_CFLAGS)
+ 			AC_SUBST(NETWORKMANAGER_LIBS)
+ 			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NETWORKMANAGER, 1, [Define if we have NetworkManager.])
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pidgin/patches/02-libpurple-nm_state.patch b/srcpkgs/pidgin/patches/02-libpurple-nm_state.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..802d64b89f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pidgin/patches/02-libpurple-nm_state.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- libpurple/network.c	2018-03-06 07:00:49.000000000 +0100
++++ libpurple/network.c	2020-02-11 04:30:20.163644344 +0100
+@@ -939,8 +939,16 @@
+ #if NM_CHECK_VERSION(0,8,992)
+ 		case NM_STATE_DISCONNECTING:
+ #endif
++#if NM_CHECK_VERSION(0,8,992)
++			if (prev != NM_STATE_CONNECTED_LOCAL &&
++				prev != NM_STATE_CONNECTED_SITE &&
++				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/srcpkgs/pidgin/template b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
index 0fa8e0e026c..e98936ae0ed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/pidgin/pidgin-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=2747150c6f711146bddd333c496870bfd55058bab22ffb7e4eb784018ec46d8f
 lib32disabled=yes
 
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool automake libtool gettext-devel glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool automake libtool gettext gettext-devel glib-devel"
 makedepends="libglib-devel gtk+-devel libXext-devel
  libXScrnSaver-devel gtkspell-devel startup-notification-devel ncurses-devel
  libxml2-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel libidn-devel python-devel
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ makedepends="libglib-devel gtk+-devel libXext-devel
  libsasl-devel libSM-devel farstream-devel"
 depends="cyrus-sasl-modules gst-plugins-good1"
 
+CFLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-declarations"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }