diff -Nurp ../pidgin-2.6.3/libpurple/protocols/gg/gg.c ./libpurple/protocols/gg/gg.c
--- ../pidgin-2.6.3/libpurple/protocols/gg/gg.c	2009-08-19 22:40:05.000000000 +0200
+++ ./libpurple/protocols/gg/gg.c	2009-08-19 22:37:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -2204,9 +2204,9 @@ static void ggp_set_status(PurpleAccount
 	new_status = ggp_to_gg_status(status, &new_msg);
 
 	if (new_msg == NULL) {
-		gg_change_status(info->session, new_status);
+		gg_change_status(info->session, new_status | GG_STATUS_FRIENDS_MASK);
 	} else {
-		gg_change_status_descr(info->session, new_status, new_msg);
+		gg_change_status_descr(info->session, new_status | GG_STATUS_FRIENDS_MASK, new_msg);
 		g_free(new_msg);
 	}