diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' indicator-application-0.2.9//src/app-indicator.c indicator-application-0.2.9.new//src/app-indicator.c
--- indicator-application-0.2.9//src/app-indicator.c	2011-11-18 14:32:25.000000000 +0800
+++ indicator-application-0.2.9.new//src/app-indicator.c	2011-11-18 14:32:55.000000000 +0800
@@ -1188,25 +1188,24 @@
 {
 	GtkStatusIcon * icon = GTK_STATUS_ICON(data);
 	GIcon *themed_icon = NULL;
-	gchar *longname = NULL;
+	gchar *longname = (gchar*) app_indicator_get_icon(self);
 
-	switch (app_indicator_get_status(self)) {
-	case APP_INDICATOR_STATUS_PASSIVE:
+	if (longname != NULL && longname[0] == '/') {
+		gtk_status_icon_set_from_file(icon, longname);
+	} else {
 		longname = append_panel_icon_suffix(app_indicator_get_icon(self));
 		themed_icon = g_themed_icon_new_with_default_fallbacks (longname);
-		gtk_status_icon_set_visible(icon, FALSE);
 		gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon(icon, themed_icon);
+	}
+
+	switch (app_indicator_get_status(self)) {
+	case APP_INDICATOR_STATUS_PASSIVE:
+		gtk_status_icon_set_visible(icon, FALSE);
 		break;
 	case APP_INDICATOR_STATUS_ACTIVE:
-		longname = append_panel_icon_suffix(app_indicator_get_icon(self));
-		themed_icon = g_themed_icon_new_with_default_fallbacks (longname);
-		gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon(icon, themed_icon);
 		gtk_status_icon_set_visible(icon, TRUE);
 		break;
 	case APP_INDICATOR_STATUS_ATTENTION:
-		longname = append_panel_icon_suffix(app_indicator_get_attention_icon(self));
-		themed_icon = g_themed_icon_new_with_default_fallbacks (longname);
-		gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon(icon, themed_icon);
 		gtk_status_icon_set_visible(icon, TRUE);
 		break;
 	};