diff -u pidgin-2.5.5/debian/changelog pidgin-2.5.5/debian/changelog
--- pidgin-2.5.5/debian/changelog
+++ pidgin-2.5.5/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+pidgin (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu6) jaunty; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/pidgin-wrapper.sh
+    - Wrapper script for launching pidgin if it isn't running yet or 
+      raising the buddy list window if it already is running (LP: #354298)
+  * debian/rules
+    - Move /usr/bin/pidgin to /usr/bin/pidgin.real and install the wrapper 
+      script at /usr/bin/pidgin 
+
+ -- Ken VanDine <ken.vandine@canonical.com>  Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:58:23 -0400
+
 pidgin (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu5) jaunty; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/61_crash_on_close_349009.patch
diff -u pidgin-2.5.5/debian/rules pidgin-2.5.5/debian/rules
--- pidgin-2.5.5/debian/rules
+++ pidgin-2.5.5/debian/rules
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/lib/pidgin/relnot.so # release notification plugin
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/bin/nullclient # examples
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/bin/purple-client-example # examples
+	mv debian/tmp/usr/bin/pidgin debian/tmp/usr/bin/pidgin.real
+	cp debian/pidgin-wrapper.sh debian/tmp/usr/bin/pidgin
+	chmod 755 debian/tmp/usr/bin/pidgin
 	find debian/tmp/usr/lib -name '*.la' -print0 | xargs -0 rm
 	# Include author lists in copyright file
 	sed -e '/@PIDGIN_COPYRIGHT@/r COPYRIGHT' \
diff -u pidgin-2.5.5/debian/pidgin.install pidgin-2.5.5/debian/pidgin.install
--- pidgin-2.5.5/debian/pidgin.install
+++ pidgin-2.5.5/debian/pidgin.install
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 debian/tmp/etc/gconf
 debian/tmp/usr/bin/pidgin
+debian/tmp/usr/bin/pidgin.real
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/perl5/Pidgin.pm
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/perl5/auto/Pidgin
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/pidgin
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- pidgin-2.5.5.orig/debian/pidgin-wrapper.sh
+++ pidgin-2.5.5/debian/pidgin-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Script to check if pidgin is already running, and if so raise the buddy list
+# window instead of exiting.  Any arguments passed will cause the script to
+# skip the check and just pass them on to pidgin
+
+
+if /usr/bin/pgrep -u $USER pidgin.real > /dev/null && [ $# -eq 0 ];
+then
+	/usr/bin/dbus-send --print-reply --session \
+	--dest="im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService" \
+	/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject \
+	im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface.PurpleBlistSetVisible int32:1 > /dev/null
+else
+	/usr/bin/pidgin.real $@ &
+fi