diff -U 3 -dHrN wicd-1.7.3.orig/gnome-shell/extension.js wicd-1.7.3/gnome-shell/extension.js
--- wicd-1.7.3.orig/gnome-shell/extension.js	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ wicd-1.7.3/gnome-shell/extension.js	2015-01-19 14:12:12.962333228 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2012, David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+const StatusIconDispatcher = imports.ui.statusIconDispatcher;
+
+function init(metadata) {
+}
+
+function enable() {
+    StatusIconDispatcher.STANDARD_TRAY_ICON_IMPLEMENTATIONS['wicd-client.py'] = 'wicd-gtk';
+}
+
+function disable() {
+    StatusIconDispatcher.STANDARD_TRAY_ICON_IMPLEMENTATIONS['wicd-client.py'] = '';
+}
diff -U 3 -dHrN wicd-1.7.3.orig/gnome-shell/metadata.json wicd-1.7.3/gnome-shell/metadata.json
--- wicd-1.7.3.orig/gnome-shell/metadata.json	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ wicd-1.7.3/gnome-shell/metadata.json	2015-01-19 14:12:12.962333228 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"shell-version": ["3.4.2"], "uuid": "wicd@code.hanskalabs.net", "name": "WICD Network Manager", "description": "Show status of WICD"}
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