--- xfce4-indicator-plugin-0.5.0.orig/panel-plugin/indicator.c
+++ xfce4-indicator-plugin-0.5.0/panel-plugin/indicator.c
@@ -101,9 +101,25 @@ indicator_save (XfcePanelPlugin *plugin,
 static void
 indicator_read (IndicatorPlugin *indicator)
 {
-  XfconfChannel * channel = xfconf_channel_get ("xfce4-panel");
+  XfceRc * rc;
+  gchar * file;
+  XfconfChannel * channel = xfconf_channel_get (xfce_panel_get_channel_name ());
   gchar * property = g_strconcat (xfce_panel_plugin_get_property_base(indicator->plugin),"/blacklist",NULL);
   indicator->excluded_modules = xfconf_channel_get_string_list(channel, property);
+  /* if it's empty, try to migrate from old XfceRc file */
+  if (indicator->excluded_modules == NULL) {
+    file = xfce_panel_plugin_lookup_rc_file (indicator->plugin);
+    if (file != NULL) {
+      rc = xfce_rc_simple_open (file, TRUE);
+      g_free (file);
+      if (rc != NULL) {
+        indicator->excluded_modules = xfce_rc_read_list_entry (rc, "Exclude", NULL);
+        xfce_rc_close (rc);
+        if (indicator->excluded_modules != NULL)
+          xfconf_channel_set_string_list (channel, property, (const gchar * const *)indicator->excluded_modules);
+      }
+    }
+  }
   g_free (property);
   property = g_strconcat (xfce_panel_plugin_get_property_base(indicator->plugin),"/icon-size-max",NULL);
   xfconf_g_property_bind (channel, property, G_TYPE_INT, indicator->buttonbox, "icon-size-max");