diff -Naur gnome-panel.orig/na-style-realize.patch gnome-panel/na-style-realize.patch
--- gnome-panel.orig/na-style-realize.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ gnome-panel/na-style-realize.patch	2013-02-11 17:49:07.251852516 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From f1652b60a9fa0580c5fc60758c3ccdfcf691b5c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
+Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:58:20 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] na: apply style after realize
+
+Under Fedora 18 (GTK-3.6.2), notification icons such as the battery/power
+icon from gnome-settings-daemon are appearing all-black on top of a black
+background.
+
+This is because style_updated is being called before the tray applet
+is realized, meaning that the following code in
+na_tray_applet_style_updated() causes a bail-out:
+
+  if (!applet->priv->tray)
+    return;
+
+and the style is never applied.
+
+Fix this by updating the style explicitly after realizing the widget.
+---
+ applets/notification_area/main.c | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/applets/notification_area/main.c b/applets/notification_area/main.c
+index 5fc4d1d..0d5de70 100644
+--- a/applets/notification_area/main.c
++++ b/applets/notification_area/main.c
+@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
+ 
+ #define NOTIFICATION_AREA_ICON "gnome-panel-notification-area"
+ 
++static void na_tray_applet_style_updated (GtkWidget *widget);
++
+ struct _NaTrayAppletPrivate
+ {
+   NaTray *tray;
+@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ na_tray_applet_realize (GtkWidget *widget)
+ 
+   gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (widget), GTK_WIDGET (applet->priv->tray));
+   gtk_widget_show (GTK_WIDGET (applet->priv->tray));
++  na_tray_applet_style_updated (widget);
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+-- 
+1.8.0.1
+
diff -Naur gnome-panel.orig/PKGBUILD gnome-panel/PKGBUILD
--- gnome-panel.orig/PKGBUILD	2013-02-11 17:52:19.757575401 +0000
+++ gnome-panel/PKGBUILD	2013-02-11 17:52:42.994127629 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pkgname=gnome-panel
 pkgver=3.6.2
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 license=('GPL')
 pkgdesc="The GNOME Panel"
@@ -15,11 +15,17 @@
 groups=('gnome')
 provides=("gnome-panel-bonobo=${pkgver}")
 options=('!libtool' '!emptydirs')
-source=(http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/$pkgname/${pkgver:0:3}/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz)
-sha256sums=('a41c45c5512e796b8602ce50bf0d205993eab364c860aae31afa582d77b77079')
+source=(http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/$pkgname/${pkgver:0:3}/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz
+        na-style-realize.patch)
+sha256sums=('a41c45c5512e796b8602ce50bf0d205993eab364c860aae31afa582d77b77079'
+            '6792f81edc2b8601f7cb11d15b2b1f3814fcea4c37d8f93435b3c4b7e41580f9')
 
 build() {
   cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+
+  # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690353
+  patch -Np1 -i "$srcdir/na-style-realize.patch"
+
   PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
       --localstatedir=/var --disable-static \
       --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gnome-panel \