diff -urNX xclude orig/hildon-status-menu-0.3.38+0m5/src/hd-status-area.c hildon-status-menu-0.3.38+0m5/src/hd-status-area.c
--- orig/hildon-status-menu-0.3.38+0m5/src/hd-status-area.c	2010-03-29 19:57:43.000000000 +0300
+++ hildon-status-menu-0.3.38+0m5/src/hd-status-area.c	2010-05-25 20:37:20.000000000 +0300
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 
 #include "hd-status-area.h"
 
+#define TASKNAV_SIGNAL_INTERFACE   "com.nokia.hildon_desktop"
+#define OPEN_SIGNAL_NAME        "open_status_menu"
+#define CLOSE_SIGNAL_NAME        "close_status_menu"
+
 /* UI Style guide */
 #define STATUS_AREA_HEIGHT 56
 #define MINIMUM_STATUS_AREA_WIDTH 112
@@ -106,6 +110,23 @@
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+static DBusHandlerResult
+hd_dbus_signal_handler (DBusConnection *conn, DBusMessage *msg, void *data)
+{
+    HDStatusAreaPrivate *priv = (HDStatusAreaPrivate *)data;
+    if (dbus_message_is_signal(msg, TASKNAV_SIGNAL_INTERFACE, OPEN_SIGNAL_NAME))
+    {
+        gtk_widget_show (priv->status_menu);
+        return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
+    }
+    else if (dbus_message_is_signal(msg, TASKNAV_SIGNAL_INTERFACE, CLOSE_SIGNAL_NAME))
+    {
+        gtk_widget_hide (priv->status_menu);
+        return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
+    }
+    return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 is_widget_on_screen (GtkWidget *widget)
 {
@@ -164,6 +185,8 @@
   HDStatusAreaPrivate *priv = HD_STATUS_AREA_GET_PRIVATE (status_area);
   GtkWidget *left_alignment, *main_hbox, *left_hbox, *special_hbox;
   guint i;
+  DBusConnection *connection;
+  DBusError derror;
 
   /* Set priv member */
   status_area->priv = priv;
@@ -236,6 +259,15 @@
    * program is full-screen) */
   g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (status_area), "configure-event",
                     G_CALLBACK (configure_event_cb), status_area);
+  dbus_error_init (&derror);
+  connection = dbus_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SESSION, &derror);
+  if (!connection) {
+      dbus_error_free (&derror);
+      g_warning ("%s: failed to connect to the system bus", __func__);
+  } else {
+      dbus_bus_add_match (connection, "type='signal', interface='" TASKNAV_SIGNAL_INTERFACE "'", NULL);
+      dbus_connection_add_filter (connection, hd_dbus_signal_handler,  priv, NULL);
+  }
 }
 
 static GObject *