diff -Nru shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/changelog shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/changelog
--- shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/changelog	2015-02-19 01:49:09.000000000 +0000
+++ shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/changelog	2015-03-10 01:28:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+shimmer-themes (1.9.4-0ubuntu2) vivid; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches/greybird_no_symbolic_icons_in_sidebar.patch
+    - Add upstream patch to not use symbolic icons in gtk3 sidebars
+
+ -- Sean Davis <smd.seandavis@gmail.com>  Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:27:01 -0400
+
 shimmer-themes (1.9.4-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium
 
   * New theme release (Greybird:1.5.3)
diff -Nru shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/patches/greybird_no_symbolic_icons_in_sidebar.patch shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/patches/greybird_no_symbolic_icons_in_sidebar.patch
--- shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/patches/greybird_no_symbolic_icons_in_sidebar.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/patches/greybird_no_symbolic_icons_in_sidebar.patch	2015-03-10 01:26:15.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+From 61ec18d22780aa87998381599c941e0cf4f7bfb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Simon Steinbeiss <simon.steinbeiss@elfenbeinturm.at>
+Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 14:10:05 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Don't use symbolic icons in sidebars
+
+---
+ greybird/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/greybird/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css
++++ b/greybird/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css
+@@ -2095,6 +2095,8 @@
+ .sidebar GtkScrolledWindow {
+     background-color: mix(shade(@theme_base_color, 0.9), shade(@theme_selected_bg_color, 1.35), 0.1);
+     color: mix(@theme_text_color, @theme_base_color, 0.3);
++    /* Don't use symbolic icons in the sidebar */
++    -gtk-icon-style: regular;
+ }
+ 
+ .sidebar row:selected,
diff -Nru shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/patches/series shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/patches/series
--- shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/patches/series	2014-12-19 03:29:41.000000000 +0000
+++ shimmer-themes-1.9.4/debian/patches/series	2015-03-10 01:24:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 bluebird_fix_overlay_scrollbar.patch
 greybird_fix_overlay_scrollbar.patch
+greybird_no_symbolic_icons_in_sidebar.patch
 numix_fix_overlay_scrollbar.patch
 orion_fix_overlay_scrollbar.patch