diff --git a/packages/graphics/cairo/patches/cairo-1.8.8-png-config.diff b/packages/graphics/cairo/patches/cairo-1.8.8-png-config.diff
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+++ b/packages/graphics/cairo/patches/cairo-1.8.8-png-config.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--- cairo-1.8.8/configure.ac.orig	2009-10-31 22:32:02.000000000 -0700
++++ cairo-1.8.8/configure.ac	2009-10-31 23:34:09.000000000 -0700
+@@ -160,14 +160,10 @@
+   use_png=no
+   AC_ARG_VAR([png_REQUIRES], [module name for libpng to search for using pkg-config])
+   if test "x$png_REQUIRES" = x; then
+-    # libpng13 is GnuWin32's libpng-1.2.8 :-(
+-    for l in libpng12 libpng13 libpng10 ; do
+-      if $PKG_CONFIG --exists $l ; then
+-        png_REQUIRES=$l
+-        use_png=yes
+-        break
+-      fi
+-    done
++    if $PKG_CONFIG --exists libpng ; then
++      png_REQUIRES=libpng
++      use_png=yes
++    fi
+   else
+     use_png=yes
+   fi
+--- cairo-1.8.8/configure.orig	2009-10-31 23:43:33.000000000 -0700
++++ cairo-1.8.8/configure	2009-10-31 23:43:37.000000000 -0700
+@@ -27889,14 +27889,10 @@
+   use_png=no
+ 
+   if test "x$png_REQUIRES" = x; then
+-    # libpng13 is GnuWin32's libpng-1.2.8 :-(
+-    for l in libpng12 libpng13 libpng10 ; do
+-      if $PKG_CONFIG --exists $l ; then
+-        png_REQUIRES=$l
+-        use_png=yes
+-        break
+-      fi
+-    done
++    if $PKG_CONFIG --exists libpng ; then
++      png_REQUIRES=libpng
++      use_png=yes
++    fi
+   else
+     use_png=yes
+   fi