diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk
index c936ecd12f..6e28b2ca41 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/harfbuzz/package.mk
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz"
 PKG_URL="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain glib freetype cairo icu"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain glib freetype icu"
 PKG_SECTION="x11/toolkits"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="harfbuzz: an OpenType text shaping engine."
 PKG_LONGDESC="HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine."
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-icu=yes"
 
+if [ "$DISPLAYSERVER" = "x11" ] ; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" cairo"
+fi
+
 pre_configure_target() {
   export LIBS="-ldl"
 }