diff --git a/srcpkgs/cairo/cairo-devel.template b/srcpkgs/cairo/cairo-devel.template
index 11bd7f6bc0f..99a3d758134 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cairo/cairo-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cairo/cairo-devel.template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-revision=3
+revision=4
 
 Add_dependency run freetype-devel
 Add_dependency run fontconfig-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cairo/patches/cairo-1.10.0-buggy_gradients.patch b/srcpkgs/cairo/patches/cairo-1.10.0-buggy_gradients.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..540c1a917f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cairo/patches/cairo-1.10.0-buggy_gradients.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- src/cairo-xlib-display.c.ubuntu	2010-08-04 11:57:49.000000000 +0200
++++ src/cairo-xlib-display.c	2010-08-04 11:58:28.000000000 +0200
+@@ -353,11 +353,7 @@
+     /* Prior to Render 0.10, there is no protocol support for gradients and
+      * we call function stubs instead, which would silently consume the drawing.
+      */
+-#if RENDER_MAJOR == 0 && RENDER_MINOR < 10
+     display->buggy_gradients = TRUE;
+-#else
+-    display->buggy_gradients = FALSE;
+-#endif
+     display->buggy_pad_reflect = FALSE;
+     display->buggy_repeat = FALSE;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cairo/template b/srcpkgs/cairo/template
index 600fbb1162d..72e7fb7a257 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cairo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cairo/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'cairo'.
 pkgname=cairo
 version=1.12.0
-revision=3
+revision=4
 homepage="http://cairographics.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-configure