diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix
index a414191ac0d..3a7c63165b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url    = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/commit/6edf572ebb27b00d3c371ba5ae267e39d27d5b6d.patch";
       sha256 = "112hgrrsmcwxh1r52brhi5lksq4pvrz4xhkzcf2iqp55jl2pb7n1";
     })
+  ] ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    # Workaround https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/-/issues/121
+    ./skip-configure-stderr-check.patch
   ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/skip-configure-stderr-check.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/skip-configure-stderr-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6deecf2a971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/skip-configure-stderr-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30910#c6
+
+Comment 6 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2014-07-15 04:12:40 UTC
+
+Yes, it is still an issue.  We just disable the buggy '"x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"' logic, but that's not really a portable solution for you:
+
+diff -Naurp cairo-1.12.2.orig/configure cairo-1.12.2/configure
+--- cairo-1.12.2.orig/configure	2012-04-29 11:49:59.000000000 -0700
++++ cairo-1.12.2/configure	2012-05-03 11:23:49.000000000 -0700
+@@ -18044,7 +18044,7 @@ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+-	if test "x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"; then
++	if false; then
+ 		cairo_cc_flag=no
+ 	fi
+ 
+@@ -18091,7 +18091,7 @@ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+-	if test "x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"; then
++	if false; then
+ 		cairo_cc_flag=no
+ 	fi
+ 
+@@ -18161,7 +18161,7 @@ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+-	if test "x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"; then
++	if false; then
+ 		cairo_cc_flag=no
+ 	fi
+ 
+@@ -18217,7 +18217,7 @@ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+-	if test "x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"; then
++	if false; then
+ 		cairo_cc_flag=no
+ 	fi
+ 
+@@ -19663,7 +19663,7 @@ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+-	if test "x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"; then
++	if false; then
+ 		cairo_cc_flag=no
+ 	fi
+ 
+@@ -19710,7 +19710,7 @@ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+-	if test "x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"; then
++	if false; then
+ 		cairo_cc_flag=no
+ 	fi
+ 
+@@ -32692,7 +32692,7 @@ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+-	if test "x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"; then
++	if false; then
+ 		cairo_cc_flag=no
+ 	fi
+ 
+@@ -32811,7 +32811,7 @@ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+-	if test "x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"; then
++	if false ; then
+ 		cairo_cc_flag=no
+ 	fi
+ 
+@@ -32892,7 +32892,7 @@ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+-	if test "x$cairo_cc_stderr" != "x"; then
++	if false; then
+ 		cairo_cc_flag=no
+ 	fi