diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ postscriptSupport ? true
+, pdfSupport ? true
+, pngSupport ? true
+, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, x11, fontconfig, freetype
+, zlib, libpng
+}:
+
+assert postscriptSupport -> zlib != null;
+assert pngSupport -> libpng != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cairo-1.0.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.0.2.tar.gz;
+    sha1 = "3a425049499b0b067ed4dc60d94b4d0819c0841b";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig x11 fontconfig freetype
+    (if pngSupport then libpng else null)
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    (if postscriptSupport then zlib else null)
+  ];
+  configureFlags =
+    (if pdfSupport then ["--enable-pdf"] else []);
+}