diff --git a/Formula/cairo.rb b/Formula/cairo.rb
index ebf984eb16d..4913aba10e2 100644
--- a/Formula/cairo.rb
+++ b/Formula/cairo.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ class Cairo < Formula
   depends_on 'glib' unless build.include? 'without-x'
   depends_on :x11 unless build.include? 'without-x'
 
+  # See: http://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2012-October/023694.html
+  def patches
+    DATA if MacOS.version <= :snow_leopard
+  end
+
   def install
     ENV.universal_binary if build.universal?
 
@@ -38,3 +43,17 @@ class Cairo < Formula
     system "make install"
   end
 end
+
+__END__
+diff --git a/src/cairo-xlib-surface-shm.c b/src/cairo-xlib-surface-shm.c	
+index 08169f2..6a1752d 100644
+--- a/src/cairo-xlib-surface-shm.c
++++ b/src/cairo-xlib-surface-shm.c
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
+ #include <X11/Xlibint.h>
+ #include <X11/Xproto.h>
+ #include <X11/extensions/XShm.h>
+-#include <X11/extensions/shmproto.h>
++#include <X11/extensions/shmstr.h>
+ #include <sys/ipc.h>
+ #include <sys/shm.h>