diff --git a/x11-libs/cairo/cairo-1.8.4-haiku.diff b/x11-libs/cairo/cairo-1.8.4-haiku.diff
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index 000000000..270666515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-libs/cairo/cairo-1.8.4-haiku.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -urN cairo-1.8.4/configure.ac cairo-1.8.4-haiku/configure.ac
+--- cairo-1.8.4/configure.ac	2008-12-19 00:44:28.000000000 -0800
++++ cairo-1.8.4-haiku/configure.ac	2008-12-19 00:29:17.000000000 -0800
+@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
+ 
+ CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(beos, BeOS/Zeta, no, [
+   case "$host" in
+-    *-*-beos)
++    *-*-beos| *-*-haiku*)
+       beos_LIBS=""
+       dnl Add libbe and libzeta if available
+       AC_CHECK_LIB(be,main,beos_LIBS="$beos_LIBS -lbe")