diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.py b/.github/workflows/ci.py
index 3c3b5bf78..b838bf977 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def install_deps() -> None:
         run('sudo apt-get install -y libgl1-mesa-dev libxi-dev libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev ca-certificates'
             ' libxcursor-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libdbus-1-dev libxkbcommon-dev libharfbuzz-dev libx11-xcb-dev zsh'
             ' libpng-dev liblcms2-dev libfontconfig-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libcanberra-dev libxxhash-dev uuid-dev'
-            ' libsimde-dev libsystemd-dev zsh bash dash systemd-coredump gdb')
+            ' libsimde-dev libsystemd-dev libcairo2-dev zsh bash dash systemd-coredump gdb')
         # for some reason these directories are world writable which causes zsh
         # compinit to break
         run('sudo chmod -R og-w /usr/share/zsh')
diff --git a/bypy/linux/__main__.py b/bypy/linux/__main__.py
index 028d45df5..777d7dd5b 100644
--- a/bypy/linux/__main__.py
+++ b/bypy/linux/__main__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def binary_includes():
     return tuple(map(get_dll_path, (
             'expat', 'sqlite3', 'ffi', 'z', 'lzma', 'png16', 'lcms2', 'ssl', 'crypto', 'crypt',
             'iconv', 'pcre2-8', 'graphite2', 'glib-2.0', 'freetype', 'xxhash',
-            'harfbuzz', 'xkbcommon', 'xkbcommon-x11',
+            'pixman-1', 'cairo', 'harfbuzz', 'xkbcommon', 'xkbcommon-x11',
             # fontconfig is not bundled because in typical brain dead Linux
             # distro fashion, different distros use different default config
             # paths for fontconfig.
diff --git a/bypy/sources.json b/bypy/sources.json
index a4767ec2d..f4efc326c 100644
--- a/bypy/sources.json
+++ b/bypy/sources.json
@@ -239,6 +239,16 @@
         }
     },
 
+    {
+        "name": "pixman",
+        "os": "linux",
+        "unix": {
+            "filename": "pixman-0.44.2.tar.xz",
+            "hash": "sha256:50baf820dde0c5ff9714d03d2df4970f606a3d3b1024f5404c0398a9821cc4b0",
+            "urls": ["https://www.cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.44.2.tar.xz"]
+        }
+    },
+
     {
         "name": "freetype",
         "os": "linux",
@@ -259,6 +269,16 @@
         }
     },
 
+    {
+        "name": "cairo",
+        "os": "linux",
+        "unix": {
+            "filename": "cairo-1.18.2.tar.xz",
+            "hash": "sha256:a62b9bb42425e844cc3d6ddde043ff39dbabedd1542eba57a2eb79f85889d45a",
+            "urls": ["https://www.cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.18.2.tar.xz"]
+        }
+    },
+
     {
         "name": "harfbuzz",
         "unix": {
diff --git a/docs/build.rst b/docs/build.rst
index 071d82081..2f2104c8b 100644
--- a/docs/build.rst
+++ b/docs/build.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ Run-time dependencies:
 * ``liblcms2``
 * ``libxxhash``
 * ``openssl``
+* ``pixman`` (not needed on macOS)
+* ``cairo`` (not needed on macOS)
 * ``freetype`` (not needed on macOS)
 * ``fontconfig`` (not needed on macOS)
 * ``libcanberra`` (not needed on macOS)
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ Build-time dependencies:
   - ``libpython3-dev``
   - ``libxxhash-dev``
   - ``libsimde-dev``
+  - ``libcairo2-dev``
 
   .. _x11-dev-libs:
 
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ Build-time dependencies:
   - ``libxinerama-dev``
   - ``libgl1-mesa-dev``
   - ``libxkbcommon-x11-dev``
+  - ``libfontconfig-dev``
   - ``libx11-xcb-dev``
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 851d56163..99ea058ba 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -640,8 +640,9 @@ def kitty_env(args: Options) -> Env:
         # warnings about it
         cppflags.append('-DGL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION')
     else:
-        cflags.extend(pkg_config('fontconfig', '--cflags-only-I'))
+        cflags.extend(pkg_config('cairo-fc', '--cflags-only-I'))
         platform_libs = []
+        platform_libs.extend(pkg_config('cairo-fc', '--libs'))
     cflags.extend(pkg_config('harfbuzz', '--cflags-only-I'))
     platform_libs.extend(pkg_config('harfbuzz', '--libs'))
     pylib = get_python_flags(args, cflags)