diff -urN cairo-1.14.8/configure.ac cairo-1.14.8-fix/configure.ac
--- cairo-1.14.8/configure.ac	2016-12-08 01:26:33.000000000 +0000
+++ cairo-1.14.8-fix/configure.ac	2017-03-08 17:37:33.930755018 +0000
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
 any2ppm_svg=no
 if test "x$use_svg" = "xyes"; then
   librsvg_DEPENDENCY="librsvg-2.0 >= $LIBRSVG_VERSION_REQUIRED"
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBRSVG, $librsvg_DEPENDENCY gdk-2.0,
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBRSVG, $librsvg_DEPENDENCY,
 		    [CAIRO_CHECK_FUNCS_WITH_FLAGS(rsvg_pixbuf_from_file, [$LIBRSVG_CFLAGS], [$LIBRSVG_LIBS],
                     [test_svg=yes; any2ppm_svg=yes],
 		    [test_svg="no (requires $librsvg_DEPENDENCY)"])],