diff --git a/libreoffice.changes b/libreoffice.changes
index 73b967a..1275220 100644
--- a/libreoffice.changes
+++ b/libreoffice.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 14 14:56:11 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Add patch to build with old cairo (sle11):
+  * old-cairo.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 14 09:00:37 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index e0e9166..5673db8 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ Patch4:         nlpsolver-no-broken-help.diff
 Patch5:         mediawiki-no-broken-help.diff
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE: do not declare java6 available for without system libs build
 Patch7:         0001-Make-HAVE_JAVA6-be-always-false.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM: properly detect cairo version
+Patch8:         old-cairo.patch
 # try to save space by using hardlinks
 Patch990:       install-with-hardlinks.diff
 BuildRequires:  %{name}-share-linker
@@ -968,6 +970,7 @@ Provides additional %{langname} translations and resources for %{project}. \
 %if !%{with systemlibs}
 %patch7 -p1
 %endif
+%patch8 -p1
 %patch990 -p1
 # 256x256 icons
 tar -xjf %{SOURCE20}
diff --git a/old-cairo.patch b/old-cairo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..190a05c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/old-cairo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From b51fe01f7c8853c353401001bdd417b9ed27fb87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:10:37 +0100
+Subject: WaE: error: 'CAIRO_VERSION' is not defined
+
+Change-Id: I9e4f0d0af541226089a6295962a91ca09debb418
+
+diff --git a/vcl/headless/svpgdi.cxx b/vcl/headless/svpgdi.cxx
+index f5dbaf4..d29a956 100644
+--- a/vcl/headless/svpgdi.cxx
++++ b/vcl/headless/svpgdi.cxx
+@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ bool SvpSalGraphics::drawAlphaRect(long nX, long nY, long nWidth, long nHeight,
+ #if !ENABLE_CAIRO_CANVAS
+     (void)nX; (void)nY; (void)nWidth; (void)nHeight; (void)nTransparency;
+     return false;
+-#elif CAIRO_VERSION >= CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 6, 0)
++#elif defined(CAIRO_VERSION) && defined(CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE) && CAIRO_VERSION >= CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 6, 0)
+     if (m_bUseLineColor || !m_bUseFillColor)
+         return false;
+ 
+-- 
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