diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/cairo-1.2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/cairo-1.2.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d39570431bf3
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+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/cairo-1.2.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ postscriptSupport ? true
+, pdfSupport ? true
+, pngSupport ? true
+, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, x11, fontconfig, freetype
+, zlib, libpng
+}:
+
+assert postscriptSupport -> zlib != null;
+assert pngSupport -> libpng != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cairo-1.2.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.2.0.tar.gz;
+    sha1 = "c5da7f89cdd3782102357f99a47f516d11661e92";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig x11 fontconfig freetype
+    (if pngSupport then libpng else null)
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    (if postscriptSupport then zlib else null)
+  ];
+  configureFlags =
+    (if pdfSupport then ["--enable-pdf"] else []);
+}