diff --git a/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf b/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf
index 1362434d..26ca43bc 100644
--- a/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf
+++ b/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver-xf86 = "xserver-psb"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_mesa-dri = "xpsb-glx"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_libva ?= "0.31.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xf86-input-evdev ?= "2.6.0"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_cairo ?= "1.10.2"
 XSERVER ?= "xserver-psb \
            xserver-psb-extension-dri \
            xserver-psb-extension-dri2 \