diff -urwN python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/changelog python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/changelog
--- python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/changelog	2016-08-27 11:43:13.604000000 +0100
+++ python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/changelog	2016-08-27 12:43:30.132926658 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+python-mapnik (1:0.0~20151125-92e79d2-1build1ppa1) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Enable cairo support.
+
+ -- Tom Hughes (Ubuntu Package Signing Key) <tom@compton.nu>  Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:15:00 +0000
+
 python-mapnik (1:0.0~20151125-92e79d2-1build1) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * No-change rebuild to drop python3.4 support.
diff -urwN python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/control python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/control
--- python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/control	2016-08-27 11:43:13.604000000 +0100
+++ python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/control	2016-08-27 12:23:01.101391325 +0100
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
                libboost-python-dev,
                libmapnik-dev (>= 3.0.9),
                python-all-dev,
+               python-cairo-dev,
                python-setuptools,
                python-nose,
                python3-all-dev,
+               python3-cairo-dev,
                python3-setuptools,
                python3-nose
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
diff -urwN python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/patches/series python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/patches/series
--- python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/patches/series	2016-08-27 11:43:13.604000000 +0100
+++ python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/patches/series	2016-08-27 12:21:13.459703397 +0100
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 mapnik-libdir.patch
+setup-cairo.patch
diff -urwN python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/patches/setup-cairo.patch python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/patches/setup-cairo.patch
--- python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/patches/setup-cairo.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/patches/setup-cairo.patch	2016-08-27 12:20:57.744055456 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+commit 5d8692482df4fcb7c84e5b5c9b4acfbb587a8723
+Author: Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>
+Date:   Wed Dec 2 22:21:00 2015 +0000
+
+    Enable cairo support when PYCAIRO is set in the environment
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 1e6095c..29dd0ee 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -236,6 +236,14 @@ if proj_path:
+ 
+ extra_comp_args = check_output([mapnik_config, '--cflags']).split(' ')
+ 
++if os.environ.get("PYCAIRO", "false") == "true":
++    try:
++        extra_comp_args.append('-DHAVE_PYCAIRO')
++        extra_comp_args.extend(check_output(["pkg-config", '--cflags', 'pycairo']).strip().split(' '))
++        linkflags.extend(check_output(["pkg-config", '--libs', 'pycairo']).strip().split(' '))
++    except:
++        raise Exception("Failed to find compiler options for pycairo")
++
+ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+     extra_comp_args.append('-mmacosx-version-min=10.8')
+     # silence warning coming from boost python macros which
diff -urwN python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/rules python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/rules
--- python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2-orig/debian/rules	2016-08-27 11:43:13.600000000 +0100
+++ python-mapnik-0.0~20151125-92e79d2/debian/rules	2016-08-27 12:21:36.303198613 +0100
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 # Custom mapnik libraries
 export LIB_DIR_NAME=/mapnik/3.0
 
+# Enable cairo
+export PYCAIRO=true
+
 %:
 	dh $@ \
 		--with python2,python3 \