diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-fixed-revisions.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-fixed-revisions.inc
index edadc1b4b0..df0b8f8f45 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-fixed-revisions.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-fixed-revisions.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_matchbox-theme-sato ?= "0.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0 ?= "2.24.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0-native ?= "2.24.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_atk ?= "1.24.0"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_cairo ?= "1.8.2"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_cairo ?= "1.8.10"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_pango ?= "1.22.2"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_gtk+ ?= "2.14.2"
 
diff --git a/meta/packages/cairo/cairo-1.8.2/hardcoded_libtool.patch b/meta/packages/cairo/cairo-1.8.10/hardcoded_libtool.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/cairo/cairo-1.8.2/hardcoded_libtool.patch
rename to meta/packages/cairo/cairo-1.8.10/hardcoded_libtool.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/cairo/cairo.inc b/meta/packages/cairo/cairo.inc
index 1847519c67..e73a839671 100644
--- a/meta/packages/cairo/cairo.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/cairo/cairo.inc
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Cairo graphics library"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://cairographics.org"
+BUGTRACKER = "http://bugs.freedesktop.org"
 SECTION = "libs"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
+LICENSE = "MPLv1.1 & LGPLv2.1"
 DEPENDS = "virtual/libx11 libsm libpng fontconfig libxrender pixman"
-DESCRIPTION = "Cairo graphics library"
-LICENSE = "MPL LGPL"
 
 #check for TARGET_FPU=soft and inform configure of the result so it can disable some floating points 
 require cairo-fpu.inc
diff --git a/meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.8.10.bb b/meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.8.10.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e7e7a3bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.8.10.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require cairo.inc
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=7d7cc3410ae869ed913ebd30d7f45941"
+
+PR = "r0"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://hardcoded_libtool.patch"
diff --git a/meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.8.2.bb b/meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.8.2.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index fd8a99b49e..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/cairo/cairo_1.8.2.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-require cairo.inc
-
-PR = "r1"
-
-SRC_URI = "http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://hardcoded_libtool.patch;patch=1"