diff --git a/common/draw.c b/common/draw.c
index 8f8af1b31..76e72ccce 100644
--- a/common/draw.c
+++ b/common/draw.c
@@ -579,7 +579,11 @@ void draw_image_from_argb_data(DrawCtx *ctx, int x, int y, int w, int h,
     cairo_surface_t *source;
 
     source = cairo_image_surface_create_for_data(data, CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, w, h,
+#if CAIRO_VERSION_MAJOR < 1 || (CAIRO_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && CAIRO_VERSION_MINOR < 5)
+                                                 sizeof(unsigned char) * 4 * w);
+#else
                                                  cairo_format_stride_for_width(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, w));
+#endif
     cr = cairo_create(ctx->surface);
     if(wanted_h > 0 && h > 0)
     {