diff --git a/src/common/cairo.cpp b/src/common/cairo.cpp
index 940299dad0..3b86f79192 100644
--- a/src/common/cairo.cpp
+++ b/src/common/cairo.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
         (cairo_t *cr, double alpha), (cr, alpha) ) \
     m( cairo_path_destroy, \
         (cairo_path_t *path), (path) ) \
+    m( cairo_path_extents, \
+        (cairo_t *cr, double *x1, double *y1, double *x2, double *y2), (cr, x1, y1, x2, y2) ) \
     m( cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgba, \
         (cairo_pattern_t *pattern, double offset, double red, double green, double blue, double alpha), (pattern, offset, red, green, blue, alpha) ) \
     m( cairo_pattern_destroy, \
diff --git a/src/generic/graphicc.cpp b/src/generic/graphicc.cpp
index ddf2f94c52..1f6b875613 100644
--- a/src/generic/graphicc.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/graphicc.cpp
@@ -1195,7 +1195,17 @@ void wxCairoPathData::GetBox(wxDouble *x, wxDouble *y, wxDouble *w, wxDouble *h)
 {
     double x1,y1,x2,y2;
 
-    cairo_stroke_extents( m_pathContext, &x1, &y1, &x2, &y2 );
+#if CAIRO_VERSION >= CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 6, 0)
+    if ( cairo_version() >= CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 6, 0) )
+    {
+        cairo_path_extents(m_pathContext, &x1, &y1, &x2, &y2);
+    }
+    else
+#endif
+    {
+        cairo_stroke_extents(m_pathContext, &x1, &y1, &x2, &y2);
+    }
+
     if ( x2 < x1 )
     {
         *x = x2;