--- config_office/configure.in
+++ config_office/configure.in
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@
 	cygwin*) # Windows
 		test_x=no
 		test_cups=no
+		build_cairo=yes
 		_os=WINNT
 		;;
 	darwin*) # Mac OS X
@@ -4641,12 +4641,19 @@
 
 if test  "$build_cairo" = "yes"; then
 
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable the Cairo canvas backend])
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable the cairo canvas backend])
     if test "x$enable_cairo" != "xno" ; then
         ENABLE_CAIRO="TRUE"
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+	 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to use system cairo])
+        if test "$_os" != "WINNT"; then
 	     SYSTEM_CAIRO=YES
 	     AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
 	     PKG_CHECK_MODULES( CAIRO, cairo >= 1.0.2 )
+	 else
+	     BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE CAIRO"
+	     AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+        fi
         if test "$with_system_xrender_headers" = "yes"; then
             AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether Xrender.h defines PictStandardA8])
             AC_TRY_RUN([
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