diff --git a/pkgs/cairo.yaml b/pkgs/cairo.yaml
index dbb73aadb..b85f0d82f 100644
--- a/pkgs/cairo.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/cairo.yaml
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ defaults:
   relocatable: false
 
 dependencies:
-  build: [python, pkg-config, png, pixman, fontconfig, freetype, zlib]
+  build: [python, glib2, pkg-config, png, pixman, fontconfig, freetype, zlib]
   run: [pkg-config]
 
 sources:
-#- key: tar.gz:k4v23ikvs3wiocbzfwy27c4tugxxlssh
-#  url: http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.8.10.tar.gz
-#- key: tar.gz:giayy6mygwhoxqvnk6h7rwcvtu2pzabf
-#  url: http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.10.2.tar.gz
-- key: tar.gz:v5s3ozw76en46pf2d6jnskq3ykhxrxbj
-  url: http://www.cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.12.0.tar.gz
+- key: tar.xz:ft27qfbs457kinm27honb5h26n6qcwju
+  url: http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.14.0.tar.xz
+
+build_stages:
+- name: configure
+  global_flags: true
 
 when_build_dependency:
 - prepend_path: PKG_CONFIG_PATH
diff --git a/pkgs/glib2.yaml b/pkgs/glib2.yaml
index a49bbf194..b2420fd63 100644
--- a/pkgs/glib2.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/glib2.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ dependencies:
 defaults:
   relocatable: false
 
+build_stages:
+- name: configure
+  global_flags: true
+
 sources:
 - key: tar.xz:r47qqzjibzc3rtuebylw56b3z7krcfej
   url: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.42/glib-2.42.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/pkgs/pango.yaml b/pkgs/pango.yaml
index 1cf119610..d0b8a7fe1 100644
--- a/pkgs/pango.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/pango.yaml
@@ -4,20 +4,18 @@ defaults:
   relocatable: false
 
 dependencies:
-  build: [pkg-config, glib2, cairo, gobject-introspection, fontconfig, freetype, atk]
+  build: [pkg-config, glib2, bzip2, zlib, cairo, gobject-introspection,
+            fontconfig, freetype, atk]
   run: [pkg-config]
 
 sources:
-#- key: tar.bz2:r47kvnig6yj52jn3d6tf5kd2crovepig
-#  url: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/pango/1.28/pango-1.28.1.tar.bz2
-#- key: tar.bz2:p2ydlpgbbxibk2ncctk6fpbug7pjlwnm
-#  url: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/pango/1.28/pango-1.28.4.tar.bz2
-- key: tar.bz2:f7du3sywfxkhcgml4ltiwewoouup4bm4
-  url: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/pango/1.29/pango-1.29.5.tar.bz2
+- key: tar.xz:ddn3kg4k4ev24cvxvfmoptztc7e2z7ek
+  url: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/pango/1.36/pango-1.36.8.tar.xz
 
 build_stages:
 - name: configure
-  extra: ['CAIRO_CFLAGS=-I${CAIRO_DIR}/include/cairo']
+  extra: ['CAIRO_CFLAGS=-I${CAIRO_DIR}/include/cairo -I${GLIB2_DIR}/include/glib-2.0']
+  global_flags: true
 
 when_build_dependency:
 - prepend_path: PKG_CONFIG_PATH