diff --git a/srcpkgs/pycairo/depends b/srcpkgs/pycairo/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7bca9f4f297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pycairo/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=1.8.8"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pycairo/template b/srcpkgs/pycairo/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/pycairo/template
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+# Template file for 'pycairo'
+pkgname=pycairo
+version=1.8.8
+distfiles="http://cairographics.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Python bindings for the cairo graphics library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=2f52599943ca03c8ff336a0e84b1c8b74f30e2a3de9cb6a9a42a93a848832860
+long_desc="
+ Pycairo is a set of Python bindings for the cairo graphics library."
+
+Add_dependency full cairo
+Add_dependency full python