diff --git a/conf/noarch/entropy/packages/packages.server.dep_rewrite b/conf/noarch/entropy/packages/packages.server.dep_rewrite
index be4b777..e863b2a 100644
--- a/conf/noarch/entropy/packages/packages.server.dep_rewrite
+++ b/conf/noarch/entropy/packages/packages.server.dep_rewrite
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ media-video/kamerka (.*)kde-base/kde-l10n(.*)
 media-sound/kaudiocreator (.*)kde-base/kde-l10n(.*)
 net-im/ktp-contact-runner (.*)kde-base/kde-l10n(.*)
 
+# Drop x11-libs/cairo PDEPEND from dev-libs/gobject-introspection
+# cairo pulls in mesa (through virtual/opengl) and this is very
+# bad for SpinBase and friends.
+dev-libs/gobject-introspection (.*)x11-libs/cairo(.*)
+
 # dev-lang/gcc dep rewrites (drop dep)
 dev-java/icedtea-bin (.*)sys-devel/gcc(.*)
 dev-java/icedtea (.*)sys-devel/gcc(.*)