diff --git a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.use b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.use
index e30c63e..337a695 100644
--- a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.use
+++ b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.use
@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ x11-libs/libdrm libkms
 
 # E17 flags
 media-libs/evas X
+
+# Enable Cairo for pybogject, we have split ebuilds
+dev-python/pygobject cairo
diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
index 9eb1627..aa423e1 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
@@ -835,7 +835,8 @@ dev-libs/expat static-libs
 
 # Prepare for GNOME 3
 # cairo pulls in mesa in the end, which is bad for spinbase
-dev-python/pygobject introspection -cairo
+# however, we have split ebuilds now, so enable cairo
+dev-python/pygobject introspection cairo
 sys-auth/polkit introspection
 sys-power/upower introspection
 net-libs/libsoup introspection