diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f50f02317..a07a7bfc8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-09  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* Makefile.include : reference Mono.Cairo.dll.
+	* gdk/Gdk.metadata : add cairo_t symbol element.
+
 2005-10-09  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* configure.in.in : string quote the POLICY_VERSIONS.
diff --git a/Makefile.include b/Makefile.include
index dea7c659c..02964a53c 100644
--- a/Makefile.include
+++ b/Makefile.include
@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ $(POLICY_ASSEMBLIES): $(top_builddir)/policy.config $(SNK)
 	done
 
 build_sources = $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(sources)) AssemblyInfo.cs
-build_references = $(addprefix /r:, $(references))
+build_references = $(addprefix /r:, $(references)) $(CAIRO_REFERENCE)
 
 if PLATFORM_WIN32
 GAPI_CDECL_INSERT=$(top_srcdir)/gapi-cdecl-insert --keyfile=$(SNK) $(ASSEMBLY)
+CAIRO_REFERENCE=
 else
 GAPI_CDECL_INSERT=
+CAIRO_REFERENCE=/r:Mono.Cairo.dll
 endif
 
 $(ASSEMBLY): generated-stamp $(SNK) $(build_sources) $(references)
diff --git a/gdk/Gdk.metadata b/gdk/Gdk.metadata
index 7c8a18686..904e192e5 100644
--- a/gdk/Gdk.metadata
+++ b/gdk/Gdk.metadata
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   <attr path="/api/namespace/boxed[@cname='GdkRectangle']/method[@name='Intersect']/*/*[@name='dest']" name="pass_as">out</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/boxed[@cname='GdkRectangle']/method[@name='Union']/*/*[@name='dest']" name="pass_as">out</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/callback[@cname='GdkPixbufDestroyNotify']/*/*[@type='guchar*']" name="array">1</attr>
+  <attr path="/api/namespace/class[@cname='GdkCairo_']" name="name">CairoHelper</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/class[@cname='GdkColors_']" name="hidden">1</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/class[@cname='GdkDrag_']/method[@name='Begin']" name="hidden">1</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/class[@cname='GdkDrag_']/method[@name='FindWindow']/*/*[@name='dest_window']" name="pass_as">out</attr>
@@ -180,5 +181,6 @@
   <attr path="/api/namespace/struct[@cname='GdkRgbCmap']/field[@name='NColors']" name="writeable">false</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/struct[@cname='GdkTimeCoord']/field[@cname='axes']" name="array_len">128</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/struct[@cname='GdkWindowObject']" name="hidden">1</attr>
+  <add-node path="/api"><symbol type="manual" cname="cairo_t" name="Cairo.Graphics"/></add-node>
 </metadata>