diff --git a/cairo-composite_color_glyphs.patch b/cairo-composite_color_glyphs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe8860e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cairo-composite_color_glyphs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+From 79ad01724161502e8d9d2bd384ff1f0174e5df6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 07:30:55 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix a thinko in composite_color_glyphs
+
+We can't just move around the contents of the
+passed-in string, we need to make a copy. This
+was showing up as memory corruption in pango.
+
+See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/issues/346
+---
+ src/cairo-surface.c | 10 ++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/cairo-surface.c b/src/cairo-surface.c
+index c30f84087..e112b660a 100644
+--- a/src/cairo-surface.c
++++ b/src/cairo-surface.c
+@@ -2820,6 +2820,7 @@ _cairo_surface_show_text_glyphs (cairo_surface_t	    *surface,
+ 				 const cairo_clip_t		*clip)
+ {
+     cairo_int_status_t status;
++    char *utf8_copy = NULL;
+ 
+     TRACE ((stderr, "%s\n", __FUNCTION__));
+     if (unlikely (surface->status))
+@@ -2847,6 +2848,10 @@ _cairo_surface_show_text_glyphs (cairo_surface_t	    *surface,
+     status = CAIRO_INT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
+ 
+     if (_cairo_scaled_font_has_color_glyphs (scaled_font)) {
++        utf8_copy = malloc (sizeof (char) * utf8_len);
++        memcpy (utf8_copy, utf8, sizeof (char) * utf8_len);
++        utf8 = utf8_copy;
++
+         status = composite_color_glyphs (surface, op,
+                                          source,
+                                          (char *)utf8, &utf8_len,
+@@ -2861,6 +2866,8 @@ _cairo_surface_show_text_glyphs (cairo_surface_t	    *surface,
+         if (num_glyphs == 0)
+             goto DONE;
+     }
++    else
++      utf8_copy = NULL;
+ 
+     /* The logic here is duplicated in _cairo_analysis_surface show_glyphs and
+      * show_text_glyphs.  Keep in synch. */
+@@ -2918,6 +2925,9 @@ _cairo_surface_show_text_glyphs (cairo_surface_t	    *surface,
+ 	surface->serial++;
+     }
+ 
++    if (utf8_copy)
++        free (utf8_copy);
++
+     return _cairo_surface_set_error (surface, status);
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/cairo.spec b/cairo.spec
index 8bc58e8..61349ad 100644
--- a/cairo.spec
+++ b/cairo.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Name:		cairo
 Version:	1.16.0
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Release:	5%{?dist}
 Summary:	A 2D graphics library
 
 License:	LGPLv2 or MPLv1.1
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Patch4:         0001-Set-default-LCD-filter-to-FreeType-s-default.patch
 # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/merge_requests/5
 Patch5:         0001-ft-Use-FT_Done_MM_Var-instead-of-free-when-available.patch
 
+# https://github.com/matthiasclasen/cairo/commit/79ad01724161502e8d9d2bd384ff1f0174e5df6e
+Patch6:         cairo-composite_color_glyphs.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: libXrender-devel
@@ -176,6 +179,9 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -delete
 %{_libdir}/cairo/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 03 2019 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 1.16.0-5
+- Fix a thinko in composite_color_glyphs
+
 * Thu Jan 31 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.16.0-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild