Patch submitted upstream in http://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2015-May/026303.html diff -u -r ../cairo-1.14.2/src/cairo-misc.c ./src/cairo-misc.c --- ../cairo-1.14.2/src/cairo-misc.c 2015-03-10 18:21:07.000000000 -0400 +++ ./src/cairo-misc.c 2015-05-31 13:43:50.883573386 -0400 @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ const char * cairo_get_locale_decimal_point (void) { - return '.'; + return "."; } #endif