diff --git a/clients/window.c b/clients/window.c
index 30fc67c4..3f6a7c77 100644
--- a/clients/window.c
+++ b/clients/window.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 #include <pixman.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CAIRO_EGL
 #include <wayland-egl.h>
 
 #ifdef USE_CAIRO_GLESV2
@@ -52,9 +53,13 @@
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
 #include <EGL/eglext.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CAIRO_EGL
 #include <cairo-gl.h>
-#endif
+#else /* HAVE_CAIRO_EGL */
+typedef void *EGLDisplay;
+typedef void *EGLConfig;
+typedef void *EGLContext;
+#define EGL_NO_DISPLAY ((EGLDisplay)0)
+#endif /* no HAVE_CAIRO_EGL */
 
 #include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon.h>
 #include <wayland-cursor.h>
@@ -3795,13 +3800,11 @@ init_egl(struct display *d)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CAIRO_EGL
 	d->argb_device = cairo_egl_device_create(d->dpy, d->argb_ctx);
 	if (cairo_device_status(d->argb_device) != CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "failed to get cairo egl argb device\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
-#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3809,9 +3812,7 @@ init_egl(struct display *d)
 static void
 fini_egl(struct display *display)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_CAIRO_EGL
 	cairo_device_destroy(display->argb_device);
-#endif
 
 	eglMakeCurrent(display->dpy, EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_SURFACE,
 		       EGL_NO_CONTEXT);
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c2cd7daf..8b8e9a2f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_CLIENTS, test x$enable_clients = xyes)
 if test x$enable_clients = xyes; then
   AC_DEFINE([BUILD_CLIENTS], [1], [Build the Wayland clients])
 
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLIENT, [wayland-client wayland-egl egl >= 7.10 cairo >= 1.10.0 xkbcommon wayland-cursor])
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLIENT, [wayland-client cairo >= 1.10.0 xkbcommon wayland-cursor])
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WESTON_INFO, [wayland-client])
 
   CLIENT_CFLAGS="$CLIENT_CFLAGS $IMAGE_CFLAGS"
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ if test x$enable_clients = xyes; then
 
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(POPPLER, [poppler-glib glib-2.0 gobject-2.0 gio-2.0 ],
 			     [have_poppler=yes], [have_poppler=no])
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO_EGL, [cairo-egl >= 1.11.3 $cairo_modules],
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO_EGL, [wayland-egl egl >= 7.10 cairo-egl >= 1.11.3 $cairo_modules],
 		    [have_cairo_egl=yes], [have_cairo_egl=no])
   AS_IF([test "x$have_cairo_egl" = "xyes"],
         [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CAIRO_EGL], [1], [Have cairo-egl])],