diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 947c371da..b22db3988 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ if cairo_dep.found()
   else
     check_funcs += [['cairo_user_font_face_set_render_color_glyph_func', {'deps': cairo_dep}]]
   endif
+  check_funcs += [['cairo_font_options_get_custom_palette_color', {'deps': cairo_dep}]]
 endif
 
 if cairo_ft_dep.found()
diff --git a/src/hb-cairo.cc b/src/hb-cairo.cc
index c760311a5..9bcd447af 100644
--- a/src/hb-cairo.cc
+++ b/src/hb-cairo.cc
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ hb_cairo_paint_custom_palette_color (hb_paint_funcs_t *funcs,
                                      hb_color_t *color,
                                      void *user_data HB_UNUSED)
 {
-#ifdef CAIRO_COLOR_PALETTE_CUSTOM
+#ifdef HAVE_CAIRO_FONT_OPTIONS_GET_CUSTOM_PALETTE_COLOR
   cairo_t *cr = (cairo_t *) paint_data;
 
   cairo_font_options_t *options;
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ hb_cairo_paint_custom_palette_color (hb_paint_funcs_t *funcs,
 
   options = cairo_font_options_create ();
   cairo_get_font_options (cr, options);
-  if (cairo_font_options_get_custom_palette_color (options, color_index,
+  if (CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS ==
+      cairo_font_options_get_custom_palette_color (options, color_index,
                                                    &red, &green, &blue, &alpha))
   {
     cairo_font_options_destroy (options);
diff --git a/util/helper-cairo.hh b/util/helper-cairo.hh
index ca7f469c1..aa3905ce1 100644
--- a/util/helper-cairo.hh
+++ b/util/helper-cairo.hh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ helper_cairo_create_scaled_font (const font_options_t *font_opts,
 #ifdef CAIRO_COLOR_PALETTE_DEFAULT
   cairo_font_options_set_color_palette (font_options, view_opts->palette);
 #endif
-#ifdef CAIRO_COLOR_PALETTE_CUSTOM
+#ifdef HAVE_CAIRO_FONT_OPTIONS_GET_CUSTOM_PALETTE_COLOR
   if (view_opts->custom_palette)
   {
     char **entries = g_strsplit (view_opts->custom_palette, ",", -1);