diff --git a/gvsbuild/patches/pango/001-disable-dwrite.patch b/gvsbuild/patches/pango/001-disable-dwrite.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91e76751e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gvsbuild/patches/pango/001-disable-dwrite.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pango-1.52.1/meson.build.orig	2024-03-22 07:35:38.070249300 +0100
++++ pango-1.52.1/meson.build	2024-03-22 07:35:48.181258400 +0100
+@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
+   if cairo_dep.found()
+     # cairo < 1.17.8 used a different name
+     cairo_dwrite_dep = dependency(
+-      ['cairo-dwrite-font', 'cairo-win32-dwrite-font'],
++      '',
+       version: cairo_req_version,
+       required: false
+     )
diff --git a/gvsbuild/projects/pango.py b/gvsbuild/projects/pango.py
index 0d15fae5b..76605f27a 100644
--- a/gvsbuild/projects/pango.py
+++ b/gvsbuild/projects/pango.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def __init__(self):
                 "fribidi",
             ],
             patches=[
+                "001-disable-dwrite.patch",
                 "002-fix-wrong-usage-gweakref.patch",
                 "003-remove-extra-hb-face-font.patch",
             ],