diff --git a/trunk/PKGBUILD b/trunk/PKGBUILD
index 75cc9b34..ba7deaac 100644
--- a/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pkgname=python-cairo
 pkgver=1.10.0
-_waf_version=1.7.15
+_waf_version=1.9.7
 pkgrel=7
 pkgdesc="Python bindings for the cairo graphics library"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ depends=('python' 'cairo')
 source=(http://cairographics.org/releases/pycairo-${pkgver}.tar.bz2
         https://waf.io/waf-${_waf_version})
 md5sums=('e6fd3f2f1e6a72e0db0868c4985669c5'
-         '2ba0e10baf44db334e3baa39e59688db')
+         '36161654a112bd6a721835dc005ea069')
 
-build() {
+prepare() {
   cd pycairo-${pkgver}
 
   # use newer waf
@@ -24,8 +24,14 @@ build() {
 
   # fix compatibility with newer waf
   # http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pycairo/commit/?id=c57cd129407c904f8c2f752a59d0183df7b01a5e
-  sed -e "s/ctx.\(tool_options\|check_tool\)(/ctx.load(/" -i wscript
-  
+  sed -e "s/ctx.\(tool_options\|check_tool\)(/ctx.load(/" \
+      -e "s/\bcompiler_cc\b/compiler_c/g" \
+      -i wscript
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd pycairo-${pkgver}
+
   # Ensure that ./waf has created the cached unpacked version
   # of the wafadmin source tree.
   # This will be created to a subdirectory like