diff --git a/internal/rosa/meson.go b/internal/rosa/meson.go
index 003b32cd..4281e1f9 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/meson.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/meson.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ type MesonHelper struct {
 	Setup []KV
 	// Whether to skip meson test.
 	SkipTest bool
+	// Run tests with interactive input/output.
+	InteractiveTest bool
 }
 
 var _ Helper = new(MesonHelper)
@@ -55,6 +57,10 @@ func (attr *MesonHelper) script(t Toolchain, name string) string {
 		scriptTest = `
 meson test \
 	--print-errorlogs`
+		if attr.InteractiveTest {
+			scriptTest += ` \
+	--interactive`
+		}
 	}
 
 	return `
diff --git a/internal/rosa/package/cairo.az b/internal/rosa/package/cairo.az
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8a5469e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/rosa/package/cairo.az
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package cairo {
+	description = "a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices";
+	website = "https://www.cairographics.org";
+	anitya = 247;
+
+	version# = "1.18.4";
+	source = remoteGitLab {
+		domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
+		suffix = "cairo/cairo";
+		ref = version;
+		checksum = "_Ztw0ttmYLIiElqS27x2Iu4EneXOMNHp2or6bJA6suLeF3NRvORzUMPPQy9Wr5gT";
+	};
+
+	exec = meson {
+		setup = {
+			"Ddwrite": "enabled";
+			"Dfontconfig": "enabled";
+			"Dfreetype": "enabled";
+
+			"Dpng": "enabled";
+			"Dtee": "enabled";
+			"Dxcb": "enabled";
+			"Dxlib": "disabled";
+			"Dxlib-xcb": "disabled";
+			"Dzlib": "enabled";
+		};
+		// runs the entire test suite in a single meson test
+		interactiveTest = true;
+		// only works with specific dependency versions
+		skipTest = true;
+	};
+
+	inputs = [
+		gawk,
+
+		zlib,
+		libpng,
+		fontconfig,
+		freetype,
+		pixman,
+		xcb,
+	];
+
+	runtime = [
+		zlib,
+		libpng,
+		fontconfig,
+		freetype,
+		pixman,
+		xcb,
+	];
+}
diff --git a/internal/rosa/state.go b/internal/rosa/state.go
index e04027ec..1aa37ea9 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/state.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/state.go
@@ -819,11 +819,12 @@ func (s *S) getFrame() azalea.Frame {
 			) (v any, set bool, err error) {
 				var attr MesonHelper
 				if err = args.Apply(map[unique.Handle[azalea.Ident]]any{
-					k("preCompile"):  &attr.ScriptCompileEarly,
-					k("postCompile"): &attr.ScriptCompiled,
-					k("postInstall"): &attr.Script,
-					k("setup"):       &attr.Setup,
-					k("skipTest"):    &attr.SkipTest,
+					k("preCompile"):      &attr.ScriptCompileEarly,
+					k("postCompile"):     &attr.ScriptCompiled,
+					k("postInstall"):     &attr.Script,
+					k("setup"):           &attr.Setup,
+					k("skipTest"):        &attr.SkipTest,
+					k("interactiveTest"): &attr.InteractiveTest,
 				}); err != nil {
 					return
 				}