diff --git a/cairocffi/__init__.py b/cairocffi/__init__.py
index 73a8f5a..e7b11c5 100644
--- a/cairocffi/__init__.py
+++ b/cairocffi/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def dlopen(ffi, *names):
     raise OSError("dlopen() failed to load a library: %s" % ' / '.join(names))
 
 
-cairo = dlopen(ffi, 'cairo', 'cairo-2')
+cairo = dlopen(ffi, 'cairo', 'cairo-2', 'cairo-gobject-2')
 
 
 class _keepref(object):