diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index b951408..cc5ff6a 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         'with_jpeg%': '<!(./util/has_lib.sh jpeg)',
         'with_gif%': '<!(./util/has_lib.sh gif)',
         'with_pango%': '<!(./util/has_lib.sh pangocairo)',
-        'with_freetype%': '<!(./util/has_cairo_freetype.sh)'
+        'with_freetype%': 'true'
       }
     }]
   ],
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@
           ]
         }, {  # 'OS!="win"'
           'libraries': [
-            '-lpixman-1',
-            '-lcairo'
+            '<!@(./util/lib_lookup.sh pixman-1)',
+            '<!@(./util/lib_lookup.sh cairo)'
+            '<!@(./util/lib_lookup.sh libpng)'
           ]
         }],
         ['with_freetype=="true"', {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
               'include_dirs': [ # tried to pass through cflags but failed.
                 # Need to include the header files of cairo AND freetype.
                 # Looking up the includes of cairo does both.
-                '<!@(pkg-config cairo --cflags-only-I | sed s/-I//g)'
+                '<!@(./util/cairo_include.sh)'
               ]
             }]
           ]
diff --git a/install b/install
index c9b4758..514d91f 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ PKG_CONFIG="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.23.tar.gz"
 PIXMAN="http://www.cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.28.0.tar.gz"
 CAIRO="http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.12.8.tar.xz"
 FREETYPE="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.4.10.tar.gz"
-LIBPNG="ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.40.tar.gz"
-PREFIX=${1-/usr/local}
+LIBPNG="ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.5.13.tar.gz"
 
 require() {
   echo "... checking for $1"
@@ -31,13 +30,11 @@ fetch() {
 
 fetch_xz() {
   local tarball=`basename $1`
-  echo "... downloading $tarball"
   local dir=${tarball/.tar.xz/}
+  echo "... downloading $tarball";
   curl -# -L $1 -o $tarball \
     && echo "... unpacking" \
     && tar -xJf $tarball \
-    && echo "... removing tarball" \
-    && rm -fr $tarball \
     && install $dir
 }
 
@@ -47,16 +44,20 @@ install() {
  cd $dir \
    && ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=$PREFIX \
    && make \
-   && make install \
-   && echo "... removing $dir" \
-   && cd .. && rm -fr $dir
+   && make install
 }
 
+mkdir -p build_cairo
+PREFIX=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)/build_cairo
+cd build_cairo
+
 echo "... installing to $PREFIX"
 require curl
 require tar
 test `which pkg-config` || fetch $PKG_CONFIG
 require 'pkg-config'
+fetch $LIBPNG
+fetch $FREETYPE
 fetch $FREETYPE
 fetch $PIXMAN
 fetch_xz $CAIRO
diff --git a/util/cairo_include.sh b/util/cairo_include.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..57ec476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/cairo_include.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Make pkg-config lookup include files from the build directory.
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)/../build_cairo/lib/pkgconfig;
+
+pkg-config cairo --cflags-only-I | sed s/-I//g
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diff --git a/util/lib_lookup.sh b/util/lib_lookup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8f19ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/lib_lookup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Make pkg-config lookup include files from the build directory.
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)/../build_cairo/lib/pkgconfig;
+
+pkg-config $1 --libs
\ No newline at end of file