diff --git a/include/ui/pixman-compat.h b/include/ui/pixman-compat.h
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/include/ui/pixman-compat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Tiny subset of PIXMAN API commonly used by QEMU.
+ *
+ * Copyright 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998  The Open Group
+ * Copyright 1987, 1988, 1989 Digital Equipment Corporation
+ * Copyright 1999, 2004, 2008 Keith Packard
+ * Copyright 2000 SuSE, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2000 Keith Packard, member of The XFree86 Project, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2004 Nicholas Miell
+ * Copyright 2005 Lars Knoll & Zack Rusin, Trolltech
+ * Copyright 2005 Trolltech AS
+ * Copyright 2007 Luca Barbato
+ * Copyright 2008 Aaron Plattner, NVIDIA Corporation
+ * Copyright 2008 Rodrigo Kumpera
+ * Copyright 2008 André Tupinambá
+ * Copyright 2008 Mozilla Corporation
+ * Copyright 2008 Frederic Plourde
+ * Copyright 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2009, 2010 Nokia Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef PIXMAN_COMPAT_H
+#define PIXMAN_COMPAT_H
+
+#define PIXMAN_TYPE_OTHER       0
+#define PIXMAN_TYPE_ARGB        2
+#define PIXMAN_TYPE_ABGR        3
+#define PIXMAN_TYPE_BGRA        8
+#define PIXMAN_TYPE_RGBA        9
+
+#define PIXMAN_FORMAT(bpp,type,a,r,g,b) (((bpp) << 24) |  \
+                                         ((type) << 16) | \
+                                         ((a) << 12) |    \
+                                         ((r) << 8) |     \
+                                         ((g) << 4) |     \
+                                         ((b)))
+
+#define PIXMAN_FORMAT_RESHIFT(val, ofs, num)                            \
+        (((val >> (ofs)) & ((1 << (num)) - 1)) << ((val >> 22) & 3))
+
+#define PIXMAN_FORMAT_BPP(f)    PIXMAN_FORMAT_RESHIFT(f, 24, 8)
+#define PIXMAN_FORMAT_TYPE(f)   (((f) >> 16) & 0x3f)
+#define PIXMAN_FORMAT_A(f)      PIXMAN_FORMAT_RESHIFT(f, 12, 4)
+#define PIXMAN_FORMAT_R(f)      PIXMAN_FORMAT_RESHIFT(f, 8, 4)
+#define PIXMAN_FORMAT_G(f)      PIXMAN_FORMAT_RESHIFT(f, 4, 4)
+#define PIXMAN_FORMAT_B(f)      PIXMAN_FORMAT_RESHIFT(f, 0, 4)
+#define PIXMAN_FORMAT_DEPTH(f)  (PIXMAN_FORMAT_A(f) +   \
+                                 PIXMAN_FORMAT_R(f) +   \
+                                 PIXMAN_FORMAT_G(f) +   \
+                                 PIXMAN_FORMAT_B(f))
+
+typedef enum {
+    /* 32bpp formats */
+    PIXMAN_a8r8g8b8 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(32,PIXMAN_TYPE_ARGB,8,8,8,8),
+    PIXMAN_x8r8g8b8 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(32,PIXMAN_TYPE_ARGB,0,8,8,8),
+    PIXMAN_a8b8g8r8 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(32,PIXMAN_TYPE_ABGR,8,8,8,8),
+    PIXMAN_x8b8g8r8 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(32,PIXMAN_TYPE_ABGR,0,8,8,8),
+    PIXMAN_b8g8r8a8 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(32,PIXMAN_TYPE_BGRA,8,8,8,8),
+    PIXMAN_b8g8r8x8 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(32,PIXMAN_TYPE_BGRA,0,8,8,8),
+    PIXMAN_r8g8b8a8 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(32,PIXMAN_TYPE_RGBA,8,8,8,8),
+    PIXMAN_r8g8b8x8 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(32,PIXMAN_TYPE_RGBA,0,8,8,8),
+    /* 24bpp formats */
+    PIXMAN_r8g8b8 =      PIXMAN_FORMAT(24,PIXMAN_TYPE_ARGB,0,8,8,8),
+    PIXMAN_b8g8r8 =      PIXMAN_FORMAT(24,PIXMAN_TYPE_ABGR,0,8,8,8),
+    /* 16bpp formats */
+    PIXMAN_r5g6b5 =      PIXMAN_FORMAT(16,PIXMAN_TYPE_ARGB,0,5,6,5),
+    PIXMAN_a1r5g5b5 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(16,PIXMAN_TYPE_ARGB,1,5,5,5),
+    PIXMAN_x1r5g5b5 =    PIXMAN_FORMAT(16,PIXMAN_TYPE_ARGB,0,5,5,5),
+} pixman_format_code_t;
+
+typedef struct pixman_image pixman_image_t;
+
+typedef void (* pixman_image_destroy_func_t)(pixman_image_t *image, void *data);
+
+struct pixman_image {
+    int ref_count;
+    pixman_format_code_t format;
+    int width;
+    int height;
+    int stride;
+    uint8_t *data;
+    pixman_image_destroy_func_t destroy_func;
+    void *destroy_data;
+};
+
+typedef struct pixman_color {
+    uint16_t    red;
+    uint16_t    green;
+    uint16_t    blue;
+    uint16_t    alpha;
+} pixman_color_t;
+
+static inline pixman_image_t *pixman_image_create_bits(pixman_format_code_t format,
+                                                       int width,
+                                                       int height,
+                                                       uint32_t *bits,
+                                                       int rowstride_bytes)
+{
+    pixman_image_t *i = g_new0(pixman_image_t, 1);
+
+    i->width = width;
+    i->height = height;
+    i->stride = rowstride_bytes ?: width * DIV_ROUND_UP(PIXMAN_FORMAT_BPP(format), 8);
+    i->format = format;
+    i->data = bits ?: g_malloc0(rowstride_bytes * height);
+    i->ref_count = 1;
+
+    return i;
+}
+
+static inline pixman_image_t *pixman_image_ref(pixman_image_t *i)
+{
+    i->ref_count++;
+    return i;
+}
+
+static inline bool pixman_image_unref(pixman_image_t *i)
+{
+    i->ref_count--;
+
+    if (i->ref_count == 0) {
+        if (i->destroy_func) {
+            i->destroy_func (i, i->destroy_data);
+            g_free(i->data);
+            g_free(i);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+static inline void pixman_image_set_destroy_function(pixman_image_t *i,
+                                                     pixman_image_destroy_func_t func,
+                                                     void *data)
+
+{
+    i->destroy_func = func;
+    i->destroy_data = data;
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t* pixman_image_get_data(pixman_image_t *i)
+{
+    return i->data;
+}
+
+static inline int pixman_image_get_height(pixman_image_t *i)
+{
+    return i->height;
+}
+
+static inline int pixman_image_get_width(pixman_image_t *i)
+{
+    return i->width;
+}
+
+static inline int pixman_image_get_stride(pixman_image_t *i)
+{
+    return i->stride;
+}
+
+static inline pixman_format_code_t pixman_image_get_format(pixman_image_t *i)
+{
+    return i->format;
+}
+
+#endif /* PIXMAN_COMPAT_H */
diff --git a/include/ui/qemu-pixman.h b/include/ui/qemu-pixman.h
index 539c089f1d..9c693df8dd 100644
--- a/include/ui/qemu-pixman.h
+++ b/include/ui/qemu-pixman.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wredundant-decls"
 #include <pixman.h>
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#else
+#include "pixman-compat.h"
 #endif
 
 /*
