diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4d9f44eb5..51d64362e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 language: c
-dist: trusty
+group: travis_latest
 sudo: false
 
 os:
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ os:
 addons:
   apt:
     packages:
+    - libpango1.0-dev
     - libgif-dev
     - xvfb
     - autoconf
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ addons:
     - git
 
 install:
-- if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then brew update; brew install glib cairo libexif; fi
+- if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then brew update; brew install glib cairo pango libexif; fi
 
 script:
 - set -e
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f276e9aa1..611851a3c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ Run the following command from the root of the repository:
 
 	make install
 
-### Optional build options [UNSUPPORTED]
+### Optional build options
 
 	--with-pango
 
 	This builds libgdiplus using Pango to render (measure and draw) 
-	all of it's text. This requires Pango version 1.10 (or later).
+	all of it's text. This requires Pango version 1.38 (or later).
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9e0381b4f..fdc125f43 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ GDIPLUS_CFLAGS="`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags glib-2.0 `"
 CAIRO_REQUIRED_VERSION="1.6.4"
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO, cairo >= $CAIRO_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 
-# Optional use (experimental and unsupported) of Pango's text rendering on top of Cairo
-AC_ARG_WITH(pango, [  --with-pango],[text_v=pango],[text_v=cairo])
+# Optional use of Pango's text rendering on top of Cairo
+AC_ARG_WITH(pango, [  --with-pango            use Pango to measure and draw text],[text_v=pango],[text_v=default])
 
 GDIPLUS_CFLAGS="$GDIPLUS_CFLAGS -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -std=gnu99"
 
@@ -44,12 +44,18 @@ CAIRO_CFLAGS="`pkg-config --cflags cairo `"
 cairo_info="`pkg-config --modversion cairo ` (system)"
 GDIPLUS_PKG_REQ="cairo"
 
+PANGO_REQUIRED_VERSION="1.38"
+if test $text_v = "pango"; then
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGO, pango >= $PANGO_REQUIRED_VERSION)
+fi
+if test $text_v = "default"; then
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGO, pango >= $PANGO_REQUIRED_VERSION,
+	  [text_v=pango], [text_v=cairo])
+fi
 if test $text_v = "pango"; then
-	PANGO_REQUIRED_VERSION="1.10"
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGO, pango >= $PANGO_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 	PANGO_LIBS="`pkg-config --libs pangocairo `"
 	PANGO_CFLAGS="`pkg-config --cflags pangocairo `"
-	AC_DEFINE(USE_PANGO_RENDERING,1,[Use Pango to measure and draw text (INCOMPLETE and UNSUPPORTED)])
+	AC_DEFINE(USE_PANGO_RENDERING,1,[Use Pango to measure and draw text])
 	GDIPLUS_PKG_REQ="$GDIPLUS_PKG_REQ pangocairo-1.0"
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/libgdiplus.vcxproj b/src/libgdiplus.vcxproj
index 147917538..d8a2b5854 100644
--- a/src/libgdiplus.vcxproj
+++ b/src/libgdiplus.vcxproj
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_LIBGIF;HAVE_LIBJPEG;HAVE_LIBTIFF;HAVE_LIBPNG;HAVE_FCFINI;_WINDLL;WIN32;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_LIBGIF;HAVE_LIBJPEG;HAVE_LIBTIFF;HAVE_LIBPNG;HAVE_FCFINI;USE_PANGO_RENDERING;_WINDLL;WIN32;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <!-- FIXME: To align with the GDI+ calling convention, this should be StdCall. Only relevant on x86 -->
       <CallingConvention>Cdecl</CallingConvention>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>