diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6dafaad6e..c3cdf8784 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -453,11 +453,24 @@ if feature_conf.get('CAIRO_HAS_XCB_SURFACE', 0) == 1
   endif
 endif
 
-if host_machine.system() == 'darwin' and not get_option('quartz').disabled()
-  quartz_deps = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['CoreFoundation', 'ApplicationServices'], required: get_option('quartz'))
+if host_machine.system() in ['darwin', 'ios'] and not get_option('quartz').disabled()
+  core_graphics_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['CoreFoundation', 'CoreGraphics'], required: get_option('quartz'))
+  core_text_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['CoreFoundation', 'CoreGraphics', 'CoreText'], required: get_option('quartz'))
+  imageio_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['ImageIO'], required: get_option('quartz'))
+  application_services_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['ApplicationServices'], required:  get_option('quartz'))
 
-  if quartz_deps.found()
-    deps += [quartz_deps]
+  if application_services_dep.found()
+    deps += [application_services_dep]
+    feature_conf.set('CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES', 1)
+  endif
+
+  if imageio_dep.found()
+    deps += [imageio_dep]
+    feature_conf.set('CAIRO_HAS_IMAGEIO', 1)
+  endif
+
+  if core_graphics_dep.found()
+    deps += [core_graphics_dep]
 
     feature_conf.set('CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_SURFACE', 1)
     feature_conf.set('CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_IMAGE_SURFACE', 1)
@@ -466,25 +479,30 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'darwin' and not get_option('quartz').disabled()
       {
         'name': 'cairo-quartz',
         'description': 'Quartz surface backend',
-        'deps': quartz_deps,
+        'deps': core_graphics_dep,
       },
       {
         'name': 'cairo-quartz-image',
         'description': 'Quartz Image surface backend',
-        'deps': quartz_deps,
-      }]
+        'deps': core_graphics_dep,
+      }] 
+  endif
+
+  if core_text_dep.found()
     compiler = meson.get_compiler('c')
-    if compiler.has_function('CTFontDrawGlyphs', prefix: '#include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>',
-                             dependencies: quartz_deps)
+    if compiler.has_function('CTFontDrawGlyphs', prefix: '#include <CoreText/CoreText.h>',
+                             dependencies: core_text_dep)
+      deps += [core_text_dep]
       built_features += [
            {
                'name': 'cairo-quartz-font',
                'description': 'Quartz font backend',
-               'deps': quartz_deps,
+               'deps': core_text_dep,
            }]
       feature_conf.set('CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_FONT', 1)
     endif
   endif
+
 endif
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
diff --git a/src/cairo-quartz-font.c b/src/cairo-quartz-font.c
index b1a6fd7f5..2cc2d2eca 100644
--- a/src/cairo-quartz-font.c
+++ b/src/cairo-quartz-font.c
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@
 
 /* These are private functions */
 static bool (*CGContextGetAllowsFontSmoothingPtr) (CGContextRef) = NULL;
+
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES)
 static ATSFontRef (*FMGetATSFontRefFromFontPtr) (FMFont iFont) = NULL;
+#endif
 
 static cairo_bool_t _cairo_quartz_font_symbol_lookup_done = FALSE;
 /* Cairo's transformations assume a unit-scaled font. */
@@ -92,7 +95,9 @@ quartz_font_ensure_symbols(void)
     CGContextGetAllowsFontSmoothingPtr =
 	dlsym (RTLD_DEFAULT, "CGContextGetAllowsFontSmoothing");
 
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES)
     FMGetATSFontRefFromFontPtr = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "FMGetATSFontRefFromFont");
+#endif
 
     _cairo_quartz_font_symbol_lookup_done = TRUE;
 }
@@ -803,6 +808,10 @@ _cairo_quartz_scaled_font_get_ct_font (cairo_scaled_font_t *abstract_font)
 	}
 
 }
+
+
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES)
+
 /*
  * compat with old ATSUI backend
  */
@@ -849,3 +858,5 @@ cairo_atsui_font_face_create_for_atsu_font_id (ATSUFontID font_id)
 {
     return cairo_quartz_font_face_create_for_atsu_font_id (font_id);
 }
+
+#endif /* CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cairo-quartz-image-surface.c b/src/cairo-quartz-image-surface.c
index 4f9bc2118..d005bcaa3 100644
--- a/src/cairo-quartz-image-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-quartz-image-surface.c
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
 
 #include "cairoint.h"
 
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES)
+#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>
+
 #include "cairo-image-surface-inline.h"
 #include "cairo-quartz-image.h"
 #include "cairo-quartz-private.h"
@@ -307,7 +313,13 @@ cairo_quartz_image_surface_create (cairo_surface_t *surface)
 	colorspace = _cairo_quartz_create_color_space (context);
     }
     else {
+
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES)
 	colorspace = CGDisplayCopyColorSpace (CGMainDisplayID ());
+#else
+    // FIXME: provide a colorspace! 
+    colorspace = NULL;
+#endif
     }
 
     bitinfo |= format == CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32 ? kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst : kCGImageAlphaNoneSkipFirst;
diff --git a/src/cairo-quartz-image.h b/src/cairo-quartz-image.h
index 0dd5abb4f..991bae968 100644
--- a/src/cairo-quartz-image.h
+++ b/src/cairo-quartz-image.h
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@
 
 #include "cairo.h"
 
-#if CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_IMAGE_SURFACE
+#if !defined(CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_IMAGE_SURFACE)
+# error Cairo was not compiled with support for the quartz-image backend
+#endif
 
-#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
 
 CAIRO_BEGIN_DECLS
 
@@ -52,8 +53,5 @@ cairo_quartz_image_surface_get_image (cairo_surface_t *surface);
 
 CAIRO_END_DECLS
 
-#else  /* CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_IMAGE_SURFACE */
-# error Cairo was not compiled with support for the quartz-image backend
-#endif /* CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_IMAGE_SURFACE */
 
 #endif /* CAIRO_QUARTZ_IMAGE_H */
diff --git a/src/cairo-quartz-private.h b/src/cairo-quartz-private.h
index bdfdf8c2b..c2780623d 100644
--- a/src/cairo-quartz-private.h
+++ b/src/cairo-quartz-private.h
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@
 
 #include "cairoint.h"
 
-#if CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_SURFACE
+#if !defined(CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_SURFACE)
+# error Cairo was not compiled with support for the quartz backend
+#endif
+
 #include "cairo-quartz.h"
 #include "cairo-surface-clipper-private.h"
 
@@ -113,10 +116,4 @@ _cairo_quartz_set_antialiasing (CGContextRef context, cairo_antialias_t antialia
 cairo_status_t _cairo_quartz_surface_to_png (cairo_surface_t *abstract_surface, const char *dest);
 cairo_private void _cairo_quartz_image_to_png (CGImageRef, const char *dest);
 
-#else
-
-# error Cairo was not compiled with support for the quartz backend
-
-#endif /* CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_SURFACE */
-
 #endif /* CAIRO_QUARTZ_PRIVATE_H */
diff --git a/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c b/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c
index 0a5c72f0d..288365c94 100644
--- a/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
 #include "cairoint.h"
 
+#include <ImageIO/ImageIO.h>
+
 #include "cairo-quartz-private.h"
 #include "cairo-quartz-image.h"
 
@@ -200,8 +202,11 @@ _cairo_quartz_create_color_space (CGContextRef context)
         if (color_space)
             return color_space;
     }
+
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES)
     if (!color_space)
         color_space =  CGDisplayCopyColorSpace (CGMainDisplayID ());
+#endif
 
     if (!color_space)
         color_space = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB ();
diff --git a/src/cairo-quartz.h b/src/cairo-quartz.h
index 9e11e876f..eb33fd39b 100644
--- a/src/cairo-quartz.h
+++ b/src/cairo-quartz.h
@@ -38,12 +38,20 @@
 
 #include "cairo.h"
 
-#if CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_SURFACE
+#if !defined (CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_SURFACE) && !defined(CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_FONT)
+#error Cairo was not compiled with support for the quartz backend
+#endif
 
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES)
 #include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <CoreText/CoreText.h>
 
 CAIRO_BEGIN_DECLS
 
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_SURFACE)
+
 cairo_public cairo_surface_t *
 cairo_quartz_surface_create (cairo_format_t format,
                              unsigned int width,
@@ -57,26 +65,26 @@ cairo_quartz_surface_create_for_cg_context (CGContextRef cgContext,
 cairo_public CGContextRef
 cairo_quartz_surface_get_cg_context (cairo_surface_t *surface);
 
-#if CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_FONT
+#endif /* CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_SURFACE */
 
 /*
  * Quartz font support
  */
 
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_FONT)
+
 cairo_public cairo_font_face_t *
 cairo_quartz_font_face_create_for_cgfont (CGFontRef font);
 
+#endif /* CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_FONT */
+
+#if defined(CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES)
+
 cairo_public cairo_font_face_t *
 cairo_quartz_font_face_create_for_atsu_font_id (ATSUFontID font_id);
 
-#endif /* CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_FONT */
+#endif /* CAIRO_HAS_APPLICATION_SERVICES */
 
 CAIRO_END_DECLS
 
-#else
-
-# error Cairo was not compiled with support for the quartz backend
-
-#endif /* CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_SURFACE */
-
 #endif /* CAIRO_QUARTZ_H */