diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b20afefce..7c406e7ab 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ if test "x$use_ft" = "xyes"; then
 fi
 
 if test "x$use_fc" = "xyes"; then
-  CAIRO_CHECK_FUNCS_WITH_FLAGS(FcFini, [$FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS], [$FONTCONFIG_LIBS])
+  CAIRO_CHECK_FUNCS_WITH_FLAGS(FcInit FcFini, [$FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS], [$FONTCONFIG_LIBS])
 fi
 
 dnl ===========================================================================
diff --git a/test/cairo-test.c b/test/cairo-test.c
index 4e3d2fb39..758a352f6 100644
--- a/test/cairo-test.c
+++ b/test/cairo-test.c
@@ -747,7 +747,9 @@ REPEAT:
     /* Pre-initialise fontconfig so that the configuration is loaded without
      * malloc failures (our primary goal is to test cairo fault tolerance).
      */
+#if HAVE_FCINIT
     FcInit ();
+#endif
 
     MEMFAULT_ENABLE_FAULTS ();
 #endif