diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index cdefc9c..3bd5685 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -12181,6 +12181,37 @@
 $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
 fi
 
+if test "x$GTK_CFLAGS" != "x"; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for pango_shape_full" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for pango_shape_full... " >&6; }
+  ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GTK_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$LIBS $GTK_LIBS"
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+ pango_shape_full(NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }; $as_echo "#define HAVE_PANGO_SHAPE_FULL 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+fi
+
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking --disable-gpm argument" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking --disable-gpm argument... " >&6; }
 # Check whether --enable-gpm was given.
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index b8168a5..e8d6183 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@
 #undef HAVE_SOLARIS_ACL
 #undef HAVE_AIX_ACL
 
+/* Define if pango_shape_full() is available. */
+#undef HAVE_PANGO_SHAPE_FULL
+
 /* Define if you want to add support of GPM (Linux console mouse daemon) */
 #undef HAVE_GPM
 
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 80d70b0..f17fcb9 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -3539,6 +3539,22 @@
   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 fi
 
+if test "x$GTK_CFLAGS" != "x"; then
+  dnl pango_shape_full() is new, fall back to pango_shape().
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for pango_shape_full)
+  ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GTK_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$LIBS $GTK_LIBS"
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE(
+  [#include <gtk/gtk.h>],
+  [ pango_shape_full(NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL); ],
+	  AC_MSG_RESULT(yes); AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PANGO_SHAPE_FULL),
+	  AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
+  CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+fi
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(--disable-gpm argument)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(gpm,
 	[  --disable-gpm           Don't use gpm (Linux mouse daemon).], ,
diff --git a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
index 5c4abce..bcd05c4 100644
--- a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
+++ b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
@@ -5063,8 +5063,13 @@
 	     * done, because drawing the cursor would change the display. */
 	    item->analysis.shape_engine = default_shape_engine;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PANGO_SHAPE_FULL
 	    pango_shape_full((const char *)s + item->offset, item->length,
 		    (const char *)s, len, &item->analysis, glyphs);
+#else
+	    pango_shape((const char *)s + item->offset, item->length,
+			&item->analysis, glyphs);
+#endif
 	    /*
 	     * Fixed-width hack: iterate over the array and assign a fixed
 	     * width to each glyph, thus overriding the choice made by the
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 7ffdd18..78d061c 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    861,
+/**/
     860,
 /**/
     859,