diff --git a/gfx/thebes/src/gfxQuartzPDFSurface.cpp b/gfx/thebes/src/gfxQuartzPDFSurface.cpp
index 317bb5367705..97dae0c395f5 100644
--- a/gfx/thebes/src/gfxQuartzPDFSurface.cpp
+++ b/gfx/thebes/src/gfxQuartzPDFSurface.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,37 @@
 
 #include "cairo-nquartz.h"
 
+
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_4
 #include <cups/cups.h>
+#else
+/* stupid apple doesn't bother to include cups.h in anything lower than
+ * the 10.4 SDK yet they've shipped libcups since 10.2! wtf!
+ * Apple is as bad as Linux!  come on!
+ */
+extern "C" {
+typedef struct
+{
+    char *name;
+    char *value;
+} cups_option_t;
+typedef struct
+{
+    char *name,
+         *instance;
+    int is_default;
+    int num_options;
+    cups_option_t *options;
+} cups_dest_t;
+extern int cupsPrintFile(const char *printer, const char *filename,
+                         const char *title, int num_options,
+                         cups_option_t *options);
+extern void cupsFreeDests(int num_dests, cups_dest_t *dests);
+extern cups_dest_t *cupsGetDest(const char *name, const char *instance,
+                                int num_dests, cups_dest_t *dests);
+extern int cupsGetDests(cups_dest_t **dests);
+}
+#endif
 
 gfxQuartzPDFSurface::gfxQuartzPDFSurface(const char *filename, gfxSize aSizeInPoints)
     : mFilename(strdup(filename)), mAborted(PR_FALSE)