diff --git a/collects/racket/draw/private/dc.rkt b/collects/racket/draw/private/dc.rkt
index f1bda36391..3d6fdf6586 100644
--- a/collects/racket/draw/private/dc.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/draw/private/dc.rkt
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@
            [(unsmoothed) CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_NONE]
            [(partly-smoothed) CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_GRAY]
            [(smoothed) CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_SUBPIXEL]))
+        (cairo_font_options_set_hint_metrics o2 CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_OFF)
         (pango_cairo_context_set_font_options context o2)
         (cairo_font_options_destroy o2)))
 
diff --git a/collects/racket/draw/unsafe/cairo.rkt b/collects/racket/draw/unsafe/cairo.rkt
index 81e15cd63f..42f5acc05d 100644
--- a/collects/racket/draw/unsafe/cairo.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/draw/unsafe/cairo.rkt
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 (define-cairo cairo_get_font_options (_fun _cairo_t _cairo_font_options_t -> _void))
 (define-cairo cairo_set_font_options (_fun _cairo_t _cairo_font_options_t -> _void))
 (define-cairo cairo_font_options_set_antialias (_fun _cairo_font_options_t _int -> _void))
+(define-cairo cairo_font_options_set_hint_metrics (_fun _cairo_font_options_t _int -> _void))
 
 (define-cairo cairo_show_glyphs (_fun _cairo_t _cairo_glyph_t-pointer _int -> _void))
 
@@ -306,4 +307,10 @@
   CAIRO_EXTEND_REFLECT
   CAIRO_EXTEND_PAD)
 
+(define-enum
+  0
+  CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_DEFAULT
+  CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_OFF
+  CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_ON)
+
 (define/provide CAIRO_CONTENT_COLOR_ALPHA #x3000)