diff --git a/render/picturestr.h b/render/picturestr.h
index 001d37bfa..9768ae1bc 100644
--- a/render/picturestr.h
+++ b/render/picturestr.h
@@ -534,4 +534,13 @@ extern _X_EXPORT Bool
 extern _X_EXPORT Bool
  PictureTransformPoint3d(PictTransformPtr transform, PictVectorPtr vector);
 
+/* only for backwards compat w/ drivers that haven't been updated yet
+   (xf86-video-intel) - don't ever use this in new code
+
+   @todo revise after next stable release
+*/
+
+#define pict_f_vector pixman_f_vector
+#define pict_f_transform pixman_f_transform
+
 #endif                          /* _PICTURESTR_H_ */