diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index f909916..4c78632 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -6,14 +6,22 @@ let package = Package(
     products: [
         .library(
             name: "Cairo",
-            targets: ["Cairo"]),
+            targets: ["Cairo"]
+        )
+    ],
+    dependencies: [
+        .package(
+            url: "https://github.com/PureSwift/FontConfig.git",
+            branch: "master"
+        )
     ],
     targets: [
         .target(
             name: "Cairo",
             dependencies: [
                 "CCairo",
-                "CFreeType"
+                "CFreeType",
+                "FontConfig"
             ]
         ),
         .testTarget(
diff --git a/Sources/Cairo/Font.swift b/Sources/Cairo/Font.swift
index f5e2b6d..99c3191 100755
--- a/Sources/Cairo/Font.swift
+++ b/Sources/Cairo/Font.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import CCairo
 import CFreeType
+import FontConfig
 
 public final class ScaledFont {
     
@@ -266,8 +267,8 @@ public final class FontFace {
         cairo_font_face_destroy(internalPointer)
     }
     
-    public init(fontConfigPattern: OpaquePointer) {
-        self.internalPointer = cairo_ft_font_face_create_for_pattern(fontConfigPattern)!
+    public init(pattern: FontConfig.Pattern) {
+        self.internalPointer = pattern.withUnsafePointer(cairo_ft_font_face_create_for_pattern)!
     }
     
     internal init(_ internalPointer: OpaquePointer) {