diff --git a/src/gui/plug/report/_graphvizreportdialog.py b/src/gui/plug/report/_graphvizreportdialog.py
index 06e67af38..1539a7ee4 100644
--- a/src/gui/plug/report/_graphvizreportdialog.py
+++ b/src/gui/plug/report/_graphvizreportdialog.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import threading
 import time
 from types import ClassType, InstanceType
 from gen.ggettext import gettext as _
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -446,8 +447,13 @@ class GVPsDoc(GVDocBase):
         # If I take a correct multip page PDF and convert it with pdf2ps I get multip pages,
         # but the output is clipped, some margins have disappeared. I used 1 inch margins always.
         # See bug tracker issue 2815
+        # :cairo does not work with Graphviz 2.26.3 See issue 4164
 
-        os.system( 'dot -Tps:cairo -o"%s" "%s"' % (self._filename, tmp_dot) )
+        command = 'dot -Tps:cairo -o"%s" "%s"' % (self._filename, tmp_dot)
+        dotversion = Popen(['dot', '-V'], stderr=PIPE).communicate(input=None)[1]
+        if dotversion.find('2.26.3'):
+            command=command.replace(':cairo','')
+        os.system(command)
         # Delete the temporary dot file
         os.remove(tmp_dot)
         
@@ -775,7 +781,12 @@ class GVPdfGsDoc(GVDocBase):
         # Generate PostScript using dot
         # Reason for using -Tps:cairo. Needed for Non Latin-1 letters
         # See bug tracker issue 2815
+        # :cairo does not work with Graphviz 2.26.3 See issue 4164
+        
         command = 'dot -Tps:cairo -o"%s" "%s"' % ( tmp_ps, tmp_dot )
+        dotversion = Popen(['dot', '-V'], stderr=PIPE).communicate(input=None)[1]
+        if dotversion.find('2.26.3'):
+            command=command.replace(':cairo','')
         os.system(command)
         
         # Add .5 to remove rounding errors.