diff -up matplotlib-1.2.0/setupext.py.orig matplotlib-1.2.0/setupext.py
--- matplotlib-1.2.0/setupext.py.orig	2012-11-23 14:49:21.295712608 -0200
+++ matplotlib-1.2.0/setupext.py	2012-11-23 14:49:31.508712999 -0200
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ BUILT_GDK       = False
 BUILT_PATH      = False
 BUILT_TRI       = False
 
-AGG_VERSION = 'agg24'
 TCL_TK_CACHE = None
 
 # for nonstandard installation/build with --prefix variable
@@ -621,7 +620,8 @@ def add_agg_flags(module):
     # before adding the freetype flags since -z comes later
     add_base_flags(module)
     add_numpy_flags(module)
-    module.include_dirs.extend(['src', '%s/include'%AGG_VERSION, '.'])
+    module.include_dirs.extend(['src', '/usr/include/agg2', '.'])
+    module.libraries.append('agg')
 
     # put these later for correct link order
     module.libraries.extend(std_libs)
@@ -1220,17 +1220,7 @@ def build_agg(ext_modules, packages):
     global BUILT_AGG
     if BUILT_AGG: return # only build it if you you haven't already
 
-    agg = (
-           'agg_trans_affine.cpp',
-           'agg_bezier_arc.cpp',
-           'agg_curves.cpp',
-           'agg_vcgen_dash.cpp',
-           'agg_vcgen_stroke.cpp',
-           'agg_image_filters.cpp',
-           )
-
-    deps = ['%s/src/%s'%(AGG_VERSION, name) for name in agg]
-    deps.extend(['src/mplutils.cpp', 'src/agg_py_transforms.cpp'])
+    deps = ['src/mplutils.cpp', 'src/agg_py_transforms.cpp']
     deps.extend(glob.glob('CXX/*.cxx'))
     deps.extend(glob.glob('CXX/*.c'))
     temp_copy('src/_backend_agg.cpp', 'src/backend_agg.cpp')
@@ -1253,16 +1243,7 @@ def build_path(ext_modules, packages):
     global BUILT_PATH
     if BUILT_PATH: return # only build it if you you haven't already
 
-    agg = (
-           'agg_vcgen_contour.cpp',
-           'agg_curves.cpp',
-           'agg_bezier_arc.cpp',
-           'agg_trans_affine.cpp',
-           'agg_vcgen_stroke.cpp',
-           )
-
-    deps = ['%s/src/%s'%(AGG_VERSION, name) for name in agg]
-    deps.extend(glob.glob('CXX/*.cxx'))
+    deps = glob.glob('CXX/*.cxx')
     deps.extend(glob.glob('CXX/*.c'))
 
     temp_copy('src/_path.cpp', 'src/path.cpp')
@@ -1287,14 +1268,8 @@ def build_image(ext_modules, packages):
     global BUILT_IMAGE
     if BUILT_IMAGE: return # only build it if you you haven't already
 
-    agg = ('agg_trans_affine.cpp',
-           'agg_image_filters.cpp',
-           'agg_bezier_arc.cpp',
-           )
-
     temp_copy('src/_image.cpp', 'src/image.cpp')
     deps = ['src/image.cpp', 'src/mplutils.cpp']
-    deps.extend(['%s/src/%s'%(AGG_VERSION,name) for name in agg])
     deps.extend(glob.glob('CXX/*.cxx'))
     deps.extend(glob.glob('CXX/*.c'))