diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9602ec..8b6bec5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,3 +115,5 @@ val result = Future { pdf.run(new URL("http://www.google.com"), new File("google
 ## Copyright ##
 
 Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Federico Feroldi. See `LICENSE` for details.
+
+https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/issues/1508
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 8ac605a..43b8278 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=0.13.2
+sbt.version=0.13.11
diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/github/cloudify/scala.spdf/PdfConfig.scala b/src/main/scala/io/github/cloudify/scala.spdf/PdfConfig.scala
index 2839575..e09259f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/github/cloudify/scala.spdf/PdfConfig.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/github/cloudify/scala.spdf/PdfConfig.scala
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ trait PdfConfig {
 
   val password = Parameter[String]("password")
 
+  val useXServer = Parameter[Option[Boolean]]("use-xserver")
+
   val viewportSize = Parameter[String]("viewport-size")
 
 }
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ object PdfConfig {
       title.toParameter,
       userStyleSheet.toParameter,
       username.toParameter,
+      useXServer.toParameter,
       viewportSize.toParameter,
       zoom.toParameter
     ).flatten
diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/github/cloudify/scala/spdf/PdfConfigSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/io/github/cloudify/scala/spdf/PdfConfigSpec.scala
index 5a6a8df..6656fd8 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/github/cloudify/scala/spdf/PdfConfigSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/github/cloudify/scala/spdf/PdfConfigSpec.scala
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ class PdfConfigSpec extends WordSpec with ShouldMatchers {
       PdfConfig.toParameters(config) should contain("--no-print-media-type")
     }
 
+    "use x-server" in {
+      val config = new PdfConfig {
+              useXServer := Option(true)
+       }
+       PdfConfig.toParameters(config) should contain("--use-xserver")
+    }
+
     "check for executable in PATH" in {
       PdfConfig.findExecutable match {
         case Some(path) => path.contains("wkhtmltopdf") should equal(true)