--- a/configure.in.orig	2015-03-01 16:00:35.956432907 +0100
+++ b/configure.in	2015-03-01 16:04:23.269580093 +0100
@@ -865,11 +865,11 @@
         AC_ARG_ENABLE(xft, [  --enable-xft            turn on Xft support [default=no]])
 
 	if test x$enable_xft = xyes; then
-            AC_PATH_PROG(FTCONFIG,freetype-config)
+            AC_PATH_PROG(PKGCONFIG,pkg-config)
 
-	    if test "x$FTCONFIG" != x; then
-	        CPPFLAGS="`$FTCONFIG --cflags` $CPPFLAGS"
-	        CXXFLAGS="`$FTCONFIG --cflags` $CXXFLAGS"
+	    if test "x$PKGCONFIG" != x; then
+	        CPPFLAGS="`$PKGCONFIG --cflags xft` $CPPFLAGS"
+	        CXXFLAGS="`$PKGCONFIG --cflags xft` $CXXFLAGS"
 
 		AC_CHECK_HEADER(X11/Xft/Xft.h,
 		    AC_CHECK_LIB(Xft, XftDrawCreate,