diff --git a/games/brutalchess/Makefile b/games/brutalchess/Makefile
index 644a47aba27d..0b2678623b3a 100644
--- a/games/brutalchess/Makefile
+++ b/games/brutalchess/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
 # Created by: Gustavo Perez Querol <gustau.perez@gmail.com>
 
 PORTNAME=	brutalchess
 PORTVERSION=	0.5.2
 PORTREVISION=	15
 CATEGORIES=	games
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-alpha/${PORTNAME}-alpha-${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-alpha-${PORTVERSION}-src
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2
 
 MAINTAINER=	gustau.perez@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Nice looking OpenGL chess game
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USES=		dos2unix gl gmake libtool sdl xorg
+USES=		dos2unix gl gmake libtool pkgconfig sdl xorg
 USE_GL=		yes
 USE_SDL=	sdl image
 USE_XORG=	x11 xext xt xmu xi
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
+BINARY_ALIAS=	freetype-config=true
 
 pre-build:
 	${CHMOD} 0755 ${WRKSRC}/install-sh
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/brutalchess/files/patch-configure b/games/brutalchess/files/patch-configure
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd5ce6453ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/brutalchess/files/patch-configure
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- configure.orig	2021-08-06 12:14:42 UTC
++++ configure
+@@ -7998,13 +7998,13 @@ echo $ECHO_N "checking for FreeType -- version >= $min
+    if test "$FT2_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
+      no_ft=yes
+    else
+-     FT2_CFLAGS=`$FT2_CONFIG $ft_config_args --cflags`
+-     FT2_LIBS=`$FT2_CONFIG $ft_config_args --libs`
+-     ft_config_major_version=`$FT2_CONFIG $ft_config_args --version | \
++     FT2_CFLAGS=`pkg-config freetype2 --cflags`
++     FT2_LIBS=`pkg-config freetype2 --libs`
++     ft_config_major_version=`pkg-config freetype2 --modversion | \
+        sed 's/\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)/\1/'`
+-     ft_config_minor_version=`$FT2_CONFIG $ft_config_args --version | \
++     ft_config_minor_version=`pkg-config freetype2 --modversion | \
+        sed 's/\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)/\2/'`
+-     ft_config_micro_version=`$FT2_CONFIG $ft_config_args --version | \
++     ft_config_micro_version=`pkg-config freetype2 --modversion | \
+        sed 's/\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)/\3/'`
+      ft_min_major_version=`echo $min_ft_version | \
+        sed 's/\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)/\1/'`