diff --git a/games/critterding/Makefile b/games/critterding/Makefile
index a54a8b802a0e..01d9796d3beb 100644
--- a/games/critterding/Makefile
+++ b/games/critterding/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	critterding
 DISTVERSION=	beta12
 PORTREVISION=	19
 CATEGORIES=	games
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/sources
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Evolving Artificial Life
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2
 
-USES=		autoreconf gl libtool ncurses pkgconfig sdl tar:bzip2
+USES=		autoreconf gl libtool localbase:ldflags ncurses pkgconfig sdl tar:bzip2
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_SDL=	sdl
 USE_GL=		gl
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include -I${LOCALBASE}/include/freetype2
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-system-ftgl
 USE_GCC=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 PORTDATA=	*
 PORTDOCS=	README AUTHORS Changelog
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
+BINARY_ALIAS=	freetype-config=true
+
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|../share/critterding|${DATADIR}|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/gui/textprinter.cpp ${WRKSRC}/src/gl/glwindow.cpp
 
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .for f in ${PORTDOCS}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${f} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/critterding/files/patch-configure.in b/games/critterding/files/patch-configure.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d987b10eea05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/critterding/files/patch-configure.in
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- configure.in.orig	2010-02-19 13:26:47 UTC
++++ configure.in
+@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ AC_SUBST(SDLMAIN)
+ 				AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Freetype)
+ 				AC_CHECK_PROG([FREETYPE_CONFIG],[freetype-config],yes,no)
+ 				if test "$FREETYPE_CONFIG" = yes; then
+-					FT2_CFLAGS=`freetype-config --cflags`
+-					FT2_LIBS=`freetype-config --libs`
++					FT2_CFLAGS=`pkg-config freetype2 --cflags`
++					FT2_LIBS=`pkg-config freetype2 --libs`
+ 					AC_MSG_RESULT($FT2_CFLAGS)
+ 					CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $FT2_CFLAGS"
+ 					HOST_LIBS="$HOST_LIBS $FT2_LIBS"
+@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ AC_SUBST(SDLMAIN)
+ 		AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Freetype)
+ 		AC_CHECK_PROG([FREETYPE_CONFIG],[freetype-config],yes,no)
+ 		if test "$FREETYPE_CONFIG" = yes; then
+-			FT2_CFLAGS=`freetype-config --cflags`
+-			FT2_LIBS=`freetype-config --libs`
++			FT2_CFLAGS=`pkg-config freetype2 --cflags`
++			FT2_LIBS=`pkg-config freetype2 --libs`
+ 			AC_MSG_RESULT($FT2_CFLAGS)
+ 			CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $FT2_CFLAGS"
+ 			HOST_LIBS="$HOST_LIBS $FT2_LIBS"