diff --git a/x11-fonts/otf2bdf/Makefile b/x11-fonts/otf2bdf/Makefile
index 2f0d2029f5c9..70f7ef2f4c1c 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/otf2bdf/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fonts/otf2bdf/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	otf2bdf
 DISTVERSION=	3.1
 CATEGORIES=	x11-fonts
 MASTER_SITES=	http://sofia.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/Software/otf2bdf/
 DISTFILES=	${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} \
 		mkinstalldirs
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yasu@utahime.org
 COMMENT=	OpenType to BDF converter
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2
 
-USES=		autoreconf tar:tgz
+USES=		autoreconf pkgconfig tar:tgz
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/otf2bdf \
 		man/man1/otf2bdf.1.gz
 
 post-extract:
 		${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR}/mkinstalldirs ${WRKSRC}
 
 post-install:
 		${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/otf2bdf
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-fonts/otf2bdf/files/patch-configure.in b/x11-fonts/otf2bdf/files/patch-configure.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b44d091bb626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-fonts/otf2bdf/files/patch-configure.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- configure.in.orig	2021-08-07 10:16:18 UTC
++++ configure.in
+@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ AC_INIT(otf2bdf.c)
+ AC_PROG_CC
+ 
+ OLDLIBS=$LIBS
+-LIBS="$LIBS `freetype-config --libs`"
+-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS `freetype-config --cflags`"
++LIBS="$LIBS `pkg-config freetype2 --libs`"
++CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS `pkg-config freetype2 --cflags`"
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(freetype, FT_Init_FreeType, LIBS="$LIBS -lfreetype",[
+              AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find Freetype library! Compile FreeType first.])])
+ AC_SUBST(LIBS)