--- tk8.5.9/unix/configure.in.old	2010-09-02 20:12:14.000000000 +0200
+++ tk8.5.9/unix/configure.in	2011-02-17 13:32:22.719116636 +0100
@@ -530,8 +530,8 @@
 	XFT_LIBS=`xft-config --libs 2>/dev/null` || found_xft="no"
 	if test "$found_xft" = "no" ; then
 	    found_xft=yes
-	    XFT_CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags xft 2>/dev/null` || found_xft="no"
-	    XFT_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs xft 2>/dev/null` || found_xft="no"
+	    XFT_CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags xft freetype2 2>/dev/null` || found_xft="no"
+	    XFT_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs xft freetype2 2>/dev/null` || found_xft="no"
 	fi
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([$found_xft])
 	dnl make sure that compiling against Xft header file doesn't bomb