diff --git a/media-libs/sdl_ttf/patches/freetype-pkgconfig.patch b/media-libs/sdl_ttf/patches/freetype-pkgconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02b063561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/sdl_ttf/patches/freetype-pkgconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/654758
+
+--- SDL_ttf-2.0.11/configure.in
++++ SDL_ttf-2.0.11/configure.in
+@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
+ 	;;
+ esac
+ 
++PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+ 
+ dnl Check for iconv (character conversion library; see iconv.m4)
+ dnl This isn't available on many systems
+@@ -94,6 +95,17 @@
+ dnl
+ dnl Get the cflags and libraries from the freetype-config script
+ dnl
++PKG_CHECK_MODULES(
++	FREETYPE2,
++	freetype2,
++	[
++		ft_found=yes
++		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $FREETYPE2_CFLAGS"
++		LIBS="$LIBS $FREETYPE2_LIBS"
++	],
++	ft_found=no
++)
++
+ AC_ARG_WITH(freetype-prefix,[  --with-freetype-prefix=PFX   Prefix where FREETYPE is 
+ installed (optional)],
+             freetype_prefix="$withval", freetype_prefix="")
+@@ -101,6 +113,7 @@
+ where FREETYPE is installed (optional)],
+             freetype_exec_prefix="$withval", freetype_exec_prefix="")
+ 
++if test "x$ft_found" != "xyes" ; then
+ if test x$freetype_exec_prefix != x ; then
+      freetype_args="$freetype_args --exec-prefix=$freetype_exec_prefix"
+      if test x${FREETYPE_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
+@@ -123,6 +136,7 @@
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `$FREETYPE_CONFIG $freetypeconf_args --cflags`"
+     LIBS="$LIBS `$FREETYPE_CONFIG $freetypeconf_args --libs`"
+ fi
++fi
+ 
+ dnl Check for SDL
+ SDL_VERSION=1.2.4
diff --git a/media-libs/sdl_ttf/sdl_ttf-2.0.11.recipe b/media-libs/sdl_ttf/sdl_ttf-2.0.11.recipe
index f89dc0367..fe14b9265 100644
--- a/media-libs/sdl_ttf/sdl_ttf-2.0.11.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/sdl_ttf/sdl_ttf-2.0.11.recipe
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ without much effort."
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release-1.2.html"
 COPYRIGHT="1997-2012 Sam Lantinga"
 LICENSE="Zlib"
-REVISION="8"
+REVISION="9"
 SOURCE_URI="http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL_ttf-2.0.11.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="724cd895ecf4da319a3ef164892b72078bd92632a5d812111261cde248ebcdb7"
 SOURCE_DIR="SDL_ttf-$portVersion"
+PATCHES="freetype-pkgconfig.patch"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ PROVIDES_devel="
 	sdl_ttf${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = 2.0.11 compat >= 1.2
 	devel:libSDL_ttf$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.0_0.10.1 compat >= 2.0_0
 	devel:libSDL_ttf_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.10.1 compat >= 0
-	devel:sdl_ttf$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.0.11 compat >= 1.2
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	sdl_ttf$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base