diff --git a/print/texlive-base/Makefile b/print/texlive-base/Makefile
index 84c45b3787a0..c7cab6172c86 100644
--- a/print/texlive-base/Makefile
+++ b/print/texlive-base/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ SHEBANG_FILES=	texk/texlive/linked_scripts/accfonts/mkt1font \
 
 # during build phase gnu configure is run a lot
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+CONFIGURE_ENV=	FT2_CONFIG="true"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS= --disable-native-texlive-build \
 		--disable-web-progs \
 		--disable-psutils \
@@ -128,7 +129,11 @@ post-patch:
 	    tl_scripts/texconfig-sys.sh \
 	    linked_scripts/texlive/updmap-sys.sh
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/usr/bin/python -O|${python_CMD}|' \
-		${WRKSRC}/texk/texlive/linked_scripts/de-macro/de-macro \
+		${WRKSRC}/texk/texlive/linked_scripts/de-macro/de-macro
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%FREETYPE2_PORT_INCLUDES%%|-I${LOCALBASE}/include/freetype2|g' \
+		${PATCH_WRKSRC}/configure
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%FREETYPE2_PORT_LIBS%%|-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lfreetype|g' \
+		${PATCH_WRKSRC}/configure
 
 post-install-fmtutil:
 	for D in ${TEXHASHDIRS}; do \
diff --git a/print/texlive-base/files/patch-configure b/print/texlive-base/files/patch-configure
index 429162c7401d..1131902a55bf 100644
--- a/print/texlive-base/files/patch-configure
+++ b/print/texlive-base/files/patch-configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- configure.orig	2015-04-12 11:22:39 UTC
 +++ configure
-@@ -5685,6 +5685,15 @@ $as_echo "$as_me:   ->  installed \`zlib
+@@ -5685,7 +5685,16 @@ $as_echo "$as_me:   ->  installed \`zlib' headers and 
      as_fn_error $? "Sorry, \`--with-system-teckit' requires \`--with-system-zlib'" "$LINENO" 5
    fi
  fi
@@ -8,15 +8,27 @@
 +if test "${with_teckit_includes+set}" = set; then :
 +  withval=$with_teckit_includes;
 +fi
-+
+ 
 +# Check whether --with-teckit-libdir was given.
 +if test "${with_teckit_libdir+set}" = set; then :
 +  withval=$with_teckit_libdir;
 +fi
- 
++
  test "x$need_teckit" = xyes && {
    need_zlib=yes
-@@ -21284,11 +21293,12 @@ elif test "x$need_graphite2:$with_system
+ }
+@@ -21198,8 +21207,8 @@ else
+   FT2_CONFIG="$ac_cv_prog_FT2_CONFIG"
+ fi
+ if $FT2_CONFIG --ftversion >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+-  FREETYPE2_INCLUDES=`$FT2_CONFIG --cflags`
+-  FREETYPE2_LIBS=`$FT2_CONFIG --libs`
++  FREETYPE2_INCLUDES="%%FREETYPE2_PORT_INCLUDES%%"
++  FREETYPE2_LIBS="%%FREETYPE2_PORT_LIBS%%"
+ elif test "x$need_freetype2:$with_system_freetype2" = xyes:yes; then
+   as_fn_error $? "did not find freetype-config required for system freetype2 library" "$LINENO" 5
+ fi
+@@ -21284,11 +21293,12 @@ elif test "x$need_graphite2:$with_system_graphite2" = 
    as_fn_error $? "did not find graphite2" "$LINENO" 5
  fi