diff --git a/desktop/font/freetype/actions.py b/desktop/font/freetype/actions.py
index c8c7e356..76fe2c4f 100644
--- a/desktop/font/freetype/actions.py
+++ b/desktop/font/freetype/actions.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import get
 
 def setup():
     autotools.configure("--disable-static \
-                         --with-harfbuzz=no")
+                         --with-harfbuzz=no \
+                         --enable-freetype-config")
 
 def build():
     autotools.make()
diff --git a/desktop/font/freetype/pspec.xml b/desktop/font/freetype/pspec.xml
index e96c5626..3aa7eb82 100644
--- a/desktop/font/freetype/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/font/freetype/pspec.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>A high-quality and portable font engine</Summary>
         <Description>FreeType 2 is a software font engine that is designed to be small, efficient, highly customizable, and portable while capable of producing high-quality output. It can be used in graphics libraries, display servers, font conversion tools, text image generation tools, and many other products as well.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="94c4399b1a55c5892812e732843fcb4a7c2fe657" type="tarbz2">mirrors://sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.9.tar.bz2</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="79874ef4eaa52025126b71d836453b8279bdd331" type="tarxz">mirrors://sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.10.1.tar.xz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>zlib-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>bzip2</Dependency>
@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+		<Update release="7">
+            <Date>2019-08-01</Date>
+            <Version>2.10.1</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump</Comment>
+            <Name>Idris Kalp</Name>
+            <Email>idriskalp@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
+		<Update release="6">
+            <Date>2019-06-09</Date>
+            <Version>2.10.0</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump</Comment>
+            <Name>Idris Kalp</Name>
+            <Email>idriskalp@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="5">
             <Date>2018-07-23</Date>
             <Version>2.9</Version>