--- /dev/null
+From 26e2a89598d69c7aba76c83f6a1fcf1db17574ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 21:00:22 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] * meson.build: Fix .pc file generation.
+
+For backwards compatibility we need the libtool version, not the .so
+number.
+
+Reported by Nikolaus.
+
+Downloaded from upstream commit:
+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/26e2a89598d69c7aba76c83f6a1fcf1db17574ab
+
+---
+ ChangeLog | 9 +++++++++
+ meson.build | 10 +++++++---
+ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ ft2_version = run_command(python_exe,
+ files('builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py'),
+ files('include/freetype/freetype.h')).stdout().strip()
+
+-ft2_libtool_version = run_command(python_exe,
++ft2_so_version = run_command(python_exe,
+ files('builds/meson/extract_libtool_version.py'),
+ '--soversion',
+ files('builds/unix/configure.raw')).stdout().strip()
+
++ft2_libtool_version = run_command(python_exe,
++ files('builds/meson/extract_libtool_version.py'),
++ files('builds/unix/configure.raw')).stdout().strip()
++
+ ft2_includes = include_directories('include')
+
+
+@@ -320,7 +324,7 @@ ft2_lib = library('freetype',
+ include_directories: ft2_includes,
+ dependencies: ft2_deps,
+ install: true,
+- version: ft2_libtool_version,
++ version: ft2_so_version,
+ )
+
+
+@@ -328,7 +332,7 @@ ft2_lib = library('freetype',
+ freetype2_dep = declare_dependency(
+ include_directories: ft2_includes,
+ link_with: ft2_lib,
+- version: ft2_libtool_version)
++ version: ft2_so_version)
+
+
+ # NOTE: Using both `install_dir` and `subdir` doesn't seem to work below,