--- Makefile.orig	2024-11-06 06:26:09 UTC
+++ Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ DOCPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/share/doc/${NAME}
 DOCPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/share/doc/${NAME}
 
 # use system flags.
-TABBED_CFLAGS = -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 ${CFLAGS}
+FREETYPE_CFLAGS!=pkg-config --cflags freetype2
+TABBED_CFLAGS = -I/usr/X11R6/include ${FREETYPE_CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}
 TABBED_LDFLAGS = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lfontconfig -lXft ${LDFLAGS}
 TABBED_CPPFLAGS = -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700L