--- unix/configure
+++ unix/configure
@@ -10892,9 +10892,9 @@
 	    tk_oldLibs=$LIBS
 	    LIBS="$tk_oldLIBS $XFT_LIBS $XLIBSW"
 
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for FT_New_Face in -lXft" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for FT_New_Face in -lXft... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_lib_Xft_FT_New_Face+set}" = set; then
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for XftFontOpen in -lXft" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for XftFontOpen in -lXft... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_Xft_XftFontOpen+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
@@ -10912,11 +10912,11 @@
 #endif
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-char FT_New_Face ();
+char XftFontOpen ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-FT_New_Face ();
+XftFontOpen ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -10943,20 +10943,20 @@
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  ac_cv_lib_Xft_FT_New_Face=yes
+  ac_cv_lib_Xft_XftFontOpen=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-ac_cv_lib_Xft_FT_New_Face=no
+ac_cv_lib_Xft_XftFontOpen=no
 fi
 rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
       conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
 fi
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_Xft_FT_New_Face" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_Xft_FT_New_Face" >&6
-if test $ac_cv_lib_Xft_FT_New_Face = yes; then
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_Xft_XftFontOpen" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_Xft_XftFontOpen" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_Xft_XftFontOpen = yes; then
   cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 #define HAVE_LIBXFT 1
 _ACEOF
--- unix/configure.in
+++ unix/configure.in
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
 	    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $XINCLUDES $XFT_CFLAGS"
 	    tk_oldLibs=$LIBS
 	    LIBS="$tk_oldLIBS $XFT_LIBS $XLIBSW"
-	    AC_CHECK_LIB(Xft, FT_New_Face, [], [
+	    AC_CHECK_LIB(Xft, XftFontOpen, [], [
 		found_xft=no
 	    ])
 	    CFLAGS=$tk_oldCFlags