diff --git a/dia-use-recommended-freetype-include.patch b/dia-use-recommended-freetype-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8f2d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dia-use-recommended-freetype-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/plug-ins/postscript/diapsft2renderer.c	2009-11-07 11:13:53.000000000 -0600
++++ b/plug-ins/postscript/diapsft2renderer.c	2013-12-02 18:49:27.000000000 -0600
+@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
+ #include <pango/pangoft2.h>
+ #include <pango/pango-engine.h>
+ /* I'd really rather avoid this */
+-#include <freetype/ftglyph.h>
+-#include <freetype/ftoutln.h>
++#include <ft2build.h>
++#include FT_GLYPH_H
++#include FT_OUTLINE_H
+ 
+ #define DPI 300
+ 
diff --git a/dia.changes b/dia.changes
index bc68b47..d8dcf84 100644
--- a/dia.changes
+++ b/dia.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 14 18:25:30 UTC 2013 - hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com
+
+- Added dia-use-recommended-freetype-include.patch: Freetype
+  upstream recommends using their macros together with ft2build
+  include. Positive sideeffect is that this patch makes it build
+  with both freetype2 2.5.1, and older versions (bgo#720573).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug 24 19:20:09 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/dia.spec b/dia.spec
index 8e82e3e..4793898 100644
--- a/dia.spec
+++ b/dia.spec
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ Patch19:        dia-glib-2.31.patch
 Patch20:        dia-libemf-64bit.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM dia-glib-2.35.patch bgo#694025 bnc#835972 dimstar@opensuse.org -- GLib drop support for adding interfaces after class_init, taken from git
 Patch21:        dia-glib-2.35.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM dia-use-recommended-freetype-include.patch bgo#720573 hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com -- Freetype upstream recommends using their macros together with ft2build include. Fix build with old and new freetype versions
+Patch22:        dia-use-recommended-freetype-include.patch
 Url:            http://live.gnome.org/Dia
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Recommends:     %{name}-lang
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ translation-update-upstream
 %patch19 -p1
 %patch20 -p1
 %patch21 -p1
+%patch22 -p1
 cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/font-test*dia .
 
 %build