Index: grub-2.02/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- grub-2.02.orig/configure.ac
+++ grub-2.02/configure.ac
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([include/grub/dl.h])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config-util.h])
 
+# Explicitly check for pkg-config early on, since otherwise conditional
+# calls are problematic.
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+
 # Program name transformations
 AC_ARG_PROGRAM
 grub_TRANSFORM([grub-bios-setup])
@@ -1493,29 +1497,21 @@ if test x"$enable_grub_mkfont" = xno ; t
   grub_mkfont_excuse="explicitly disabled"
 fi
 
-if test x"$grub_mkfont_excuse" = x ; then
-  # Check for freetype libraries.
-  AC_CHECK_TOOLS([FREETYPE], [freetype-config])
-  if test "x$FREETYPE" = x ; then
-    grub_mkfont_excuse=["need freetype2 library"]
-  fi
-fi
-
 unset ac_cv_header_ft2build_h
 
 if test x"$grub_mkfont_excuse" = x ; then
-  # Check for freetype libraries.
-  freetype_cflags=`$FREETYPE --cflags`
-  freetype_libs=`$FREETYPE --libs`
-  SAVED_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-  SAVED_LIBS="$LIBS"
-  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $freetype_cflags"
-  LIBS="$LIBS $freetype_libs"
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ft2build.h], [],
-  	[grub_mkfont_excuse=["need freetype2 headers"]])
-  AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_CALL([], [FT_Load_Glyph])], [], [grub_mkfont_excuse=["freetype2 library unusable"]])
-  CPPFLAGS="$SAVED_CPPFLAGS"
-  LIBS="$SAVED_LIBS"
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([FREETYPE], [freetype2], [
+    SAVED_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+    SAVED_LIBS="$LIBS"
+    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $FREETYPE_CFLAGS"
+    LIBS="$LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS"
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ft2build.h], [],
+      [grub_mkfont_excuse=["need freetype2 headers"]])
+    AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_CALL([], [FT_Load_Glyph])], [],
+      [grub_mkfont_excuse=["freetype2 library unusable"]])
+    CPPFLAGS="$SAVED_CPPFLAGS"
+    LIBS="$SAVED_LIBS"
+  ], [grub_mkfont_excuse=["need freetype2 library"]])
 fi
 
 if test x"$enable_grub_mkfont" = xyes && test x"$grub_mkfont_excuse" != x ; then
@@ -1527,8 +1523,6 @@ else
 enable_grub_mkfont=no
 fi
 AC_SUBST([enable_grub_mkfont])
-AC_SUBST([freetype_cflags])
-AC_SUBST([freetype_libs])
 
 SAVED_CC="$CC"
 SAVED_CPP="$CPP"
@@ -1558,25 +1552,21 @@ AC_SUBST([BUILD_WORDS_BIGENDIAN])
 
 if test x"$grub_build_mkfont_excuse" = x ; then
   # Check for freetype libraries.
-  AC_CHECK_PROGS([BUILD_FREETYPE], [freetype-config])
-  if test "x$BUILD_FREETYPE" = x ; then
-    grub_build_mkfont_excuse=["need freetype2 library"]
-  fi
-fi
-
-if test x"$grub_build_mkfont_excuse" = x ; then
-  # Check for freetype libraries.
-  build_freetype_cflags=`$BUILD_FREETYPE --cflags`
-  build_freetype_libs=`$BUILD_FREETYPE --libs`
-  SAVED_CPPFLAGS_2="$CPPFLAGS"
-  SAVED_LIBS="$LIBS"
-  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $build_freetype_cflags"
-  LIBS="$LIBS $build_freetype_libs"
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ft2build.h], [],
-  	[grub_build_mkfont_excuse=["need freetype2 headers"]])
-  AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_CALL([], [FT_Load_Glyph])], [], [grub_build_mkfont_excuse=["freetype2 library unusable"]])
-  LIBS="$SAVED_LIBS"
-  CPPFLAGS="$SAVED_CPPFLAGS_2"
+  SAVED_PKG_CONFIG="$PKG_CONFIG"
+  test -z "$BUILD_PKG_CONFIG" || PKG_CONFIG="$BUILD_PKG_CONFIG"
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([BUILD_FREETYPE], [freetype2], [
+    SAVED_CPPFLAGS_2="$CPPFLAGS"
+    SAVED_LIBS="$LIBS"
+    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BUILD_FREETYPE_CFLAGS"
+    LIBS="$LIBS $BUILD_FREETYPE_LIBS"
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ft2build.h], [],
+      [grub_build_mkfont_excuse=["need freetype2 headers"]])
+    AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_CALL([], [FT_Load_Glyph])], [],
+      [grub_build_mkfont_excuse=["freetype2 library unusable"]])
+    LIBS="$SAVED_LIBS"
+    CPPFLAGS="$SAVED_CPPFLAGS_2"
+  ], [grub_build_mkfont_excuse=["need freetype2 library"]])
+  PKG_CONFIG="$SAVED_PKG_CONFIG"
 fi
 
 if test x"$enable_build_grub_mkfont" = xyes && test x"$grub_build_mkfont_excuse" != x ; then
@@ -1595,9 +1585,6 @@ if test x"$enable_build_grub_mkfont" = x
   fi
 fi
 
-AC_SUBST([build_freetype_cflags])
-AC_SUBST([build_freetype_libs])
-
 CC="$SAVED_CC"
 CPP="$SAVED_CPP"
 CFLAGS="$SAVED_CFLAGS"
Index: grub-2.02/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- grub-2.02.orig/Makefile.am
+++ grub-2.02/Makefile.am
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ endif
 starfield_theme_files = $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/blob_w.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/boot_menu_c.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/boot_menu_e.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/boot_menu_ne.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/boot_menu_n.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/boot_menu_nw.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/boot_menu_se.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/boot_menu_s.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/boot_menu_sw.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/boot_menu_w.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/slider_c.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/slider_n.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/slider_s.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/starfield.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/terminal_box_c.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/terminal_box_e.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/terminal_box_ne.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/terminal_box_n.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/terminal_box_nw.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/terminal_box_se.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/terminal_box_s.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/terminal_box_sw.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/terminal_box_w.png $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/theme.txt $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/README $(srcdir)/themes/starfield/COPYING.CC-BY-SA-3.0
 
 build-grub-mkfont$(BUILD_EXEEXT): util/grub-mkfont.c grub-core/unidata.c grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c util/misc.c
-	$(BUILD_CC) -o $@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) -DGRUB_MKFONT=1 -DGRUB_BUILD=1 -DGRUB_UTIL=1 -DGRUB_BUILD_PROGRAM_NAME=\"build-grub-mkfont\" $^ $(build_freetype_cflags) $(build_freetype_libs)
+	$(BUILD_CC) -o $@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) -DGRUB_MKFONT=1 -DGRUB_BUILD=1 -DGRUB_UTIL=1 -DGRUB_BUILD_PROGRAM_NAME=\"build-grub-mkfont\" $^ $(BUILD_FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_FREETYPE_LIBS)
 CLEANFILES += build-grub-mkfont$(BUILD_EXEEXT)
 
 garbage-gen$(BUILD_EXEEXT): util/garbage-gen.c
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ CLEANFILES += garbage-gen$(BUILD_EXEEXT)
 EXTRA_DIST += util/garbage-gen.c
 
 build-grub-gen-asciih$(BUILD_EXEEXT): util/grub-gen-asciih.c
-	$(BUILD_CC) -o $@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) -DGRUB_MKFONT=1 -DGRUB_BUILD=1 -DGRUB_UTIL=1 $^ $(build_freetype_cflags) $(build_freetype_libs) -Wall -Werror
+	$(BUILD_CC) -o $@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) -DGRUB_MKFONT=1 -DGRUB_BUILD=1 -DGRUB_UTIL=1 $^ $(BUILD_FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_FREETYPE_LIBS) -Wall -Werror
 CLEANFILES += build-grub-gen-asciih$(BUILD_EXEEXT)
 
 build-grub-gen-widthspec$(BUILD_EXEEXT): util/grub-gen-widthspec.c
-	$(BUILD_CC) -o $@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) -DGRUB_MKFONT=1 -DGRUB_BUILD=1 -DGRUB_UTIL=1 $^ $(build_freetype_cflags) $(build_freetype_libs) -Wall -Werror
+	$(BUILD_CC) -o $@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) -DGRUB_MKFONT=1 -DGRUB_BUILD=1 -DGRUB_UTIL=1 $^ $(BUILD_FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_FREETYPE_LIBS) -Wall -Werror
 CLEANFILES += build-grub-gen-widthspec$(BUILD_EXEEXT)
 
 if COND_STARFIELD
Index: grub-2.02/Makefile.util.def
===================================================================
--- grub-2.02.orig/Makefile.util.def
+++ grub-2.02/Makefile.util.def
@@ -302,14 +302,14 @@ program = {
   common = grub-core/kern/emu/argp_common.c;
   common = grub-core/osdep/init.c;
 
-  cflags = '$(freetype_cflags)';
+  cflags = '$(FREETYPE_CFLAGS)';
   cppflags = '-DGRUB_MKFONT=1';
 
   ldadd = libgrubmods.a;
   ldadd = libgrubgcry.a;
   ldadd = libgrubkern.a;
   ldadd = grub-core/gnulib/libgnu.a;
-  ldadd = '$(freetype_libs)';
+  ldadd = '$(FREETYPE_LIBS)';
   ldadd = '$(LIBINTL) $(LIBDEVMAPPER) $(LIBZFS) $(LIBNVPAIR) $(LIBGEOM)';
   condition = COND_GRUB_MKFONT;
 };