diff --git a/tk-xft.patch b/tk-xft.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ce5402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tk-xft.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+--- 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
diff --git a/tk.changes b/tk.changes
index 6fb52fa..daf5140 100644
--- a/tk.changes
+++ b/tk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  8 14:19:25 UTC 2011 - max@novell.com
+
+- Fix libXft detection in configure. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep  3 16:45:42 CEST 2010 - max@suse.de
 
diff --git a/tk.patch b/tk.patch
index 250a0bb..d711589 100644
--- a/tk.patch
+++ b/tk.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Index: unix/Makefile.in
 ===================================================================
-@@ -539,7 +540,8 @@ AQUA_XLIB_HDRS = $(XLIB_DIR)/X11/*.h $(X
+--- unix/Makefile.in.orig
++++ unix/Makefile.in
+@@ -541,7 +541,8 @@ AQUA_XLIB_HDRS = $(XLIB_DIR)/X11/*.h $(X
  
  AQUA_PRIVATE_HDRS = $(MAC_OSX_DIR)/tkMacOSXPort.h $(MAC_OSX_DIR)/tkMacOSXInt.h
  
diff --git a/tk.spec b/tk.spec
index 02bad89..556b35e 100644
--- a/tk.spec
+++ b/tk.spec
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Source0:        %name%{version}-src.tar.bz2
 Source1:        tk-rpmlintrc
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Patch0:         %name.patch
+Patch1:         %name-xft.patch
 
 %description
 Tk is a graphical user interface toolkit that takes developing desktop
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ Authors:
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %name%version
 %patch0
+%patch1
 
 %build
 cd unix