diff --git a/utils/fontconfig/Makefile b/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
index b842b837f..4ef73c5a1 100644
--- a/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
+++ b/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
@@ -9,20 +9,22 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=fontconfig
 PKG_VERSION:=2.13.93
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://fontconfig.org/release/
 PKG_HASH:=ea968631eadc5739bc7c8856cef5c77da812d1f67b763f5e51b57b8026c1a0a0
 
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=
+PKG_LICENSE:=
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:fontconfig_project:fontconfig
 
-PKG_FIXUP:=libtool
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
-PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=gperf/host
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include ../../devel/meson/meson.mk
 
 define Package/fontconfig
   SECTION:=xorg-util
@@ -33,16 +35,12 @@ define Package/fontconfig
   URL:=http://fontconfig.org/
 endef
 
-#TODO: better put cache on persistent storage for faster boot time?
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
-	--with-cache-dir=/tmp/fontconfig/cache \
-	--with-arch=$(ARCH) \
-	--disable-iconv \
-	--disable-libxml2 \
-	--disable-docs
-
-CONFIGURE_VARS+= \
-	ac_cv_prog_HASDOCBOOK=no \
+MESON_ARGS += \
+	-Ddoc=disabled \
+	-Ddoc-txt=disabled \
+	-Dnls=disabled \
+	-Dtests=disabled \
+	-Dtools=enabled
 
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
diff --git a/utils/fontconfig/patches/010-Handle-absolute-sysconfdir-when-installing-symlinks.patch b/utils/fontconfig/patches/010-Handle-absolute-sysconfdir-when-installing-symlinks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e937c9510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/fontconfig/patches/010-Handle-absolute-sysconfdir-when-installing-symlinks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 4e42925096e97f4a6c9d09f475de7eb54a226668 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Heiko Becker <heirecka@exherbo.org>
+Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 21:04:26 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Handle absolute sysconfdir when installing symlinks
+
+sysconfdir defaults to /etc when the prefix is set to /usr. But joining
+MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX and sysconfdir when the latter is an
+absoulte path, results in sysconfdir only. Which might lead to an error
+during install because /etc/fonts/conf.d/ might already exist from an
+pre-existing fontconfig installation.
+---
+ conf.d/link_confs.py | 9 ++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/conf.d/link_confs.py
++++ b/conf.d/link_confs.py
+@@ -11,7 +11,14 @@ if __name__=='__main__':
+     parser.add_argument('links', nargs='+')
+     args = parser.parse_args()
+ 
+-    confpath = os.path.join(os.environ['MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX'], args.confpath)
++    if os.path.isabs(args.confpath):
++        destdir = os.environ.get('DESTDIR')
++        if destdir:
++            confpath = os.path.join(destdir, args.confpath[1:])
++        else:
++            confpath = args.confpath
++    else:
++        confpath = os.path.join(os.environ['MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX'], args.confpath)
+ 
+     if not os.path.exists(confpath):
+         os.makedirs(confpath)
diff --git a/utils/fontconfig/patches/020-distutils.patch b/utils/fontconfig/patches/020-distutils.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..759b59a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/fontconfig/patches/020-distutils.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ expat_dep = dependency('expat',
+ 
+ i18n = import('i18n')
+ pkgmod = import('pkgconfig')
+-python3 = import('python').find_installation()
++python3 = 'python3'
+ 
+ check_headers = [
+   ['dirent.h'],