diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index a181dbad..0b535588 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -168,28 +168,28 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_XFT1],
 # AM_PATH_XFT2([ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]])
 AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_XFT2],
 [
-	if test x$pkg_exec_prefix != x ; then
-	   xft_args="$xft_args --exec-prefix=$pkg_exec_prefix"
-	   if test x${PKG_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
-	       PKG_CONFIG=$pkg_exec_prefix/bin/pkg-config
+    if test x$pkg_exec_prefix != x ; then
+        xft_args="$xft_args --exec-prefix=$pkg_exec_prefix"
+        if test x${XFT_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
+            XFT_CONFIG=$pkg_exec_prefix/bin/xft-config
+        fi
     fi
-fi
 
-if test x$xft_prefix != x ; then
-   xft_args="$xft_args --prefix=$xft_prefix"
-   if test x${PKG_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
-      PKG_CONFIG=$xft_prefix/bin/pkg-config	  
-   fi
-fi
+    if test x$xft_prefix != x ; then
+       xft_args="$xft_args --prefix=$xft_prefix"
+       if test x${XFT_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
+          XFT_CONFIG=$xft_prefix/bin/xft-config
+       fi
+    fi
 
-AC_PATH_PROG(PKG_CONFIG, pkg-config, no)
-if test "x$PKG_CONFIG" = "xno" ; then
-	ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
-else 
-	XFT_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG $xftconf_args --cflags xft`
-	XFT_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG $xftconf_args --libs xft`
-	ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
-fi
+    AC_PATH_PROG(XFT_CONFIG, xft-config, no)
+    if test "x$XFT_CONFIG" = "xno" ; then
+        ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+    else 
+        XFT_CFLAGS=`$XFT_CONFIG $xftconf_args --cflags`
+        XFT_LIBS=`$XFT_CONFIG $xftconf_args --libs`
+        ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
+    fi
 
 ])
 
@@ -230,4 +230,4 @@ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $XFT_CFLAGS"
 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $XFT_CFLAGS"
 LIBS="$LIBS $XFT_LIBS"
 
-])
+]