diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.in b/legacy/evas/configure.in
index dcd76cab57..e30be74b47 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.in
@@ -134,11 +134,13 @@ AC_MSG_ERROR([Fatal Error: no FreeType detected.])
 ],
 $LIBS_TTF -lm)
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(freetype.h freetype/freetype.h, [ break ], )
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(freetype.h freetype/freetype.h freetype1/freetype/freetype.h, [ break ], )
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(freetype.h, [ ftype=yes ], [ ftype=no ])
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(freetype/freetype.h, [ ftype_ftype=yes ], [ ftype_ftype=no ])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(freetype1/freetype/freetype.h, [ ftype1_ftype=yes ], [ ftype1_ftype=no ])
 if test x$ftype = xno; then
 if test x$ftype_ftype = xno; then
+if test x$ftype1_ftype = xno; then
 echo ""
 echo "ERROR: freetype.h not found in freetype.h or freetype/freetype.h include"
 echo "paths. (ie /usr/include, /usr/local/include etc.). You need the freetype"
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ echo ""
 AC_MSG_ERROR([Fatal Error: no FreeType header files detected.])
 fi
 fi
+fi
 
 ttf_includes="$CPPFLAGS"
 ttf_libs="$LIBS_TTF -lm -lttf"
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/evas_gl_routines.h b/legacy/evas/src/evas_gl_routines.h
index a610c219e1..269aaf1250 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/evas_gl_routines.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/evas_gl_routines.h
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ typedef int GLuint;
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/Xmu/StdCmap.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_FREETYPE1_FREETYPE_FREETYPE_H
+#include <freetype1/freetype/freetype.h>
+#else
 #ifdef HAVE_FREETYPE_FREETYPE_H
 #include <freetype/freetype.h>
 #else
 #include <freetype.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #include "Evas_private.h"
 #include "Evas.h"
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/evas_x11_routines.h b/legacy/evas/src/evas_x11_routines.h
index bba14f277f..23d0b5d709 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/evas_x11_routines.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/evas_x11_routines.h
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FREETYPE_FREETYPE_H
+#ifdef HAVE_FREETYPE1_FREETYPE_FREETYPE_H
+#include <freetype1/freetype/freetype.h>
+#else
+# ifdef HAVE_FREETYPE_FREETYPE_H
 #include <freetype/freetype.h>
 #else
 #include <freetype.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #include "Evas_private.h"
 #include "Evas.h"