diff --git a/freetype-2.8-multilib.patch b/freetype-2.8-multilib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f40a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freetype-2.8-multilib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+--- freetype-2.8/builds/unix/freetype-config.in
++++ freetype-2.8/builds/unix/freetype-config.in
+@@ -13,45 +13,25 @@ LC_ALL=C
+ export LC_ALL
+ 
+ 
+-# if `pkg-config' is available, use values from `freetype2.pc'
+-pkg-config --version >/dev/null 2>&1
+-if test $? -eq 0 ; then
+-  # note that option `--variable' is not affected by the
+-  # PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR environment variable
+-  if test "x$SYSROOT" != "x" ; then
+-    PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$SYSROOT"
+-    export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
+-  fi
+-
+-  prefix=`pkg-config --variable prefix freetype2`
+-  exec_prefix=`pkg-config --variable exec_prefix freetype2`
+-
+-  includedir=`pkg-config --variable includedir freetype2`
+-  libdir=`pkg-config --variable libdir freetype2`
+-
+-  version=`pkg-config --modversion freetype2`
+-
+-  cflags=`pkg-config --cflags freetype2`
+-  dynamic_libs=`pkg-config --libs freetype2`
+-  static_libs=`pkg-config --static --libs freetype2`
+-else
+-  prefix="%prefix%"
+-  exec_prefix="%exec_prefix%"
+-
+-  includedir="%includedir%"
+-  libdir="%libdir%"
+-
+-  version=%ft_version%
+-
+-  cflags="-I${SYSROOT}$includedir/freetype2"
+-  dynamic_libs="-lfreetype"
+-  static_libs="%LIBSSTATIC_CONFIG%"
+-  if test "${SYSROOT}$libdir" != "/usr/lib"   &&
+-     test "${SYSROOT}$libdir" != "/usr/lib64" ; then
+-    libs_L="-L${SYSROOT}$libdir"
+-  fi
++# note that option `--variable' is not affected by the
++# PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR environment variable
++if test "x$SYSROOT" != "x" ; then
++  PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$SYSROOT"
++  export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
+ fi
+ 
++prefix=`pkg-config --variable prefix freetype2`
++exec_prefix=`pkg-config --variable exec_prefix freetype2`
++
++includedir=`pkg-config --variable includedir freetype2`
++libdir=`pkg-config --variable libdir freetype2`
++
++version=`pkg-config --modversion freetype2`
++
++cflags=`pkg-config --cflags freetype2`
++dynamic_libs=`pkg-config --libs freetype2`
++static_libs=`pkg-config --static --libs freetype2`
++
+ orig_prefix=$prefix
+ orig_exec_prefix=$exec_prefix
+ 
diff --git a/freetype.spec b/freetype.spec
index 8c80832..317e82d 100644
--- a/freetype.spec
+++ b/freetype.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Summary: A free and portable font rendering engine
 Name: freetype
 Version: 2.8
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Release: 7%{?dist}
 License: (FTL or GPLv2+) and BSD and MIT and Public Domain and zlib with acknowledgement
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.freetype.org
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Patch5:  freetype-2.8-loop-counter.patch
 Patch6:  0077-truetype-Fix-loading-of-named-instances.patch
 Patch7:  0079-src-truetype-ttgxvar.c-TT_Get_MM_Var-Fix-thinko.patch
 
+Patch8:  freetype-2.8-multilib.patch
+
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
 BuildRequires: libpng-devel
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ small utilities showing various capabilities of the FreeType library.
 Summary: FreeType development libraries and header files
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: pkgconf%{?_isa}
 
 %description devel
 The freetype-devel package includes the static libraries and header files
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ popd
 %patch5 -p1 -b .loop-counter
 %patch6 -p1 -b .named-instances
 %patch7 -p1 -b .named-instances2
+%patch8 -p1 -b .multilib
 
 %build
 
@@ -207,6 +211,10 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.{a,la}
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct  9 2017 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 2.8-7
+- Require pkgconf so we can make freetype-config multilib compatible again
+- Resolves: #1497443
+
 * Thu Sep 21 2017 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 2.8-6
 - Fix loading of named instances (TrueType)