diff --git a/freetype-2.8-multilib.patch b/freetype-2.8-multilib.patch
index 706f583..3ffd146 100644
--- a/freetype-2.8-multilib.patch
+++ b/freetype-2.8-multilib.patch
@@ -48,17 +48,17 @@
 +  export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
  fi
  
-+prefix=`%PKG_CONFIG% --variable prefix freetype2`
-+exec_prefix=`%PKG_CONFIG% --variable exec_prefix freetype2`
++prefix=`pkgconf --variable prefix freetype2`
++exec_prefix=`pkgconf --variable exec_prefix freetype2`
 +
-+includedir=`%PKG_CONFIG% --variable includedir freetype2`
-+libdir=`%PKG_CONFIG% --variable libdir freetype2`
++includedir=`pkgconf --variable includedir freetype2`
++libdir=`pkgconf --variable libdir freetype2`
 +
-+version=`%PKG_CONFIG% --modversion freetype2`
++version=`pkgconf --modversion freetype2`
 +
-+cflags=`%PKG_CONFIG% --cflags freetype2`
-+dynamic_libs=`%PKG_CONFIG% --libs freetype2`
-+static_libs=`%PKG_CONFIG% --static --libs freetype2`
++cflags=`pkgconf --cflags freetype2`
++dynamic_libs=`pkgconf --libs freetype2`
++static_libs=`pkgconf --static --libs freetype2`
 +
  orig_prefix=$prefix
  orig_exec_prefix=$exec_prefix
diff --git a/freetype.spec b/freetype.spec
index 75d90e8..40e789f 100644
--- a/freetype.spec
+++ b/freetype.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Summary: A free and portable font rendering engine
 Name: freetype
 Version: 2.9.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?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
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.{a,la}
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 19 2018 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 2.9.1-3
+- Use 'pkgconf' directly for multilib reasons
+- Resolves: #1639379
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.9.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild