diff --git a/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b-extend-freetype-includes-search.patch b/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b-extend-freetype-includes-search.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4b1e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b-extend-freetype-includes-search.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff -Naur qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/config.tests/x11/xfreetype.test qt-x11-free-3.3.8b.new/config.tests/x11/xfreetype.test
+--- qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/config.tests/x11/xfreetype.test	2008-01-15 20:09:15.000000000 +0100
++++ qt-x11-free-3.3.8b.new/config.tests/x11/xfreetype.test	2013-12-12 13:02:43.482468660 +0100
+@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@
+ # check for freetype2 headers
+ FREETYPE2_INCDIR=
+ if [ "$XFT" = "yes" ]; then
+-    INC="freetype2/freetype/freetype.h"
++    INC="freetype.h"
+     XDIRS=`sed -n -e '/^QMAKE_INCDIR_X11[	]*=/ { s/[^=]*=[	 ]*//; s/-I/ /g; p; }' $XCONFIG`
+     LDIRS=`sed -n -e '/^QMAKE_INCDIR[	]*=/ { s/[^=]*=[	 ]*//; s/-I/ /g; p; }' $XCONFIG`
+-    INCDIRS="$IN_INCDIRS $XDIRS $LDIRS /usr/include /include"
++    INCDIRS="$IN_INCDIRS $XDIRS $LDIRS /usr/include/freetype2 /usr/include/freetype2/freetype /usr/include/freetype /usr/include /include"
+     F=
+     for INCDIR in $INCDIRS; do
+ 	if [ -f $INCDIR/$INC ]; then
diff --git a/qt3.spec b/qt3.spec
index 6ff2015..5f81e0d 100644
--- a/qt3.spec
+++ b/qt3.spec
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ Patch45: qt-x11-free-3.3.8b-system-zlib-header.patch
 Patch46: qt-3.3.8-libpng15.patch
 # work around -Werror=format-security false positives (#1037297)
 Patch47: qt-x11-free-3.3.8b-#1037297.patch
+# add new freetype 2.5.1 include paths to the search path (in addition to the
+# old paths), fixes FTBFS (patch by Hrvoje Senjan from OBS KDE:KDE3)
+Patch48: qt-x11-free-3.3.8b-extend-freetype-includes-search.patch
 
 # immodule patches
 Patch50: qt-x11-immodule-unified-qt3.3.8-20071116.diff.bz2
@@ -312,6 +315,7 @@ sed -i.KDE3_PLUGIN_PATH \
 %patch46 -p0 -b .libpng15
 %endif
 %patch47 -p1 -b .#1037297
+%patch48 -p1 -b .freetype-includes
 
 # immodule patches
 %if %{immodule}
@@ -636,6 +640,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 * Sun Feb 23 2014 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> - 3.3.8b-57
 - add ppc64le support to qt.sh and qt.csh (#1068898)
 - fix ppc64 support in qt.csh
+- add new freetype 2.5.1 include paths, fixes FTBFS (patch by Hrvoje Senjan)
 
 * Tue Jan 14 2014 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> - 3.3.8b-56
 - work around -Werror=format-security false positives (#1037297)