diff --git a/packages/addons/service/lcdd/package.mk b/packages/addons/service/lcdd/package.mk
index 0e3403bed1..cfb88b734e 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/lcdd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/service/lcdd/package.mk
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="yes"
 PKG_ADDON_NAME="LCDproc"
 PKG_ADDON_TYPE="xbmc.service"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-ft-prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-ft-prefix=/usr \
                            --enable-libusb \
                            --enable-libftdi \
                            --disable-libX11 \
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-ft-prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
 
 pre_configure_target() {
   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O3"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/freetype2"
 }
 
 addon() {
diff --git a/packages/print/freetype/package.mk b/packages/print/freetype/package.mk
index 23759c30d0..16797aec5d 100644
--- a/packages/print/freetype/package.mk
+++ b/packages/print/freetype/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="freetype"
-PKG_VERSION="2.6.5"
-PKG_SHA256="e20a6e1400798fd5e3d831dd821b61c35b1f9a6465d6b18a53a9df4cf441acf0"
+PKG_VERSION="2.9.1"
+PKG_SHA256="db8d87ea720ea9d5edc5388fc7a0497bb11ba9fe972245e0f7f4c7e8b1e1e84d"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freetype.org"
 PKG_URL="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
@@ -27,7 +27,5 @@ pre_configure_target() {
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
-  sed -e "s:\(['=\" ]\)/usr:\\1$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" -i $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin/freetype-config
-
-  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp -P "${PKG_BUILD}/.${TARGET_NAME}/freetype-config" "${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/bin"
 }