diff --git a/srcpkgs/dmenu/template b/srcpkgs/dmenu/template
index cac87f1bb40..98c11340d8a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dmenu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dmenu/template
@@ -1,14 +1,26 @@
 # Template file for 'dmenu'
 pkgname=dmenu
 version=4.5
-revision=7
-makedepends="libXinerama-devel"
+revision=8
+makedepends="libXinerama-devel $(vopt_if xft 'libXft-devel freetype-devel')"
 short_desc="A generic menu for X"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/"
-distfiles="http://dl.suckless.org/tools/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=082cd698d82125ca0b3989006fb84ac4675c2a5585bf5bb8af0ea09cfb95a850
+distfiles="http://dl.suckless.org/tools/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz
+	http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/dmenu-${version}-xft.diff"
+skip_extraction="${pkgname}-${version}-xft.diff"
+checksum="082cd698d82125ca0b3989006fb84ac4675c2a5585bf5bb8af0ea09cfb95a850
+	efb4095d65e5e86f9dde97294732174409c24f319bdd4824cc22fa1404972b4f"
+
+build_options="xft"
+desc_option_xft="Enable Xft font support"
+
+pre_build() {
+	if [ "$build_option_xft" ]; then
+		patch -Np1 -i ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}-xft.diff
+	fi
+}
 
 do_build() {
 	sed -i -e "s|^CFLAGS   =|CFLAGS += |g" \
@@ -16,7 +28,9 @@ do_build() {
 
 	x11inc=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include/X11
 	x11lib=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/lib
-	make CC="$CC" ${makejobs} X11INC=$x11inc X11LIB=$x11lib
+	xftinc=-I$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include/freetype2
+	make CC="$CC" ${makejobs} X11INC=$x11inc X11LIB=$x11lib \
+		$(vopt_if xft XFTINC=$xftinc)
 }
 
 do_install() {